YOU SAID:

There was a time when this happened

INTO JAPANESE

こういう事があった時期もあったな

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a time when something like this happened

INTO JAPANESE

こんな事があった時期もあったな

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a time when something like this happened.

INTO JAPANESE

こんな事があった時期もありました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

There was a time when something like this happened.