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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


 

 


~ 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!


 

 


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To: AZamericonnie

It's a beautiful song isnt it?


821 posted on 06/24/2005 12:52:03 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: tomkow6

I love that song. LOL


822 posted on 06/24/2005 12:54:28 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

CREAM - WHITE ROOM

From my "VOICES"!!

 

823 posted on 06/24/2005 12:55:30 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: EHC Southern Pride

Have a great Weekend EHC...hope you make it poolside!


824 posted on 06/24/2005 12:55:35 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: AZamericonnie

She's a Beauty

The tubes

God Bless our Troops!!

 

 

825 posted on 06/24/2005 12:56:08 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: tomkow6

Dat's a good one too!


826 posted on 06/24/2005 12:56:39 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Bethbg79

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey

From my "VOICES"!!

 

827 posted on 06/24/2005 12:57:45 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: tomkow6

Afternoon Tom! Nice tune.


828 posted on 06/24/2005 12:58:28 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: tomkow6

You rock Tom! You ROCK! I love this song..LOL


829 posted on 06/24/2005 12:59:56 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: tomkow6

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

Candy Store Rock

From my "VOICES"!!

 

830 posted on 06/24/2005 1:00:23 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: tomkow6

Kicking My Heart Around

Black Crows

God Bless our Troops!!

 

 

831 posted on 06/24/2005 1:01:07 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Bethbg79

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

Walk This Way

From my "VOICES"!!

 

832 posted on 06/24/2005 1:02:47 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: Bethbg79

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

In the Evening

From my "VOICES"!!

 

833 posted on 06/24/2005 1:04:55 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: Bethbg79

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

Jacqueline

From my "VOICES"!!

 

834 posted on 06/24/2005 1:06:39 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: Bethbg79

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

Dream On

From my "VOICES"!!

 

835 posted on 06/24/2005 1:08:19 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: Bethbg79

DJ MOONshine Music Man

By REQUEST! 

She Said

From my "VOICES"!!

 

836 posted on 06/24/2005 1:11:40 PM PDT by tomkow6 (This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Thanks for the "good stuff" Mr. S~.


837 posted on 06/24/2005 1:18:39 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: tomkow6


838 posted on 06/24/2005 1:25:55 PM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: tomkow6

Sorry I skipped out there for a second. I froze..grrr..


839 posted on 06/24/2005 1:26:26 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: tomkow6

Fantabulous musical choices today Bro! ((HUGS))


840 posted on 06/24/2005 1:30:57 PM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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