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Barack Obama: "I knew it way back then and I'm absolutely convinced of it today..."
I knew it way back then and I’m absolutely convinced of it today — you’re one of a kind, @MichelleObama. Happy Birthday!
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Mama Ngina Drive in Mombasa, Kenya, "was gazetted in 1991 as a historial monument..." Conservation Challenges Facing the Heritage of Mama Ngina Drive ...
In 2015the site was back in the headlines since the title a part of the site was illegally given to private individuals: Shock, anger at Mama Ngina Drive, Fort Jesus land grab
If 1991 is the correct date, then the Gorbachev headline may be related to the August Coup in 1991:
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup (Russian: Августовский путч, tr. Avgustovskiy Putch "August Putsch"
, was an attempt by members of the government of the USSR to take control of the country from Soviet President and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The coup leaders were hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) who were opposed to Gorbachev's reform program and the new union treaty that he had negotiated which decentralized much of the central government's power to the republics. They were opposed, mainly in Moscow, by a short but effective campaign of civil resistance[8] led by Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who had been both an ally and critic of Gorbachev. Although the coup collapsed in only two days and Gorbachev returned to power, the event destabilized the USSR and is widely considered to have contributed to both the demise of the CPSU and the dissolution of the USSR.
After the capitulation of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP), popularly referred to as the "Gang of Eight", both the Supreme Court of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev described their actions as a coup attempt.
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup (Russian: Августовский путч, tr. Avgustovskiy Putch "August Putsch"
, was an attempt by members of the government of the USSR to take control of the country from Soviet President and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The coup leaders were hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) who were opposed to Gorbachev's reform program and the new union treaty that he had negotiated which decentralized much of the central government's power to the republics. They were opposed, mainly in Moscow, by a short but effective campaign of civil resistance[8] led by Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who had been both an ally and critic of Gorbachev. Although the coup collapsed in only two days and Gorbachev returned to power, the event destabilized the USSR and is widely considered to have contributed to both the demise of the CPSU and the dissolution of the USSR.
After the capitulation of the State Committee on the State of Emergency (GKChP), popularly referred to as the "Gang of Eight", both the Supreme Court of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev described their actions as a coup attempt.
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt
That looks like an interesting read! I'll have to delve into it and learn some history of stuff I never heard about 
I wish I had. But, oh well. I've been lucky in other ways.
Happy Birthday, First Lady!!! 
