FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday: 1991 ~ 24 June 2005

StarCMC;Kathy In Alaska;MoJo2001; The Canteen Crew

[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!

 

 

[HiJinx]

Oh, horrors...the only song in your list that I remember is from Bryan Adams...not a bad song, but...

Lesse, I was still on active duty, stationed at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, and I vividly remember watching the air war unfold over Iraq the first time.

[Soaring Feather]

HUGS!!


Had a good one. I took a bunch of pictures of some flowers someone sent me.

[HiJinx]

Blushes...;^)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thanks for today's thread!

I like the new theme for Friday's!

The kitties like it also!

They said *meow*

*HUG* *HUG* *HUG*

[HiJinx]

You got flowers, Ms. Feather?
Do you have a secret admirer?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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You only will get title of thread and who pinged you.
No graphics will load.

[EsmeraldaA]

Thank you for the lovely Friday thread. It's cool!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Soaring Feather]

Gorgeous flowers Jinx, Purple Daises and Babies Breath with a huge Happy Birthday Balloon.

[ValerieUSA]

I listened mostly to talk radio -- Rush Limbaugh.
But I do remember this A Neville song. Thanks.

[andie74]

OMG! Did it have to be 1991? I was still a liberal!

[MoJo2001]

DJ SUNSHINE!
Good evening Troops, Veterans, family members, and Canteeners!!



More music from 1991

Nelson - After The Rain
 

Sidenote: Ricky Nelson's twin sons!!


 

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MoJo! ((HUGS))

Great Friday fun! Hmmmm, in 1991 I was chasing my two young sons around the house, LOL!

[AZamericonnie]

Awww... can I keep that kitty! I'm sure my Daisy dog won't mind!:) Very sweet pic, thanks to the men in the Military and the Canteen!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

1991...I was living in San Diego; and Terminator 2 came out. As did Metallica's self-titled album.

[MoJo2001]

DJ SUNSHINE!
Good evening Troops, Veterans, family members, and Canteeners!!



More music from 1991

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
 

Sidenote:
What would we do without this song?
In 1991, MoJo was a junior in high school!
I was driving! Hehe!
During the summer, I went to NZ, Tahiti, American Samoa, and
other parts of the South Pacific!




 

[FlingWingFlyer]

Favorite memory was having my first Zwiebelrostbraten at the Altes Spital in Stein bei Nurnburg Germany. That place is the best kept secret in the world.

Then there were the trips to Prague and Pilsen. I was happy to be home from Iraq and back in Katterbach, Germany. Old Ironsides.

[HRoarke]

In 1991 I joined the Navy, absolutely sure at the time that my Commander In Chief, the incredibly popular George HW Bush would be re-elected the next year.

1992 was NOT a good year.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Oh Gawd Vanilla Ice...did anyone happen to catch him on that show Hit Me One More Time?

I also thought Arsenio Hall was cool, but hey, what did I know?