52 Times When Historical Events Overlapped That Seem Completely Implausible

The Soviet Union, despite feeling like it happened so long ago, only fell in 1991, thirty years ago, when it split into independent nations. There are a lot of people still around who grew up in it and remember that time when it existed.

Movies weren’t quite as easy to see then, so Goodfellas’ release may have had to wait until the home video for folks living in those parts of the world. The movie was released in September of 1990, while the USSR ended officially in December.