August 29 - Let's discuss what happened on that day
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222623)
United States
August 29, 2019 10:27am CST
Chop Suey Day
Thoughtful Thursday
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle.
1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before a paying audience at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1997 - Netflix is launched as a DVD rental service.
2016 - Gene Wilder passes away. He was born in 1933. He was an American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director and author. Some of his movies (many of which were collaborated with writer/director Mel Brooks): The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (see below), Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil Hear No Evil, Another You.
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The song Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has always been a favorite of mine. Growing up in the 70's this was one of my favorite m...
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
29 Aug 19
I remember when I used to rent DVD’s from Netflix!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Aug 19
That must have been Netflix red envelope days.
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