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!

 

 

[Bethbg79]

ME

[Bethbg79]

ME

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Praying for you Star!!!

[MoJo2001]

What about Russell?? Isn't he cute and thinking the right way??

[Bethbg79]

Nah...Russells just a baby..he'll be 24 in August. I want a MAN. LOL

[MoJo2001]

Well, excuse me for kickin Sis! LOL!! We need some jams to get this place rolling today!! Gotta find some!

[Bethbg79]

Military Men are of course at the top of the contenders list. hehe

[MoJo2001]

Good morning Diva! How are you today?? *HUGS*

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Maj. Greg Hicks, commander, explosive ordnance disposal control team, examines a potential mine on a boomerang trail on Hill 3070. The troops were on the mountain outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, June 19, 2005, to check out a future training area and to recover remains from a Feb. 3, 2005, Kam Air crash that killed 104. Combined Joint Task Force 76 photo by Sgt. Adrian Schulte

Contrary to popular media belief, the USA is not arrogantly forcing unwilling allied countries to bend to our policies. They are working with us to combat terrorism/piracy. Fighting those evil forces benefits EVERYBODY:

050618-N-3904I-029 Dakar, Senegal (June 18, 2005) - Senegal Army Soldiers static-line parachute jump from a U.S. Air Force MC-130 Talon over Dakar, Senegal, during Exercise Flintlock '05. Flintlock is a series of military exercises conducted throughout the Trans-Saharan region of Africa, concentrating on ground, air operations, land navigation, human rights training and collaboration between militaries. Other countries participating in the exercise is Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Chad. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood (RELEASED)

050621-N-4104L-040 Sattahip, Thailand (June 21, 2005) - A Royal Thai Navy bugler aboard HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok sounds a call marking evening colors aboard his ship was the colors detail, right, stationed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) prepares to lower the Ensign. The two ships are participating together in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2005. Phutthayotfa Chulalok was formerly the U.S. Navy Knox-class frigate USS Ouellet (FF 1077), which was decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Thailand in 1996. CARAT Thailand is a the second part of an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Melinda Larson (RELEASED)

050526-N-5663H-018 South China Sea (May 26, 2005) -- Philippine Navy SEALS have weapons drawn as they search compartments on board the U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise. VBSS training is being conducted as part of Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) 2005. SEACAT is a weeklong, at sea anti-terrorism exercise in the Philippine and South China Seas. This was the first boarding by the Philippine Navy in the four-year history of SEACAT. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class David J. Ham (RELEASED)

[MoJo2001]

How many military bases are close to ya?

[Bethbg79]

LOL You are crazy...I'll see what I can load up too. What kind of mood are we in today?

[Bethbg79]

Camp Mabry

[Bethbg79]

Ft Hood is a little ways...

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I am doing great!!

{{HUGS}}

[MoJo2001]

Thank you EMB for posting those photos!! The Canteen/Proud Patriots have adopted the USS Ft. McHenry!! WooHoo!! Thank you for sharing it with all of us!!

[MoJo2001]

Create a Camp Bethy and start taking applications immediately!! Hehe!

[MoJo2001]

Ready for the weekend??

[Bethbg79]

LOL! I need a few things first. Like permission from the govt! LOL I wish.

[MoJo2001]

The government is kinda busy at the moment. I'm sure they won't notice that kind of stuff. LOL!!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Yep,my working weekend,but it is only two more weeks until my 9 day vacation,which I plan on spending here at the Canteen!:)