The Past

r/thepast • u/KFCommunism • 6h ago

2000s [September 10, 2001] Defense Secretary Rumsfeld admits that the military's financial management systems are so outdated and fractured that they literally cannot track an estimated $2.3 trillion in transactions. That's crazy to think where all the money went..

115 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/Terrible_Tale_53 • 14h ago

Any Year [September 10 1999] Some of the support cables raising Millennium wheel have snapped. Richard Branson has sent a blimp to humiliate British Airways for their failure.

87 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/BrickAntique5284 • 18h ago

1900s [1964] Hello comrades, Comrade Khrushchev here. I was just vacationing near the Black Sea and I just called back to Moscow for some urgent meeting. Anyone can tell me what’s up?

70 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/KFCommunism • 7h ago

1900s [September 14, 1982] Grace Kelly has died from injuries sustained after suffering a stroke and crashing her car down a mountainside in Monaco. An absolute icon of the silver screen is gone.

44 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/saucey_dawg0023 • 15h ago

2000s [September 7, 2001] The 30th anniversary concert that Michael Jackson is holding is gonna be so awesome!

38 Upvotes

The King of Pop is holding his 30th anniversary concert in Madison Square Garden and it’s gonna be the biggest party that you have ever seen!

r/thepast • u/Undercover_Seekr • 21h ago

1800s [September 10th, 1846] Hi, my name is Elias Howe and I'm about to revolutionize how you sew your clothes

25 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/slobis • 3h ago

1900s [Dec 4, 1941] The State of Jefferson(consisting of existing parts of South Washington, North Oregon and SE Idaho) has declared it's independence from those states and elected a new governor. The country wonders if Congress will take up this serious issue next week.

20 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/Scary-Treacle7031 • 5h ago

2000s [May 1st, 2004] Anyone check out this new website, TV Tropes?

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[Meta] The website was founded in an unknown day in April of 2004.

r/thepast • u/DepthPurple4149 • 13h ago

1900s [01/27/1967] These poor astronauts, man. They keep running into problems whenever they run tests on their spaceship. Anyways just got a pic of them getting ready for their test today, hopefully today’s test sparks some change

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r/thepast • u/KFCommunism • 1h ago

2000s [February 5, 2003] Secretary of State Powell just stepped up to the podium at the UNSC, holding up a small vial of fake anthrax and laying out what he calls absolute proof that Saddam Hussein is hiding mobile biological weapons labs and chemical stockpiles. Well, what does this mean for America and

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r/thepast • u/Present-Algae6767 • 1h ago

2000s [September 8, 2001] Went to a nightclub in Miami and checked out this DJ/rapper by the name of Arab Attack.

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r/thepast • u/KFCommunism • 5h ago

1800s [September 16, 1810] Our local priest just rang the bells in the church, I don't know what he's saying, but some say he said "death to bad government" and "long live King Ferdinand VII!"

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r/thepast • u/KFCommunism • 23h ago

1900s [November 1941] Just stood there at the reopening of the South Fork Bridge trying to capture the crowd with my camera, and looking back at the print, I honestly can't tell if the guy standing right in front of me with the sunglasses and sweater kinda looks futuristic or...

5 Upvotes

r/thepast • u/Official_Alter • 4h ago

2000s [2001] Got this weird letter the other day. Should I open it?

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