- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (Wikipedia)
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dissolved on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, formally establishing the dissolution of the Soviet Union as a sovereign state and subject of international law. It also brought an end to the Soviet Union’s federal government and General Secretary (also President) Mikhail Gorbachev’s effort to reform the Soviet political and economic system in an attempt to stop a period of political stalemate and economic backslide.
- Viretta Park (Wikipedia)
Viretta Park is a 1.8-acre (7,300 m2) park in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located at the foot of E. John Street at 39th Avenue E. and stretching down to Lake Washington Boulevard. It was named by Charles L. Denny after his wife, Viretta Chambers Denny. It is located to the south of the former home of Kurt Cobain, where he was found dead. Nirvana fans gather at the park on the anniversary of Cobain’s death (April 5), and to a lesser extent on his birthday (February 20), to pay tribute to him.