Timothée Chalamet turns 29 today. That's the same age Jason Alexander was in Seinfeld's pilot.
Timeline comparisons! For reference: She was born in 1929. Barbara Walters is 5'5" or 1.65m. We don't want actual scale comparisons though, just timeline comparisons!
Pink Floyd reunion at Live 8 London [20YA - Jul 2]
[July 2nd, 1945] Australian infantrymen fire a Vickers machine gun at Japanese positions after the Allied amphibious landings at Balikpapan
Basically the same thing as r/100yearsago but it's so we can start posting WW2 news stories in 2019 rather than 2039. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
July 2, 1975. Ford refuses to meet with Solzhenitsyn.
Posting tidbits about what happened 50 years prior.
July 2, 2020. Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested by the FBI.
A time capsule to the chaos of 2020! Relive the days of sourdough obsessions, Tiger King conspiracies, and "you're on mute" struggles. From the Great Toilet Paper Shortage to the birth of endless Zoom meetings, we revisit the memes, madness, and moments that made 2020 unforgettable (whether we like it or not).
[July 2nd, 1945] The Venus of Milo is re-exposed to the Louvre after having been sheltered from bombings
Basically the same thing as r/100yearsago but it's so we can start posting WW2 news stories in 2019 rather than 2039. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
[July 2nd, 1945] Winston Churchill speaks to a crowd in London
Basically the same thing as r/100yearsago but it's so we can start posting WW2 news stories in 2019 rather than 2039. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
[July 2nd, 1945] Royal Crown Cola ad from LIFE magazine
Basically the same thing as r/100yearsago but it's so we can start posting WW2 news stories in 2019 rather than 2039. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
[July 2nd, 1945] Truman urges the Senate to ratify the UN Charter, “It comes from the reality of experience in a world where one generation has failed twice to keep the peace.”
Basically the same thing as r/100yearsago but it's so we can start posting WW2 news stories in 2019 rather than 2039. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
‘F*ck Me!’: Stewart Baffled that Trump’s ‘Farce of a Candidacy’ Is Succeeding [10YA - Jul 2]
In this age of rapid change, a decade is an eon. Remembering the events of a mere ten years ago is every bit as important as remembering the distant past. This subreddit was initiated in 2011, shortly before the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, and has been quietly documenting news, pop culture, and miscellany from today's date with the tens digit de-iterated ever since.
Marcus Luttrell is rescued, the 'lone survivor' of Operation Red Wings [20YA - Jul 2]
July 1, 1995. Courteney Cox and Matt Leblanc.
Movies, music, television shows, news events
July 1995. WebTV, an early proponent of Internet television, is founded.
Movies, music, television shows, news events
July 1995. Leonardo DiCaprio and Monica Bellucci at a Versace dinner during Paris Fashion Week.
Movies, music, television shows, news events
Justice Sanda O'Connor announces her retirement [20YA - Jul 1]
My earliest surviving SwiftSwitch RuneScape screenshot. I did it guys - 50 agility!! 🎉 [20YA - Jul 1]
President Bush visits injured Iraq vet Cpl. Cole Hansen at Walter Reed [20YA - Jul 1]
[July 1st, 1925] Science and Innovation: The Isolator
This subreddit was formed in late 2013 to document World War I, day by day as it developed. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
[July 1925] Tom White, appointed by J. Edgar Hoover to head the Osage murders investigation, takes over the Oklahoma City field office (portrayed in Killers of the Flower Moon)
This subreddit was formed in late 2013 to document World War I, day by day as it developed. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.
July 1525. Tyndale’s English Bible is completed and printed in Cologne.
July 1625. Barbary pirates, based in North Africa, launch raids on the English coast, particularly along Cornwall, capturing numerous men, women, and children as slaves.
July 1975. Dan Aykroyd auditions for SNL.
Posting tidbits about what happened 50 years prior.
July 1975. Chinese propaganda poster - "Women hold up half the sky".
Posting tidbits about what happened 50 years prior.
July 1975. Tareyton Cigarettes ad.
Posting tidbits about what happened 50 years prior.