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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: Kathy in Alaska
WHOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!
It's an all 80's Finally Friday!!!
441
posted on
06/23/2005 11:39:37 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: txradioguy
All 80's Finally Friday!!!
Call ins?
442
posted on
06/23/2005 11:44:27 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
"Call ins?"
As many as I can handle!!!
David Bowie "Modern Love" playing now...Erasure "Chains Of Love" on the way!!
443
posted on
06/23/2005 11:47:57 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: txradioguy
And what is going to happen beautiful.
444
posted on
06/23/2005 11:48:25 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: txradioguy
445
posted on
06/23/2005 11:50:29 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
The Fixx "One Thing Leads To Another" playing right now.
446
posted on
06/23/2005 11:53:33 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: fatima
God.....I think you are right.
447
posted on
06/23/2005 11:54:41 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: All
448
posted on
06/23/2005 11:59:21 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: All
449
posted on
06/23/2005 11:59:28 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: All
450
posted on
06/24/2005 12:02:01 AM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: txradioguy
tx.....#450!!
451
posted on
06/24/2005 12:04:05 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Neat "bouquet" today. Thanks men in the Military and the Canteen.
452
posted on
06/24/2005 12:05:52 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: andie74
Oh, no...still a liberal. Welcome to the Canteen and glad you've made the move. LOL!
453
posted on
06/24/2005 12:07:14 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: FlingWingFlyer
454
posted on
06/24/2005 12:32:31 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: HRoarke
Welcome, HRoarke. Thanks for your service to our country.
455
posted on
06/24/2005 12:34:02 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: laurenmarlowe
Thanks, lauren, for America the Beautiful.
456
posted on
06/24/2005 12:35:36 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: T.Smith
Welcome to the Canteen, T.Smith, and thanks for your service to America.
457
posted on
06/24/2005 12:37:24 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Radix
Love your "Dear Diary", Radix. Thanks.
458
posted on
06/24/2005 12:43:07 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: armymarinemom
Thanks, amm, for your remembrances. And thanks to you and amd for raising keepers of our freedom.
459
posted on
06/24/2005 12:48:28 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Kathy in Alaska; FlingWingFlyer
460
posted on
06/24/2005 12:48:35 AM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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