1991
Soviet Union collapsed
1991 is the year following 1990 and preceding 1992.
Like other four-digit years, it functions as a noun 1991 was eventful, an adjective the 1991 budget, or part of a date January 15, 1991.
Historical references include the Gulf War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1991 Kuwait liberation
- Operation Desert Storm1991 allied Iraq offensive
- Rodney KingLos Angeles victim
- Mount PinatuboStratovolcano in Luzon
Former communist superstate
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- LithuaniaBaltic European republic
- independenceFreedom from external control
Gorbachev · Boris Yeltsin · Yugoslavia · Balkans · Warsaw Pact · Eastern Bloc · coup attempt · Commonwealth
Hypertext system via Internet
- LinuxOpen-source operating system kernel
- Windows 3.11992 graphical operating system
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- Hubble Space TelescopeOrbiting astronomical observatory
floppy disk · dial-up · hypertext · Super Nintendo · Game Boy · CD-ROM · PowerBook
Release from earthly existence
- NevermindCasual dismissal phrase
- grungeAccumulated dirt or filth
- Pearl JamSeattle grunge pioneers
- Terminator 2Action sequel about protective robot
Silence of the Lambs · The Simpsons · Seinfeld · Fresh Prince · MTV Unplugged · Boyz II Men · Michael Jordan · Street Fighter II
Return to ancestral type
- retrospectionContemplating past events
- Gen XPost-boomer demographic cohort
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- memoriesStored past experiences
vintage · retro · yearbook · time capsule · flashback · yesteryear · recollection · bygone era
Gulf War
1991 Kuwait liberation
- Operation Desert Storm1991 allied Iraq offensive
- Rodney KingLos Angeles victim
- Mount PinatuboStratovolcano in Luzon
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- LithuaniaBaltic European republic
Gorbachev · Boris Yeltsin · independence · Yugoslavia · Balkans · Warsaw Pact · Eastern Bloc · coup attempt · Commonwealth · reunification
World Wide Web
Hypertext system via Internet
- LinuxOpen-source operating system kernel
- Windows 3.11992 graphical operating system
- internetInterconnected computer systems
Hubble Space Telescope · floppy disk · dial-up · hypertext · Super Nintendo · Game Boy · CD-ROM · PowerBook
Nirvana
Release from earthly existence
Terminator 2 · Silence of the Lambs · The Simpsons · Seinfeld · Fresh Prince · MTV Unplugged · Boyz II Men · Michael Jordan · Street Fighter II · Madonna
throwback
Return to ancestral type
- retrospectionContemplating past events
- Gen XPost-boomer demographic cohort
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
memories · vintage · retro · yearbook · time capsule · flashback · yesteryear · recollection · bygone era
Freddie Mercury
- UkraineKyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, hryvnia
- Soviet collapseGorbachev, glasnost, perestroika, USSR, Soviet Union
- KyrgyzstanTulip Revolution, nomadic culture, Kant
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- AzerbaijanBaku, Caspian Sea, Old City, oil industry, caviar