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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

12-31-69

Story Behind the Numbers: The Year 1816 [3min]

Economic historians Richard Sutch and Susan Carter remember 1816, known as the year without a summer. Ash from a huge Indonesian volcanic explosion circled the globe, lowering temperatures and killing crops.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"