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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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To: Bethbg79
Mais certainnement, Ma Cherie!
UAVs are unmanned aerial vehicles, and chief among them is the Predator...that's the one that takes out terrorists with Hellfire missiles.
801
posted on
06/24/2005 12:13:39 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Remember, you have to seal the dike before you can drain the swamp.)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
What a beautiful poem Ms.B~.
802
posted on
06/24/2005 12:14:18 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: HiJinx
Correction: "Laissez les bon ton roulet!"
I went back and looked at it and said hey waitaminute! LOL
803
posted on
06/24/2005 12:14:40 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: HiJinx
Gotcha. I've been down on 6th before in the middle of the night by myself and handled that ok, plus if you work at the clubs you can get an escort to your car.
804
posted on
06/24/2005 12:16:41 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Mr. Silverback
Excellent!!
Thank you Mr.Silverback!!
805
posted on
06/24/2005 12:17:03 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: All
Be back shortly to add some tunes to this thread!!!
806
posted on
06/24/2005 12:17:27 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: MoJo2001
Wish I could add some tunes..............
807
posted on
06/24/2005 12:18:03 PM 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
Why can't ya? Are you stuck at work?
Hmmm......
808
posted on
06/24/2005 12:19:23 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: tomkow6
LMAO! I get it now!! It took me a second. I've gotta feed the boys then I'll do it. You thought I was slow, huh? Huh? Huh? HuH?
809
posted on
06/24/2005 12:20:01 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: MoJo2001
Not slow............just a slacker!!!!
810
posted on
06/24/2005 12:21:29 PM 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
Opposites attract
Johnny Lang and Susan Tedeschi
God Bless our Troops!!
811
posted on
06/24/2005 12:32:01 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: SandRat
Thank you for Fridays verse SR!
812
posted on
06/24/2005 12:41:10 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: AZamericonnie
Wrapped in the Arms of the Another
Susan Tedeschi
God Bless our Troops!!
This is one of my favorite songs to sing. :-)
813
posted on
06/24/2005 12:42:13 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Bethbg79
DJ MOONshine Music Man
By REQUEST!
Funky Town
From my "VOICES"!!
814
posted on
06/24/2005 12:43:40 PM 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
815
posted on
06/24/2005 12:44:49 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Bethbg79
Yeah, I caught it too, but figured it was some kind of bayou patois...
816
posted on
06/24/2005 12:46:29 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Remember, you have to seal the dike before you can drain the swamp.)
To: Bethbg79
Oh Geez Bethy that song gives me chills! Thank you so much for that...I think I'll listen to it a couple more times while I try & get caught up! *Hugs*
817
posted on
06/24/2005 12:47:49 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: Bethbg79
DJ MOONshine Music Man
By REQUEST!
Ghostbusters
From my "VOICES"!!
818
posted on
06/24/2005 12:47:54 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
To: acad1228
Thanks for "Da Dose" Bluesman!
819
posted on
06/24/2005 12:49:25 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: HiJinx
820
posted on
06/24/2005 12:51:45 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
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