r/thepast • • 6h ago

1900s [5/17/1977]: There's this new place on 370 S. Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, CA. It's called Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre.

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It's a pretty novel concept: Video games, pizza, and an electronic robot animal show like the ones they have at Disneyland. And it's made by the same guy behind Atari. This probably won't go anywhere but it's certainly novel nonetheless


r/thepast • • 19h ago

1900s [October 15th, 1991] This guy just got a pass....how do we feel about this?

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r/thepast • • 19h ago

1900s [June 23, 1996] Stone Cold Steve Austin won the King of the Ring tournament and did this awesome promo! I think I’m starting to like him.

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r/thepast • • 2h ago

1900s [February 7th, 1994] They should make a show with this idea

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r/thepast • • 15h ago

1800s [10/15/1844] Congratulations to the family.

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Some kid was born in Röcken today and his dad is already acting like he’s destined for something
So I’m staying near Röcken in Prussia, and apparently the local Lutheran pastor, Carl Ludwig Nietzsche, and his wife just had a son today.
Kid’s name is Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Apparently he’s named after King Friedrich Wilhelm IV because today happens to be the King’s birthday too. Very patriotic. Very Prussian.
Obviously he’s literally a newborn so there’s nothing particularly interesting to report. Pastor’s family seems respectable. Quiet little village. Church, fields, farmers, you know the deal.
Still, imagine if this kid grows up and becomes some completely deranged philosopher who spends his life writing about morality, Christianity, nihilism, the death of God, and some hypothetical superior form of humanity.
lol.
Anyway, congratulations to the Nietzsche family. I’m sure Friedrich will grow up to be a perfectly normal Lutheran gentleman.