1991
1991 (
MCMXCI) was a
common year starting on Tuesday of the
Gregorian calendar.
January
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January 2 -
Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of
Washington, DC, becoming the city's first Black female leader.
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January 4 - The
United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to condemn
Israel's treatment of the
Palestinians.
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January 10 - SA State Government forced to bail out State Bank.
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January 11 - The
Soviets storm
Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.
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January 12 -
Gulf War: The
U.S. Congress passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force to liberate
Kuwait.
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January 13 -
Soviet troops assault the
Vilnius TV tower in
Lithuania and kill 14 unarmed civilians; many more are injured.
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January 13 -
Soccer stampede and fight at
Johannesburg,
South Africa - 42 dead.
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January 14 - Three
PLO guerilla chiefs assassinated in
Tunis.
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January 16 -
US serial killer Aileen Wuornos confesses to the murders of six men.
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January 17 -
Gulf War:
Operation Desert Storm begins with air strikes against
Iraq.
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January 17 -
Gulf War:
Iraq fires 8
Scud missiles into
Israel.
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January 17 -
Harald V becomes King of
Norway on the death of his father,
Olav V.
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January 18 -
Eastern Air Lines shuts down after 62 years citing financial problems.
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January 26 - The
Somalian president
Siad Barre flees his compound in
Mogadishu.
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January 27 - The
New York Giants defeat the
Buffalo Bills, 20-19, in
Super Bowl XXV.
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January 29 - Siad Barre is succeeded by
Ali Mahdi Muhammad.
February
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February 5 - A
Michigan court bars Dr.
Jack Kevorkian from assisting in
suicides.
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February 7 -
Haiti's first democratically-elected president,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
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February 7 - The
IRA launches a mortar attack on
10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
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February 9 - Voters in
Lithuania vote for independence.
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February 11 -
UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization, forms in the
Hague,
Netherlands.
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February 13 -
Gulf War: Two laser-guided "
smart bombs" destroy an underground bunker in
Baghdad killing hundreds of
Iraqis. Iraqi officials claim that the bunker was a
bomb shelter but
United States military intelligence identified it as a military facility.
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February 15 - The
Visegrad Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward
free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of
Czechoslovakia,
Hungary and
Poland.
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February 16 -
Gulf War: American and British war planes bomb the suburbs of
Baghdad, injuring at least 11 civilians and killing three others.
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February 18 - The
IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both
Paddington station and
Victoria station in London.
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February 22 - Gulf War: Iraq accepts a Russian-proposed cease fire agreement. The U.S. rejects the agreement, but said that retreating Iraqi forces would not be attacked if they left Kuwait within 24 hours.
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February 23 - Gulf War: Ground troops cross the
Saudi Arabian border and enter
Kuwait, thus starting the ground phase of the war.
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February 23 -
Thailand: General
Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless
coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister
Chatichai Choonhavan.
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February 25 - Gulf War: Part of an
Iraqi
Scud missile hits an American military barracks in
Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia killing 29 and injuring 99
US Soldiers. It is the single, most devastating attack on U.S. forces during that war.
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February 26 - Gulf War: On
Baghdad radio,
Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from
Kuwait. Iraqi soldiers set fire to Kuwaiti oil fields as they retreat.
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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
* March-April -
Iraqi forces suppress rebellions in the southern and northern parts of the country, creating a humanitarian disaster on the borders of
Turkey and
Iran.
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March 1 -
Ballistic Missile Submarine USS-ex-Sam Houston SSBN-609 starts to be
deactivated.
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March 1 -
Clayton Keith Yeutter finishes as the United States Secretary of Agriculture, under the
George H. W. Bush administration.
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March 3 - An amateur video captures the beating of
Rodney King by
Los Angeles police officers.
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March 3 -
Latvia and
Estonia vote to become independent of the
Soviet Union.
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March 4 - Most primitive form of
World Wide Web is put online.
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March 4 - In
Iraq,
Saddam Hussein releases 6
U.S., 3
British and 1
Italian prisoner of war.
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March 4 -
Sheik Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the
Prime Minister of Kuwait, returned to his country for the first time since
Iraq's invasion.
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March 4 -
Vermont celebrates its
bicentennial statehood.
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March 9 - Massive demonstrations are held against
Slobodan Milošević in
Belgrade. Two people are killed and
tanks are in the streets.
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March 10 -
Gulf War:
Operation Phase Echo - 540,000 American troops begin to leave the
Persian Gulf*
March 11 - A curfew is imposed on black townships in
South Africa after fighting between rival political gangs killed 49.
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March 13 - The
United States Department of Justice announces that
Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the
Exxon Valdez oil spill in
Alaska.
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March 14 - After 16 years in prison for allegedly bombing a
pub in an
Irish Republican Army attack, the "
Birmingham Six" are freed when a court determines that the police fabricated evidence.
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March 15 - Four
Los Angeles, California police officers are indicted for the
videotaped
March 3, 1991 beating of motorist
Rodney King during an arrest.
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March 15 -
Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-
World War II occupying powers (
France, the
United Kingdom, the
United States and the
Soviet Union) relinquish all remaining rights.
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March 31 -
Albania has the first multi-party elections.
April
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April 3 -
Iraq disarmament crisis: The U.N. Security Council passes the Cease Fire Agreement, Resolution 687. The resolution called for the destruction or removal of all of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons, all stocks of agents and components, and all research, development, support and manufacturing facilities for ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150km and production facilities; and for an end to its support for international terrorism. Iraq accepts the terms of the resolution on
April 6.
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April 4 - Senator
John Heinz of
Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collided with their plane over
Merion, Pennsylvania.
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April 9 - The Supreme Council of the
Republic of Georgia declared the restoration of independence of Georgia.
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April 10 - A
rare tropical storm develops in the
Southern Hemisphere off the coast of
Angola; the first of its kind to be documented by
satellites.
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April 14 - In the
Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth $500 million from the
Van Gogh Museum in
Amsterdam. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum
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April 17 - After approaching 3,000 in July
1990, the
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for the first time ever, closing at 3,004.46.
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April 18 -
Iraq disarmament crisis:
Iraq declares some of its chemical weapons and materials to the UN, as required by Resolution 687, and claims that it does not have a biological weapons program.
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April 26 - Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States, killing 17. The most notable tornado of the day struck
Andover, Kansas. (see
Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak)
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April 29 - A
tropical cyclone hits
Bangladesh killing an estimated 138,000 people.
May
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May 15 -
Édith Cresson becomes
France's first female
premier.
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May 16 -
HM Queen Elizabeth II gives a speech to the U.S. Congress.
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May 26 - In
Thailand, a
Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashes near
Bangkok, killing all 223 people on-board.
June
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June 3 -
Mount Unzen erupts killing 43 people as a result of
pyroclastic flow, the victims were all either
volcanologists or
journalists.
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June 5 -
Phil Zimmermann releases
PGP v1.0, the first freely available strong
cryptography.
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June 12 -
Boris Yeltsin is elected president of
Russia, the largest and most populous of the fifteen
Soviet republics.
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June 13 - A spectator is killed by
lightning at the
U.S. Open [
1]
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June 15 -
Pinatubo climactic eruption, one of the most destructive volcanic event of the century shook the Philippines
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June 17 -
Apartheid: The
South African Parliament repeals the
Population Registration Act, which had required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
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June 17 - Exhumation of U.S. President
Zachary Taylor, to discover whether or not his death was caused by
arsenic poisoning, instead of acute gastrointestinal illness. No trace of arsenic is found.
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June 23-
June 28 -
Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. inspection teams attempt to intercept
Iraqi vehicles carrying nuclear related equipment. Iraqi soldiers fire warning shots in the air to prevent inspectors from approaching the vehicles.
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June 25 -
Croatia and
Slovenia declare their independence from
Yugoslavia.
July
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July 1 - The
Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in
Prague.
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July 7 - The
Brioni Agreement ends the ten day war in
Slovenia*
July 10 -
Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected president of
Russia*
July 11 - Total
Solar Eclipse, seen in(
Hawaii,
Mexico,
Central America,
Colombia and
Brazil).
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July 22 -
Mike Tyson is arrested and charged with raping
Desiree Washington, a
Miss Black America contestant, three days earlier.
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July 22 - Serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his
Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. They soon found out that he is involved in 6 more murders.
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July 24 - Government of
India announces the New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
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July 26 -
Paul Reubens (
Peewee Herman) is arrested the first time.
August
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August 6 -
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the "
World Wide Web."
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August 7 - Assassination of
Shapour Bakhtiar, former prime minister of
Iran.
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August 8 - Collapse of
Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built.
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August 13 - The
Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the United States.
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August 17 -
Strathfield Massacre (
Sydney,
Australia) - taxi driver
Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injuring 6 others before turning the gun on himself.
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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 led by Vice President
Gennady Yanayev, 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.
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August 21 -
Collapse of the Soviet Union:
Latvia declares its independence from the
Soviet Union.
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August 24 -
Ukraine declares independence from
Soviet Union.
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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 25 -
Michael Schumacher makes his
Formula 1 debut in the
Belgian Grand Prix*
August 27 -
Moldova declares independence from the
Soviet Union.
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August 29 - Maronite general
Michel Aoun leaves
Lebanon via a French ship into exile.
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August 31 -
Kyrgyzstan declares independence from the
Soviet Union.
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August 31 -
Uzbekistan declares independence from the
Soviet Union.
September
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September 2 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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September 3 - In
Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
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September 5-
September 7 - At the
35th Annual Tailhook Symposium in
Las Vegas, 83 women and 7 men are assaulted.
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September 6 - The
Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the
Baltic States.
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September 6 - The name "
Saint Petersburg" is restored to
Russia's second-largest city, which had been renamed "Leningrad" in
1924.
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September 8 -
Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
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September 15 - The
C-17 Globemaster III flys for the first time. The
C-17 is regarded by many in the industry as the best, safest and most capable aircraft in the history of
aviation.
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September 21 - Armenia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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September 21 -
September 30 -
Iraq disarmament crisis: IAEA inspectors discover files on Iraq's hidden nuclear weapons program. Iraqi officials confiscate documents from UN weapons inspectors, and refuse to allow them to leave the site without turning over other documents. A four-day standoff ensues. Iraq permits the team to leave with the documents after a statement from the UN Security Council threatens enforcement actions.
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September 22 - The
Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time, by the
Huntington Library.
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September 30 -
Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed from power.
October
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October 2 -
Arkansas Governor
William J. Clinton announces he will seek the 1992
Democratic Party nomination for
President of the United States.
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October 8 - The
Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with
Yugoslavia.
*
October 11 - In
Russia, the
KGB is replaced by the
SVR.
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October 11 -
Iraq disarmament crisis: The U.N. Security Council passes Resolution 715, which demands that Iraq "accept unconditionally the inspectors and all other personnel designated by the Special Commission". Iraq rejects the resolution, calling it "unlawful".
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October 12 -
Askar Akayev, previously chosen
President of Kyrgyzstan by republic's
Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.
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October 14 -
Bulgarians celebrate the end of the rule of the Communist Party.
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October 15 - Following a bitter confirmation hearing that involved allegations of sexual misconduct, the
United States Senate votes 52 to 48 to confirm Judge
Clarence Thomas to the
Supreme Court of the United States*
October 16 -
George Hennard guns down 24 people in
Texas.
*
October 19 - 7.0
Richter Scale earthquake in Northern
Italy - 2000 dead.
*
October 20 -
Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments.
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October 27 - The first free parliamentary elections are held in
Poland.
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October 27 - The
Minnesota Twins win the
World Series.
*
October 29 - The American
Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to
951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an
asteroid.
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Winter - Centennial of
BasketballNovember
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November 2 -
Australia beat
England 12-6 at
Twickenham Stadium to lift the
Rugby World Cup.
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November 4 -
Ronald Reagan's presidential library opens in
Simi Valley.
*
November 5 - Body of publishing tycoon
Robert Maxwell is found floating in the
Atlantic Ocean - he had fallen off his yacht near the
Canary Islands.
*
November 5 -
David Duke, a white supremacist running as a
Republican, loses the
Louisiana governor's race to
Democratic candidate
Edwin Edwards, by an overwhelming margin.
*
November 7 -
Los Angeles Lakers point guard
Magic Johnson announces that he has
HIV, effectively ending his career in the
NBA.
*
November 6 - The
KGB officially stops operations.
*
November 7 - The last oil well fire was put out in
Kuwait.
*
November 7 - First report on
Carbon nanotubes is published by
Sumio Iijima in the journal
Nature.
*
November 14 - American and British authorities announce indictments against two
Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the
Pan Am Flight 103.
*
November 14 -
Cambodian Prince
Norodom Sihanouk returns to
Phnom Penh after 13 years of exile.
*
November 18 -
Shiite Muslim kidnappers in
Lebanon set
Anglican Church envoys
Terry Waite and
Thomas Sutherland free.
*
November 18 -
Serb troops take
Vukovar after
siege of 87 days.
*
November 23 -
Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the band
Queen, issues a public statement confirming that he is stricken with
AIDS. The next day he dies of complications.
*
November 27 - The
United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts UN Security Council Resolution, opening the way to the establishment of
peacekeeping operations in
Yugoslavia.
*
November 29 - Federal
Yugoslavian Army begins to withdraw from
Zagreb.
December
*
December 1 -
Collapse of the Soviet Union:
Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the
Soviet Union.
*
December 4 - Journalist
Terry Anderson is released after seven years' captivity as a hostage in
Beirut (he was the last and longest-held American hostage in
Lebanon).
*
December 4 -
Pan American World Airways ends operations.
*
December 8 - Leaders of
Russia,
Belarus, and
Ukraine met and signed an agreement ending the
Soviet Union and establishing the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the
Belovezhskaya Pushcha Nature Reserve in Belarus.
*
December 8 -
Referendum on the
constitution of
Romania accepted as valid.
*
December 12 -
Russian SFSR ceases to be a part of the
Soviet Union.
*
December 15 -
Egyptian ferry
Salem Express sinks in the
Red Sea killing more than 450.
*
December 19 -
Paul Keating replaces
Bob Hawke as
Australian prime minister.
*
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.
Undated events
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University of South Australia founded.
*
Impostor James Hogue exposed in
Princeton University*
Milo Kirk elected president of
Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
January-May
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January 8 -
Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer
*
January 15 -
Rubab Raza, Pakistan swimmer
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January 19 -
Erin Sanders, American actress
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January 21 -
Paige and Ryanne Kettner, American actresses
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January 21 -
Brittany Tiplady, Canadian actress
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February 10 -
Emma Roberts' American actress
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February 16 -
Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, royalty
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February 17 -
Bonnie Wright, English actress
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February 18 -
Malese Jow, American actress
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March 4 -
Diandra Newlin, American actress, singer, model
*
March 8 -
Devon Werkheiser, American actor
*
March 23 -
George William Carnegie, British noble
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March 26 -
Brittney Wilson, Canadian actress
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March 28 -
Amy Bruckner, American actress
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April 4 -
Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer
*
April 10 -
Sergiusz Zymelka, Polish actor
*
April 10 -
AJ Michalka, American singer and actress
*
April 20 -
Thomas Curtis, American actor
*
April 27 -
Rebecca Ryan, British actress
*
May 17 -
Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor
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May 21 -
Sarah Ramos, American actress
*
May 25 -
Julianna Rose Mauriello, American stage actress
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May 28 -
Kristen Alderson, American actress
June-December
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June 4 -
Jordan Hinson, American actress
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June 18 -
Willa Holland, American model
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June 27 -
Madylin Sweeten, American actress
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July 5 -
Jason Dolley, American actor
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July 6 -
Victoire Thivisol, French actress
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July 7 -
Devon Alan, American actor
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July 9 -
Mitchel Musso, American actor
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July 12 -
Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
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July 14 -
Lewis McGibbon, British actor
*
August 28 -
Kyle Massey, American actor
*
August 30 -
Lauren Hartley, British actress
*
September 4 -
Carter Jenkins, American actor
*
September 5 -
Skandar Keynes, British actor
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September 21 -
Zoe Weizenbaum, American actress
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October 19 -
Christopher Gerse, American actor
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November 6 -
Camila Finn, Brazilian model
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December 9 -
Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian Prince
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December 13 -
Jay Greenberg, American music composerFor more musicians born in 1991, see
1991 in music.''
January
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January 5 -
Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b.
1922)
*
January 8 -
Steve Clark, English guitarist (
Def Leppard) (b.
1960)
*
January 11 -
Carl David Anderson, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1905)
*
January 17 - King
Olav V of Norway (b.
1903)
*
January 29 -
Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b.
1907)
*
January 30 -
John Bardeen, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1908)
*
January 29 -
John McIntire, American actor (b.
1907)
February
*
February 5 -
Dean Jagger, American actor (b.
1903)
*
February 6 -
Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1912)
*
February 6 -
Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b.
1914)
*
February 14 -
John McCone, American
Central Intelligence Agency director (b.
1902)
*
February 21 -
John S. Cooper, a
U.S. Republican senator
*
February 21 -
Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (b.
1919)
*
February 24 -
John Charles Daly,
South African-born journalist and game show host (b.
1914)
*
February 24 -
George Gobel, American comedian (b.
1919)
March
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March 2 -
Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b.
1928)
*
March 3 -
Arthur Murray, American dancer and dance instructor (b.
1895)
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March 12 -
Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1900)
*
March 14 -
Howard Ashman, American lyricist (b.
1950)
*
March 14 -
Doc Pomus, American composer (b.
1925)
*
March 25 -
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre,
Roman Catholic bishop who fought for
Catholic Tradition (b.
1905)
*
March 29 -
Lee Atwater, American Presidential advisor (b.
1951)
April
*
April 1 -
Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b.
1894)
*
April 3 -
Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b.
1901)
*
April 3 -
Graham Greene, English writer (b.
1904)
*
April 4 -
Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b.
1911)
* April 4 -
H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (plane crash) (b.
1938)
* April 4 -
Forrest Towns, American runner (b.
1914)
* April 4 -
Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b.
1920)
*
April 8 -
Per "Dead" Yngve Ohlin, Vocalist for
Mayhem/
Morbid (suicide) (b.
1969)
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April 10 -
Natalie Schafer, American actress (b.
1900)
*
April 26 -
Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b.
1910)
*
April 28 -
Ken Curtis, American actor (b.
1916)
*
April 28 -
Johnny Eck, American
sideshow performer
May
*
May 8 -
Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (b.
1907)
*
May 8 -
Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b.
1903)
*
May 14 -
Jiang Qing, Chinese radical revolutionary (b.
1914)
*
May 15 -
Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b.
1956)
*
May 21 -
Rajiv Gandhi,
Prime Minister of India (b.
1944)
*
May 22 -
Derrick Henry Lehmer, American mathematician (b.
1905)
*
May 24 -
Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (b.
1895)
*
May 27 -
Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b.
1904)
June
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June 9 -
Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b.
1903)
*
June 14 -
Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (b.
1907)
*
June 15 -
Arthur Lewis, British economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1915)
July
*
July 1 -
Michael Landon, American actor (b.
1936)
*
July 4 -
Victor Chang, Australian physician (murdered) (b.
1936)
*
July 15 -
Bert Convy, American game show host, actor, and singer (brain tumor) (b.
1933)
*
July 16 -
Robert Motherwell, American painter (b.
1915)
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July 18 -
André Cools, Belgian politician (assassinated) (b.
1927)
*
July 24 -
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Yiddish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate
August
*
August 1 -
Chris Short, American baseball pitcher (b.
1937)
*
August 5 -
Paul Brown, American football coach (b.
1908)
*
August 8 -
James Irwin, astronaut (b.
1930)
*
August 11 -
J.D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b.
1938)
*
August 13 -
James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (b.
1907)
*
August 14 -
Richard A. Snelling, Governor of Vermont (b.
1927)
*
August 30 -
Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b.
1925)
September
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September 2 -
Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b.
1911)
*
September 3 -
Frank Capra, Italian-born film director (b.
1897)
*
September 7 -
Edwin McMillan, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1907)
*
September 17 -
Zino Francescatti, French violinist (b.
1902)
*
September 24 -
Dr. Seuss, American children's author (b.
1904)
*
September 28 -
Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b.
1926)
October
*
October 24 -
Gene Roddenberry, American television producer, creator of
Star Trek (b.
1921)
November
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November 5 -
Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (b.
1923)
*
November 24 -
Eric Carr, American drummer (
Kiss) (b.
1950)
*
November 24 -
Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (
Queen) (b.
1946)
December
*
December 1 -
George Joseph Stigler, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1911)
*
December 6 -
Richard Stone, British economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1913)
*
December 10 -
Greta Kempton, American artist (b.
1901)
*
December 14 -
Ronnie Polkingharn, the uncle of rapper
Eminem (b.
1972)
*
December 15 -
Vasily Zaitsev, Russian World War II hero (b.
1915)
*
December 16 -
Horatio Luro, Argentine-born racehorse trainer (b.
1901)
*
December 18 -
George Abecassis, English race car driver (b.
1913)
Unknown dates
*
José Caballero,
Spanish painter (b.
1915)
*
Physics -
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes*
Chemistry -
Richard R. Ernst*
Medicine -
Erwin Neher,
Bert Sakmann*
Literature -
Nadine Gordimer*
Peace -
Aung San Suu Kyi*
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