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FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday: 1991 ~ 24 June 2005
StarCMC;Kathy In Alaska;MoJo2001; The Canteen Crew

Posted on 06/23/2005 7:07:52 PM PDT by MoJo2001


 

 


~ Flashback Friday ~
Year: 1991
 
Welcome to Flashback Friday!
Each Friday we will take a journey back in time.
We will highlight a year and then you'll have the opportunity to give your thoughts, opinions, and stories.
This week we're jumping back to 1991.
 
1991 Questions!
We Want To Know

1. Were you in school?
2. Were you in the military?
3. What kind of music were you listening to?
4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1991?
 
Events that occurred in 1991

- January 16th, Operation Desert Storm begins

- February 4th, Baseball votes to ban Pete Rose

-February 27 - Gulf War: Kuwait is liberated, and a ceasefire is declared, after 100 hours of ground fighting. Iraq accepts the terms of the ceasefire, which call for the country to disarm.

-March 3
An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the Soviet Union

-August
August 6 - Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the "World Wide Web."
August 8 - Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built

August 18 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is put under house arrest while vacationing in the Crimea. The putsch is led by eight high-ranking hard-liners, and will collapse in less than 72 hours.


August 20 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union and more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev


August 21 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union


August 24 - Ukraine declares independence from Soviet Union


August 25 - Student Linus Torvalds post a messages to Usenet newsgroup comp.os.minix about the new operating system kernel he has been developing.

August 31 - Kyrgyzstan declares independence from the Soviet Union

December 25 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union

December 26 - Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union

December 31 - Soviet Union officially ceases to exist

 

 
Entertainment/Sports

Super Bowl XXV was played on January 27, 1991 in Tampa, Florida. The New York Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20 to 19.

The Minnesota Twins won the World Series of the Atlanta Braves

 

 
Hit Music From 1991

Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up*

EMF - Unbelievable

Amy Grant - Baby, Baby

Boyz II Men - Motownphilly

Mariah Carey - Someday

Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You

Scorpions - Winds Of Changes

Marky Marky and The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations

Damn Yankees - High Enough

Bryan Adams - Everything I Do I Do It For You

C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Extreme - More Than Words

Tesla - Signs

 

* denotes music that isn't suitable for children or Ma!


 

 


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To: Bethbg79

Bethy!! How are ya doing!


101 posted on 06/23/2005 8:29:24 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe
Hello there, how is life?
102 posted on 06/23/2005 8:29:30 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)
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To: SevenofNine

Hope the wild fire is not too close to you friend.


103 posted on 06/23/2005 8:30:12 PM PDT by fatima
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To: EsmeraldaA

There you are!
*HUGS*
How are you tonight?


104 posted on 06/23/2005 8:30:56 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
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To: fatima

Hi beautiful!
*HUGS*


105 posted on 06/23/2005 8:31:10 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
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To: EsmeraldaA

Just awesome EsmeraldaA, thank you!


106 posted on 06/23/2005 8:31:54 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: fatima; tomkow6; All

It is in desert and valley area I am in basin of SO CAL that far away from that place

Well Wash Times reporting soon or later we be sending miltary specialists of all country VIETNAM YUP Same Vietnam from country we went war over 30 years why I have bad feeling about thisss


107 posted on 06/23/2005 8:32:01 PM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: Bethbg79
HEY Bethy! What's up?
108 posted on 06/23/2005 8:32:05 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)
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To: laurenmarlowe
Doing great! Russell and I are watching the Canteen roll by.

How are you?

109 posted on 06/23/2005 8:32:36 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: MoJo2001
Thanks for the way Cool thread Mojo..Hummmm 91 just moved to Spfld,Mo April 14 .. Ozzy Osbournes No more Tears was Released.. I saw him and Ugly Kid Joe at the Lampy .. What a mind Blower that was..Lame side note{Nailed my Femur to my Tibia with a 3 1\4" passload nail} not much to say there *g* Most Importantly Thank you Troops for Keeping us SAFE. God Bless

110 posted on 06/23/2005 8:33:10 PM PDT by GoldStarBrother ("We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots." -- Charles F. Browne)
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To: EsmeraldaA

HEY!!!!!!!

How are ya?

111 posted on 06/23/2005 8:33:16 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: MoJo2001

Hi BEAUTIFUL.Big (((Hug))) back.


112 posted on 06/23/2005 8:33:57 PM PDT by fatima
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To: GoldStarBrother

That is soooo beautiful!
Thank you GSB!!
*HUGS*
How are you tonight?


113 posted on 06/23/2005 8:34:14 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
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To: MoJo2001
I'm much better, thank you girly!


HUGS back atya.
114 posted on 06/23/2005 8:34:20 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)
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To: GoldStarBrother
That is so beautiful and one of my most favorite varieties of roses.

My Roommates daughters name is Rose. :-)

Nice to see you here tonight. :-) ((HUGS))

115 posted on 06/23/2005 8:34:43 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Bethbg79

Doing great sweetie, thanks!

Hi Russell (waving)!!


116 posted on 06/23/2005 8:34:57 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe
He's jumpin up and down like a retard happy that someone said hi to him. Thanks, he's kinda special. *snicker* LOL

J/K

He say's hi!!!!

117 posted on 06/23/2005 8:36:07 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: EsmeraldaA; MS.BEHAVIN

Sure, say Hi all over the place! I just thought Ms. Behavin was you a minute ago...I need to put on my glasses! Good to see you Esma & sorry Ms. B~! lol


118 posted on 06/23/2005 8:36:09 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: HopeandGlory

Oh, Hope--that is an absolutely georgous pledge graphic and tribute to our absolutely wonderful troops! Thank you!


119 posted on 06/23/2005 8:36:13 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: SevenofNine

Glad YOU are safe SevenofNine.


120 posted on 06/23/2005 8:36:28 PM PDT by fatima
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