FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday: 1991 ~ 24 June 2005

StarCMC;Kathy In Alaska;MoJo2001; The Canteen Crew

[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!

 

 

[ValerieUSA]

[GodBlessUSA]

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Tomkow! How are you and your voices doing today? :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning
I'm doing very well! Thanks :)! How are you today?

[Cool Multiservice Soldier]

Morning FReeper Canteen!!

[acad1228]

acad1228’s Daily Dose O’ Da Blues!Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lispcomb - Ella Speed

John Lee Hooker - That's Alright

Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues

Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes

Delbert McClinton - Don't Leave Home Without It

Support the artists you hear in the Canteen (buy their music)!

(FReepmail me if you would like to be added to the "Daily Dose O' Da Blues" Ping List.)

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning CMS!
How are you this beautiful Friday Morning? :)

[NRA1995]

Good morning canteeners, cubies and newbies!! Hot and sultry Maryland weekend coming and I have two very well-paying band jobs this weekend, so life's good. Please pray for and raise a glass to our great military guys; while you're at it, thumb your nose at the dolts on the Supreme Court who've once again trashed our rights. Gosh, 1991.....was working with an oldies/country band and having a great time plus working my current day job. The events in the Soviet Union were quite a welcome surprise that year. Hope you all have a terrific day and weekend!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Beachn4fun!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning NRA! :)
Prayers everyday for our Military!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

[Jet Jaguar]

More John Lee Hooker! Right on.

still looking for Decoration Day.

[Cool Multiservice Soldier]

I'm so angry about the news from yesterday that I can barely see straight.

[GodBlessUSA]

Hello Jet!
How are you today? I hope your schedule has settled down and your getting some down time from work. :) I wish you the best for your weekend. :)

[Jet Jaguar]

Same here.

[Jet Jaguar]

I am doing okay.

Weekend off and some traveling in my future.

So says the fortune cookie.

[GodBlessUSA]

Mr. and Mrs. Acad I'm sorry this comes a day late, I hope you had a Fantastic 25th Anniversary Celebration! May you be blessed with many, many more years of happiness!

[E.G.C.]

Well, I'm still burning a litle from the SCOTUS's latest outrage. I've posted my observations on it on another thread.

Once again all one has to do is click on my screename and "In Forum" to read my observation.

Forecast high today is in the low 90's. We're under an Ozone Alert for today. People will want to take it easy out there with the heat.

[GodBlessUSA]

I made that mistake of putting the news on first thing. There are several news stories making me burn a bit too. Including the one you mentioned. I turned it off for now and put on some up music.

Sorry you have to deal with that heat. I hope it cools down for you!

We have the best temps and weather! I hope this weather lasts, at least through July 4th. :)

[Cool Multiservice Soldier]

Well, I'm still burning a litle from the SCOTUS's latest outrage

You and me both.

[GodBlessUSA]

Me too. I wish I didn't put tv news on first thing. I should have taken a few morning minutes to myself, so I didn't have to start the day with being uptight and annoyed.