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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: Kathy in Alaska

It does keep you young.


961 posted on 06/24/2005 6:37:02 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: laurenmarlowe; bentfeather; Kathy in Alaska; EsmeraldaA; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Bethbg79; ...

I'M BAAAAAAACK!!! AND IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE!!!!

962 posted on 06/24/2005 6:37:04 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: LUV W

WOO HOO!!


963 posted on 06/24/2005 6:38:01 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: tomkow6

Golly, Tom! You're on a music marathon, aren't you! You go guy--but keep yer pants up, for heaven's sake! LOL!


964 posted on 06/24/2005 6:38:07 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: bentfeather

(((hugs))))....it's so good to be here on WIRELESS!!!!!!! Gotta love it after three days of the alternative! ugh!


965 posted on 06/24/2005 6:39:20 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: LUV W
Hey, LUV W! Glad to see you
966 posted on 06/24/2005 6:42:07 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)
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To: EsmeraldaA

Good to see you, too, girlie, and actually have some time to talk! How're ya?


967 posted on 06/24/2005 6:43:53 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: LUV W

Look at you.....ya gots your graphics back!! Welcome home.


968 posted on 06/24/2005 6:44:54 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: LUV W

Hey there! Welcome back, it's good to see you!


969 posted on 06/24/2005 6:46:16 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

Neat story about the musicians playing together. Thanks, lauren.


970 posted on 06/24/2005 6:47:19 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: SandRat

Sounds nice, I hope they're not making you crazy. LOL!


971 posted on 06/24/2005 6:48:02 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (Our prayers for all US troops.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Gots 'em back, and it is GREAT!!! Thanks for the welcome!


972 posted on 06/24/2005 6:48:41 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: bentfeather

Nuttier and nuttier by the day, LOL!


973 posted on 06/24/2005 6:48:41 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

~Paul Simon~Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes~

974 posted on 06/24/2005 6:48:43 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: HiJinx

Kids are usually surprisingly easy to teach. They seem to respect it as an important step toward adulthood and their awe makes it a super experience for everyone.


975 posted on 06/24/2005 6:49:56 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
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To: bentfeather

Oh Ms. Feather, thank you! Love this tune AND Miss Piggy!


976 posted on 06/24/2005 6:50:22 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: EsmeraldaA

TGIF, EsmeraldaA!!


977 posted on 06/24/2005 6:51:33 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
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To: laurenmarlowe
Good evening, Lauren--thanks! It is good to be back!

Have ya had a good day?


How's this little sweetie, LUV, or whoever became LUV?

978 posted on 06/24/2005 6:52:12 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: bentfeather; trussell; laurenmarlowe; MoJo2001; StarCMC; All

Good evening, Canteen!


979 posted on 06/24/2005 6:52:26 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Ah, spring. Such as it is.)
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To: Lady Jag

Hello, LJ!


980 posted on 06/24/2005 6:52:52 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Ah, spring. Such as it is.)
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