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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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TOPICS: Free Republic
KEYWORDS: 1991; flashback
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To: MoJo2001
LOL! What about supplies and guns and ammo? A man trained to use a gun is so sexy. Listen to me! You're making me bad too early in the morning!
721
posted on
06/24/2005 8:43:34 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Bethbg79
Making ya bad? Can't do that to the willing. LOL!!!
722
posted on
06/24/2005 8:45:00 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: MoJo2001
723
posted on
06/24/2005 8:45:30 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
Vacation time is a good thing like Martha Stewart says. LOL!!!
724
posted on
06/24/2005 8:45:35 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: MoJo2001
LOL.
It is a good thing,but not a vacation like Martha's!LOL.
To: ValerieUSA
"... go blonder or redder FWIW, I vote for redder. Something about redheads...JoDee Messina gave a concert here last night...fantastic performance...she released a new single this week, Delicious Surprise, and sang it for us last night. Awesome!
726
posted on
06/24/2005 8:49:01 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Remember, you have to seal the dike before you can drain the swamp.)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
727
posted on
06/24/2005 8:49:18 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: MoJo2001
Wordplay
Jason Mraz
God Bless our Troops!!
728
posted on
06/24/2005 8:51:13 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: MoJo2001
DUH!!!
The joke is on me!!!!LOL.
To: MoJo2001
Slow
Kylie Minogue
God Bless our Troops!!
Not appropriate for children
730
posted on
06/24/2005 8:54:30 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Bethbg79
731
posted on
06/24/2005 8:55:47 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
To: tomkow6
;-) Yep, that'll be me behind that bar. Twirlin bottles and fixin drinks!
732
posted on
06/24/2005 8:57:01 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
733
posted on
06/24/2005 8:57:23 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: Bethbg79
Oooooh! Kylie! Prayers for her recovery!
734
posted on
06/24/2005 8:57:55 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: MoJo2001
To: MoJo2001
736
posted on
06/24/2005 8:59:22 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: MoJo2001; Bethbg79
Can one of you play Toby Keith "Should have been a Cowboy"?
To: MoJo2001
Ramble On
Led Zepplin
God Bless our Troops!!
738
posted on
06/24/2005 9:00:00 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
Mojo, you have that one? I'll freeze no doubt..
739
posted on
06/24/2005 9:00:29 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: MoJo2001
Glad MoJo is the only one up and functioning properly! Sheesh Wha-tchoo talkin' 'bout, MoJo? Some of us have been up and at it for going on 2 hours now.
Oops, sorry, I forgot...you're still in slacker mode, aren't you?
740
posted on
06/24/2005 9:01:36 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Remember, you have to seal the dike before you can drain the swamp.)
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