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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: Bethbg79
881
posted on
06/24/2005 4:49:45 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(This is my tag line, there are many like it, but this one is mine....I stole this tag line)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
882
posted on
06/24/2005 4:51:51 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: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
883
posted on
06/24/2005 4:54:28 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: MoJo2001
Windows media player will not let me download it...it came iwth the puter then corrupted and I had to delete it. Now I can't get it to re install.
884
posted on
06/24/2005 4:57:25 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: MoJo2001
Most of the time I use Firefox, unless I'm using Frontpage because FF isn't compatible...
885
posted on
06/24/2005 4:59:32 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
886
posted on
06/24/2005 4:59:49 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
Thanks for all the tunes bro!! ((HUGS))
887
posted on
06/24/2005 5:00:41 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: SevenofNine
To: Bethbg79
889
posted on
06/24/2005 5:02:09 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: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
890
posted on
06/24/2005 5:04:25 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: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
891
posted on
06/24/2005 5:07:25 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: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
892
posted on
06/24/2005 5:10:29 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: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
893
posted on
06/24/2005 5:13:31 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: AZamericonnie
No kidding? I never knew...
894
posted on
06/24/2005 5:14:47 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Remember, you have to seal the dike before you can drain the swamp.)
To: MoJo2001; tomkow6; bentfeather; Kathy in Alaska; Bethbg79; All
Hello everyone! Slow night??
895
posted on
06/24/2005 5:15:06 PM PDT
by
EsmeraldaA
(Our prayers for all US troops.)
To: MoJo2001
Sounds fun.
1. I was a Freshman in High School
2. NA
3. I had just discovered "Alternative rock" and was listening to whatever bands college radio was playing.
4. Best memory was going to the Sectional championship game in baseball while starting 4 freshman.
896
posted on
06/24/2005 5:15:16 PM PDT
by
lt.america
(Captain was already taken)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; MoJo2001; Radix; Spotsy; ...
897
posted on
06/24/2005 5:15:59 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: EsmeraldaA
898
posted on
06/24/2005 5:16:25 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: EsmeraldaA
899
posted on
06/24/2005 5:16:35 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: EsmeraldaA
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