CNN NEWSROOM Index: September 1991 9/03/91 Segment 2 Time 4:15 Program Rundown: CNN NEWSROOM reviews the historic days of August -- days that brought dramatic change to the Soviet Union and its people. 9/03/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: "We've waited a long time for this, but the struggle is not over. We'll bring out the champagne only when the Soviet Union gives us freedom." -- elderly Latvian woman 9/03/91 Segment 4 Time 5:50 Program Rundown: For Soviet citizens, it must seem that change occurs only as a result of struggle. 9/03/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: Despot 9/03/91 Segment 6 Time :25 Program Rundown: Soviet students return to school and find that familiar routines have a new focus. 9/04/91 Segment 2 Time 4:15 Program Rundown: Soviet lawmakers strive to agree on both a vision for the future and a plan to make that vision a reality. 9/04/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: The Baltics were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. 9/04/91 Segment 4 Time 5:25 Program Rundown: In 1917, Communist revolutionaries struggled to bring down the old order, end the monarchy, and establish a collective society. 9/04/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: Egalitarian 9/04/91 Segment 6 Time 3:30 Program Rundown: Recent Soviet emigrants discuss developments in their homeland. 9/05/91 Segment 2 Time 3:05 Program Rundown: The Congress of Peoples' Deputies continues to debate a plan to transfer most of the Soviet Union's political power from the central government to individual republics. 9/05/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: Hardline 9/05/91 Segment 4 Time 1:45 Program Rundown: The U.S. "draws a map" for Soviets to follow in their quest for a more democratic society. 9/05/91 Segment 5 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: Baltic citizens have retained an independent spirit after 51 years of Soviet rule. 9/05/91 Segment 6 Time :30 Program Rundown: "It is true that liberty is precious, so precious that it must be rationed." -- Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870-1924) 9/05/91 Segment 7 Time 5:05 Program Rundown: Josef Stalin was Lenin's successor, despite the fact that Lenin favored Leon Trotsky. Part III of CNN NEWSROOM's series traces events that changed the course of history. 9/06/91 Segment 2 Time 5:00 Program Rundown: Without gunshots, tanks, or bombs, Soviet lawmakers stage a quiet revolution. 9/06/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; Soviet lawmaker Arkady Murashov 9/06/91 Segment 4 Time 7:35 Program Rundown: The Soviet Union of the 1940's faces extinction in the 1990's. 9/09/91 Segment 2 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: A cease-fire agreement fails to slow the fighting in Yugoslavia's civil war. 9/09/91 Segment 2 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: It may take time to perfect the art of free election in the Soviet Union. 9/09/91 Segment 3 Time 6:05 Program Rundown: The mix of British and French cultures, traditions, and circumstances are factors in the formation of present-day Canada. 9/09/91 Segment 4 Time :20 Program Rundown: The Algonquin, Montagnais, and Cree Indians 9/09/91 Segment 5 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1984...1948...1776 9/09/91 Segment 6 Time :45 Program Rundown: This week, Shuttle Discovery will deploy a satellite to study the earth's atmosphere. 9/09/91 Segment 7 Time 2:10 Program Rundown: Would a proposed manned mission to Mars be worth the $500 billion price tag? 9/10/91 Segment 2 Time 3:30 Program Rundown: The battle over Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas comes to Capitol Hill. 9/10/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: Tokenism 9/10/91 Segment 4 Time 6:15 Program Rundown: French Quebecois have been struggling to define their place in Canada for hundreds of years. 9/10/91 Segment 5 Time 3:40 Program Rundown: Quebec's citizens discuss the issues faced when two cultures share one land. 9/11/91 Segment 2 Time 3:30 Program Rundown: The battle over Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas comes to Capitol Hill. 9/11/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1989...1981...1944 9/11/91 Segment 4 Time 6:15 Program Rundown: French Quebecois' have been struggling to define their place in Canada for hundreds of years. 9/11/91 Segment 5 Time 3:40 Program Rundown: Quebec's citizens discuss the issues faced when two cultures share one land. 9/12/91 Segment 2 Time 1:50 Program Rundown: 51 Lebanese prisoners board buses that will take them from captivity in Israel. 9/12/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Mikhail Gorbachev proposes talks with Cuba on troop withdrawal from the island. 9/12/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Cuban Foreign Ministry; Ramon Cernuda, Cuban exile; Dick Cheney, U.S. Defense Secretary 9/12/91 Segment 4 Time 3:05 Program Rundown: Thursday's launch of an "ozone research" satellite is the first stage of NASA's "Mission to Planet Earth." 9/12/91 Segment 5 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1974...1986...1990 9/12/91 Segment 6 Time 6:25 Program Rundown: The possibility of Quebec's independence from Canada seems to raise more questions than it answers...As the sovereignty movement grows, many are weighing the costs. 9/13/91 Segment 2 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: More deals may be imminent in the hostage crisis. Could this mean the end of a recurring international nightmare? 9/13/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The Shuttle Discovery blasts into orbit, commencing a six-day mission. 9/13/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1990...1922...1759 9/13/91 Segment 4 Time 3:05 Program Rundown: CNN NEWSROOM correspondent Joyce Harvey shares her impressions of the province and people of Quebec. 9/13/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: "We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours." -- Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) 9/13/91 Segment 6 Time 3:15 Program Rundown: It's said to be the best time of your life. Students look toward their senior years. 9/13/91 Segment 7 Time :20 Program Rundown: Rap 9/13/91 Segment 8 Time 2:40 Program Rundown: Yo, check this out! It's a def dictionary full of swangin' rap terms! 9/16/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Former Panamanian dictator, General Manuel Noriega, goes on trial today. 9/16/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Iowa Senator Tom Harkin throws his hat in the ring as Democratic candidate for president. 9/16/91 Segment 2 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: The failed Soviet coup and its aftermath cause uncertainty in global politics. 9/16/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history... 1986...1982...1974 9/16/91 Segment 4 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: The sacred scriptures of Buddhism are recorded on CD for the enlightenment of future generations. 9/16/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: Venerate 9/16/91 Segment 6 Time 6:15 Program Rundown: CNN NEWSROOM'S Joel Hochmuth visits an Iowa farm family with strong ties to the past. 9/17/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Confirmation hearings are underway for Robert Gates, President Bush's candidate for director of the CIA. 9/17/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: In Miami, the U.S. government's trial of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega began. 9/17/91 Segment 2 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: Oliver North wins his appeal of a 1989 conviction. 9/17/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1984...1980...1787 9/17/91 Segment 4 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: Richard Blystone examines the proposed Soviet Union Treaty. Does it have the flaws of the U.S. Articles of Confederation? 9/17/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: 75% of U.S. farmers must supplement their incomes with off-farm earnings. 9/17/91 Segment 6 Time 6:30 Program Rundown: For Jerry Otto, bankruptcy meant the loss of a feeling of self-worth, as well as the loss of his family's Iowa farm. 9/18/91 Segment 2 Time 2:35 Program Rundown: The United Nations opens its 46th annual session and welcomes seven new members. 9/18/91 Segment 3 Time :15 Program Rundown: "This country (Yugoslavia) is only days away from a state of irretrievable civil war." -- Lord Carrington, European representative 9/18/91 Segment 4 Time :23 Program Rundown: Shuttle astronauts return to Earth after enjoying spectacular weather displays. 9/18/91 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The skies over Zagreb, Yugoslavia explode with fire, lighting the turmoil below. 9/18/91 Segment 5 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1759...1961...1970 9/18/91 Segment 6 Time 2:10 Program Rundown: MTV celebrates its 10th anniversary and vows to continue as a "viewing alternative." 9/18/91 Segment 7 Time :15 Program Rundown: Texas (185,000) 9/18/91 Segment 8 Time 5:20 Program Rundown: Don't let the cows, pigs, and silos fool you. Farms "just ain't what they used to be." 9/19/91 Segment 2 Time 4:05 Program Rundown: The world community "puts its foot down" and demands that Iraq comply fully with the ceasefire agreement. 9/19/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: April 30, 1975 9/19/91 Segment 4 Time 3:45 Program Rundown: On the first of five consecutive Thursdays, CNN NEWSROOM examines Vietnam's past in an attempt to analyze its present. 9/19/91 Segment 5 Time 1:10 Program Rundown: Six years ago today, the first of two earthquakes rocked Mexico City. 9/19/91 Segment 6 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1881...1955...1986 9/19/91 Segment 7 Time 2:55 Program Rundown: The foremost fashion designer of the future just may be a computer... 9/20/91 Segment 2 Time 3:15 Program Rundown: Can routine testing help to stop the spread of AIDS Some medical experts say "yes." 9/20/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Through sexual relations 9/20/91 Segment 4 Time 2:45 Program Rundown: Recycling may be gathering steam...but it's losing money. 9/20/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: Red Ink 9/20/91 Segment 6 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: The appeal of the product is usually in the eye of the consumer. 9/20/91 Segment 7 Time :30 Program Rundown: "While the state exists there is no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no state." - - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin, 1970-1924) 9/20/91 Segment 8 Time 3:05 Program Rundown: In the Soviet Union, Lenin is rapidly becoming more reviled than revered. 9/23/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Palestinian delegates gather for a crucial session of their "parliament-in-exile." 9/23/91 Segment 2 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: President Bush attempts to lay the groundwork for Mid-East peace talks. 9/23/91 Segment 2 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: The U.N. insists that Iraq remove all impediments to a full inspection of its armaments and military installations. 9/23/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: Biosphere 9/23/91 Segment 4 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: Scientists will live within Biosphere II for 2 years in an effort to save Biosphere I. 9/23/91 Segment 5 Time :30 Program Rundown: "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." -- John Howard Payne, 1791-1852 9/23/91 Segment 6 Time 4:55 Program Rundown: For 74 years, Boys Town has meant "home" to the homeless, and "hope" for the hopeless. 9/24/91 Segment 2 Time 2:45 Program Rundown: U.N. officials believe that inspectors in Iraq may have uncovered documents spelling out Saddam Hussein's "master plan." 9/24/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: "Smoking gun" 9/24/91 Segment 4 Time 2:15 Program Rundown: President Bush implores the U.N. to repeal its 16-year-old condemnation of Zionism. 9/24/91 Segment 4 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: The face and figure of Yasser Arafat is recognized worldwide. But do Palestinians still recognize him as their leader? 9/24/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: A Kaffiyeh is the headdress traditionally worn by Arab men as protection against dust and heat. 9/24/91 Segment 6 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: Alumni at a reunion reminisce about Boys Town and its role in shaping their lives. 9/25/91 Segment 2 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: Iraqi troops continue to block the progress of U.N. inspection teams. 9/25/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Patriot missiles are en route from U.S. bases in Germany to Saudi Arabia. 9/25/91 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The U.N. Security Council demands that Iraq release all pertinent documentation. 9/25/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1990...1981...1513 9/25/91 Segment 4 Time 2:10 Program Rundown: The winds of destiny finally blow British hostage Jack Mann towards home. 9/25/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: U.S. President George Bush; Thomas Cicippio, brother of hostage Joseph Cicippio; front page headline of a London newspaper. 9/25/91 Segment 6 Time 1:15 Program Rundown: QUEBEC: Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney wants to grant Quebec's wish to become a "distinct society." 9/25/91 Segment 7 Time :20 Program Rundown: French explorer Jacques Cartier in 1535 9/25/91 Segment 8 Time 2:10 Program Rundown: It's "all business" in the Baltics as the doors to a free market economy swing open. 9/25/91 Segment 9 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: A group of students with high hopes launch 9/26/91 Segment 2 Time 3:30 Program Rundown: After a decade of brutal civil war, El Salvador seems to be on the verge of peace. 9/26/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: 64% of El Salvador's population is illiterate 9/26/91 Segment 4 Time 3:30 Program Rundown: Can Vietnam's hard-line communists switch successfully to a free market economy? 9/26/91 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: Free enterprise a program to help Soviets obtain food. 9/26/91 Segment 6 Time 1:25 Program Rundown: Eight scientists will say farewell to the real world today and enter a glass-enclosed environment for two years. 9/26/91 Segment 6 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a flying robot! Watch for them in the skies over your town! 9/26/91 Segment 7 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1981...1898...1789 9/26/91 Segment 8 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: Theodore Seuss Geisel, creator of such zany characters as the Cat in the Hat, gave millions of children a reason to read. 9/27/91 Segment 2 Time 3:45 Program Rundown: AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis speaks out in the hope that others may be spared. 9/27/91 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: 20% of Americans infected with the AIDS virus are adolescents. 9/27/91 Segment 4 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: ZAIRE: The third largest nation on the African continent is in the midst of a violent catastrophe. 9/27/91 Segment 5 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1985...1990...1990 9/27/91 Segment 6 Time 3:35 Program Rundown: The ancient Dead Sea Scrolls are at the center of a modern academic controversy. 9/27/91 Segment 7 Time 2:40 Program Rundown: A group of students in Los Angeles make their journalistic "DEBUT." 9/27/91 Segment 8 Time :35 Program Rundown: Don't miss CNN NEWSROOM's upcoming series on the Amazon Indians of Brazil! 9/30/91 Segment 2 Time 3:20 Program Rundown: Pres. Bush proposes sweeping cuts in U.S. nuclear arms, for the sake of "our future and the future of generations to come." 9/30/91 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu; German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher; Australian Prime Minster Bob Hawke 9/30/91 Segment 4 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: Members of the medical community are pleased to introduce ADAM, the first computer man. 9/30/91 Segment 5 Time :30 Program Rundown: Today in history...1846...1939...1988 9/30/91 Segment 6 Time 4:30 Program Rundown: In a Rio slum, a woman patiently sews glittering costumes to help children to forget, for a while, the filth and poverty of their lives. 9/30/91 Segment 7 Time :30 Program Rundown: "You can really say he turned the whole jazz world around." --Leonard Feather, jazz critic 9/30/91 Segment 8 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: Legendary Miles Davis, jazz pioneer and artist, never compromised his musical vision.