The Year Is 1839, where Britain open's the 3 Year First Opium War against China, Slaves aboard the Amistad , rebel and capture the ship, leading to an Oscar nominated film by Steven Spielberg 158 years later, Josephine Cochrane, inventor of the first commercially successful dishwasher is born, a cyclone hits India and wipes out the city of Coringa killing 300,000 people, and William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel. Also TV star, Red is being harassed by an obsessed extra, Bobby has a new group of friends at the gym, and Judge Jody is dishing out punishment for criminals. Sign up now to our Patreon for early access, bonus weekly episodes not available anywhere else, posters, cameo messages, free tickets to online shows and discounts to live shows and much more - https://www.patreon.com/theyearispod Please send us your suggestions for years to devote an episode of the podcast to and/or a story of your own for us to feature on our exclusive subscriber Patreon episodes - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yYq_k5DMjVnyDYKjjDJMHRSU3mB9KIcltJBIsAcsY0I/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.