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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
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~ Flashback Friday ~ Year: 1991 |
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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. |
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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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KEYWORDS: 1991; flashback
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To: Jet Jaguar
Woo Hoo Weekend off! I hope you have a great time!
Do you enjoy traveling? I don't know how you do it. My husband travels for work too. He doesn't mind it too much at all. Me, I'm a homebody. :)
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posted on
06/24/2005 5:24:29 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: MoJo2001
Good Morning Canteen FReepers. It's Friday and time to get dangerous!...Where's Tomkow?
522
posted on
06/24/2005 5:25:53 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: GodBlessUSA
I do enjoy traveling. I get to see places I will probably never see again.
And I get paid for doing it.
Not too bad in my book. :0)
To: GodBlessUSA
I haven't watched tv news in 2 years for that reason.
524
posted on
06/24/2005 5:28:00 AM PDT
by
Cool Multiservice Soldier
(Newer screen name. but same attitude, same service, same political incorrectness since 1999.)
To: GodBlessUSA
Thanks....you do the same
525
posted on
06/24/2005 5:29:55 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Exactly when did enforcing immigration policy become vigilantism?)
To: NRA1995
Too bad I'm not near Maryland .. I love to photograph working bands.. and Beth loves to swoon over them.
To: acad1228
To: GodBlessUSA
To: Jet Jaguar
I would color my hair today if I could decide whether to go blonder or redder.
To: E.G.C.
To: Jet Jaguar
Good morning, *HUGS*!!
How you doing today??
To: Cool Multiservice Soldier
Good morning, Cool!!
*HUGS*
To: darkwing104
Good morning, *HUGS*
TGIF
To: ValerieUSA
Go red! Blondes get no respect.
shades of Dangerfield.
To: NRA1995
Good morning, NRA!!
Thanks for the Java.
To: Bethbg79; MS.BEHAVIN; bentfeather; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; ..
Friday's prayer verse guide --
Traveling safety- Psalm 121:7-8 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
536
posted on
06/24/2005 5:45:27 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: ValerieUSA
And we love being photographed!
537
posted on
06/24/2005 5:46:08 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Exactly when did enforcing immigration policy become vigilantism?)
To: bentfeather
Good Morning Ms. Feather! How is my favorite poet today?
538
posted on
06/24/2005 5:47:05 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: bentfeather
539
posted on
06/24/2005 5:47:43 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Exactly when did enforcing immigration policy become vigilantism?)
To: bentfeather
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