Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1991. This year saw 305 significant events. 25 notable figures were born. 8 notable figures passed away.
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George...
Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 – September 30, 2024), nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", was an American professional baseball player and manager.
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
CBS News correspondent Bob Simon and four TV crew members are captured and held for 40 days by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War
NZ cricketers Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make a world record 467 run stand, against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington
Provisional Irish Republican Army launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting in an attempt to assassinate UK Prime Minister John Major, injuring four people
Coalition planes bomb Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, killing hundreds and creating the so-called 'Highway of Death' during the Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted
Apple computer head Steve Jobs (36) weds American businesswoman Laurene Powell (27) in a Buddhist ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California
NFL owners strip Phoenix of the 1993 Super Bowl game because Arizona does not recognize the federal holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
American singer Michael Jackson released ten studio albums, five soundtrack albums, 55 compilation albums, ten video albums, and seven remix albums.
Olympic gold winning decathlete Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) weds Kris Kardashian in Bel Air, Los Angeles
American fashion designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce from Kohie Yohannan (23)
Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless
Willy T. Ribbs overcomes numerous mechanical problems in qualifying to become the first African-American driver to make the Indianapolis 500 starting grid
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Climactic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth in the 20th century
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel.
Martina Navratilova wins her record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, defeating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web and debuts WWW as a publicly available service on the internet
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its...
The 1991 Soviet coup attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail...
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from Nirvana's second album, Nevermind (1991), released on DGC Records.
Director Martin Scorsese (48) divorces producer Barbara De Fina (41) after 6 years of marriage
NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes 1st NHL player to score his 500th goal, 500th assist, and 1000th point all in the same season
Filmmaker Michael Moore (37) weds movie producer Kathleen Glynn (32)
Ayrton Senna wins the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, the shortest F1 race ever run (14 laps) due to wet conditions; Senna secures his 3rd World Drivers' Championship by 24 points over Nigel Mansell
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa.
Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video with groundbreaking morphing effects premieres simultaneously in 27 countries on MTV, Fox TV, and BBC's Top of the Pops
Actor Richard Gere (42) weds supermodel Cindy Crawford (25) in Las Vegas
The Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No.
The University of Colorado, Boulder, coached by Bill McCartney, wins its first Associated Press National Championship of College Football poll
The Palestinian expulsion from Kuwait took place during and after the Gulf War. There were approximately 357,000 Palestinians living in Kuwait before the country was invaded by neighbouring Iraq on 2...
12-year-old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia; youngest world champion in the history of any aquatic event
Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-metre springboard diving title
"Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
"Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
Davis Rules is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC in 1991 and on CBS in 1992. The series was produced by Carsey-Werner Productions.
Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
Ben Johnson's 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finishes 2nd
Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Women's Basketball game (11,520)
Football fans of the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates clash in Orkney, South Africa leading to a riot and 42 deaths in the Oppenheimer Stadium disaster
"Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
Andy Van Hellemond sets NHL record for most games worked by a referee when he appears in his 1,173rd regular season encounter as the St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens
Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
13th UCP Telethon
Cholera epidemic begins in Peru with first known sufferer, 300,000 people infected over the next 12 months
Bagogwe Massacre of Tutsi in and around Ruhengeri, Northern Rwanda
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and politician who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a communist party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1909 as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and merged with the Pacifist Socialist Party, the...
"A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
Bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States began in 1933 when full diplomatic relations were established.
"Close-Up", Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Hossain Sabzian and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is released
Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
Aravinda De Silva scores 267 v NZ at Wellington
Baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose, due to his betting on games while a player and manager
Super Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2017 season.
Mousey Davis becomes the first coach of the NY/NJ Knights
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him to defend his WBC Super Welterweight title
Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership organisation and global platform of solidarity committed to amplifying the voices of unrepresented Peoples and...
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Daily market volatility as Hussein mentions withdrawal, but Bush calls his offer a "cruel hoax"
The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a communist party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1909 as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and merged with the Pacifist Socialist Party, the...
33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports coasts to win after challengers crash on finals laps
USSR announces that Iraq has agreed to a proposal to end the Gulf War, but the US calls the plan unacceptable
End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)
Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London
Del Ballard Jr throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history
Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl divests itself of 1st American Bank
Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured
Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Brian Keith Kelly is an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Grand Valley State University from 1991 to 2003, Central Michigan University from 2004 to 2006, the...
OPEC announces oil production cut to 22.3 Mbbl/d (3,550,000 m3/d)
Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill
Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
The Soviet Navy СССР, romanized: Voyenno-morskoy flot (VMF) SSSR) was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.
American high school teacher Pamela Smart found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband
1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave, NYC
NCAA bans U of Minn football team from postseason play in 1992
1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida (New York Yankees vs, Baltimore Orioles)
Albania hold first multi-party election in 50 years
Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
Detroit Pistons Joe Dumaars ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 keV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000.
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the...
Georgia SSR votes to secede from USSR
Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
Dutch checker Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins)
Leander & Seago's musical "Matador" premieres in London
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike
First non-stop flight from Schiphol to Flamingo Airport, Bonaire in the Caribbean
French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio discovers the San Diego, Dutch galleon sunk in 1600 off Fortune Island in the Philippines
Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
Freddie Stowers (January 12, 1896 – September 28, 1918) was an African-American corporal in the United States Army who was killed in action during World War I while serving in an American unit under...
Boston Herald journalist Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment while covering team; an out-of-court settlement was reached, the league fines the team, and she transfers to a position in Sydney, Australia
"Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio
Centesimus annus (Latin for "the hundredth year") is an encyclical which was written by Pope John Paul II in 1991 on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum novarum, an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII...
Doug Kent is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler, a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), and a PBA and USBC Hall of Famer.
A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after Salvadoran man is shot by police
Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
A new cancer drug is announced which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
42 die in a train collision in Japan
Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (fictional Superman character)
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
44th Cannes Film Festival: "Barton Fink" directed by Ethan and Joel Coen wins the Palme d'Or
Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of...
William LaTour, better known by his stage names LaTour and Bud LaTour, is an American musician, disc jockey and voice-over artist.
Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
Forever My Lady is the debut studio album by American R&B quartet Jodeci, released May 28, 1991, by Uptown Records and MCA Records.
The 64th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 29–30, 1991, sponsored by the E.W.
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of...
The 45th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991.
Kuwait asks Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members to produce 800,000 bbl/d (130,000 m3/d) of oil on its behalf
1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
Quebec nationalism or Québécois nationalism is a political ideology that prioritizes cultural belonging to, the defence of the interests of, and the recognition of the political legitimacy of the...
-23] NYC Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week"
Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung), also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign...
Jirg Haider resigns as premier of Austrian province of Karinthia
"Odd Couple" opens & closes at Belasco Theater NYC
NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa
Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss
The list of parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. On...
6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
South Africa's Government repeals the 1913 Native Land Act, an important part of the system of Apartheid (Racially Based Land Measures Act)
Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.
Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Failed military coup in Mali
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: də-GRASS or UK: də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in television, film, and on stage, including The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.
A team of international astronomers led by Georgina Dransfield from the University of Birmingham announces the discovery of a planet outside the solar system
Howard Stern adds a fourth radio market, KLSX FM-97.1 in Los Angeles, California
Actor Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida
TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition
Buffalo Bills defeat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets defeat Cubs 6-0)
The Russian Federation possesses the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, with 5,459 nuclear warheads and 1,718 deployed missiles.
Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins the Hambletonian, securing a second $1 million purse in 22 days for Moiseyev after winning the Meadowlands Pace
MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 when it suffered uncontrolled flooding.
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar.
American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her second consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, defeating Nicaragua 8-0
On the Hour was a British radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992.
NFL sportscaster Paul Maguire suffers a heart attack at 53
,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar; 31 are killed
Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan
American Michael Ray Barrowman swims a world record in the 200 m breaststroke (2:10.60) at the World Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Belgian census shows 10,000,963 inhabitants
ArenaBowl V takes place at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit as the Tampa Bay Storm defeats the Detroit Drive 48-42, with Stevie Thomas named MVP
Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest tropical cyclones in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low...
Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of Sailor Moon, one of the most popular manga series of all time.
Krisztina Egerszegi is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era.
43rd Emmy Awards: "LA Law," "Cheers," Kirstie Alley, and Patricia Wettig win
Royal Brett Saberhagen no-hits White Sox 7-0
The independence of Moldova was officially recognized on 2 March 1992, when Moldova gained membership of the United Nations.
On August 28, 1991, a 4 Lexington Avenue Express train on the New York City Subway's IRT Lexington Avenue Line derailed as it was about to enter 14th Street–Union Square station, killing five people.
In baseball, a perfect game is a game in which one or more pitchers complete a minimum of nine innings with no batter from the opposing team reaching base safely.
JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. The film examines the investigation into the assassination of John F.
Dan O'Brien sets a US decathlon record with 8,812 points
Colorado Rockies bat out of order against Montreal Expos in 1st inning
Hiromi Taniguchi (谷口 浩美, Taniguchi Hiromi; born April 5, 1960) is a former Japanese long-distance runner, best known from winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in...
Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61, passing Babe Ruth's 60, and determines an official no-hitter must go at least 9 innings
Ronald Venetiaan is chosen as president of Suriname
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
An independence referendum was held in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 8 September 1991, which afterwards proclaimed independence from Yugoslavia.
Only 1,695 fans watch the Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
Gail Devers runs the US female record for the 100m hurdles in 12.48 seconds
"La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale
Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins is his 312th career win
55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium
The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 15th season of Major League Baseball.
San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
The Party Machine with Nia Peeples is a half-hour late-night American musical variety show that aired in syndication for one season in 1991.
Norm Charlton is suspended for seven days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch
4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Mark Shapiro is an American baseball executive, and president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Colt Precious Bunny wins the 46th Little Brown Jug at Delaware, Ohio
Lions' Terry Taylor reinstated after 1-year drug-related suspension
A referendum on the future of the Soviet Union was held on 17 March 1991 across the Soviet Union.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank, with headquarters in Amsterdam.
Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
Sibs is an American sitcom broadcast by ABC from September 17, 1991 until April 29, 1992.
Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr., commonly known as Deion Sanders, is an American football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder.
"Good & Evil" starring Teri Garr and Margaret Whitton, premieres on ABC TV
Two-year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona, begins
The Commish is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC in the United States from September 28, 1991, to January 11, 1996.
Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network with WJFK-AM in Baltimore, Maryland, the hometown of sidekick Robin Quivers
The Eric Lindros trade was the culmination of a holdout by Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey...
Fresno State ties the NCAA football record with 49 points in the second quarter as they rout New Mexico 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno
David Brian Cone is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as for ESPN on Sunday...
Child star Adam Rich (Eight Is Enough) is arrested for stealing hypodermics
Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills four postal workers
Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.
Dallas Mavericks' Roy Tarpley becomes the seventh player to be banned from the NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
Ángel Cordero Jr. is the third jockey to win 7,000 horse races
Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets an NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists)
Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine 52-30 (6 OT)
6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttarkashi, India, kills about 670 people
The Oakland firestorm of 1991, also known as the Tunnel Fire, was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and...
General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine assists 2 women to commit suicide
The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
American commercial fishing vessel (F/V) "Andrea Gail" and crew of six are lost at sea near Sable Island in North Atlantic Ocean; story becomes basis for the book and film "The Perfect Storm"
Colombian government negotiate with the M-19 guerrilla group
The Madrid Conference of 1991 was a peace conference, held from 30 October to 1 November 1991 in Madrid, hosted by Spain and co-sponsored by the Soviet Union and the United States.
Last of Kuwait oil well fires extinguished by Canadian well control team "SafetyBOSS"
2nd Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham: Australia beats England, 12-6 with Wallabies fly-half Michael Lynagh landing 2 penalties and a conversion
Kiichi Miyazawa (宮澤 喜一, Miyazawa Kiichi; 8 October 1919 – 28 June 2007) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Miyazawa graduated from Tokyo...
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
Roman Anderson is an English former professional football placekicker who played for the Sacramento Gold Miners and the San Antonio Texans of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is...
The Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in December 1975 and lasted until October 1999.
Bomb destroys Dutch Labour party politician Aad Kosto's house in a failed assassination attempt, he survives and in a famous image finds and cuddles his cat
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
Auburn men's basketball team placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and not eligible for post-season play 1991-92
Terry Lee Pendleton is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played primarily for the St.
Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
"Phool Aur Kaante", the film debut of famous Indian actor Ajay Devgan, is released
NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for a two year extension
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season, and 15,031 yards for career
Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen.
1st international flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
A dust storm in California's San Joaquin Valley results in a massive vehicle accident on Interstate 5 involving 93 cars and 11 trucks near Coalinga; 17 die, and 150 are injured
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991.
Miami quarterback Dan Marino sets an NFL record when he reaches 3,000 yards passing for the eighth time in his career during the Dolphins' 33-14 win over Tampa Bay at Joe Robbie Stadium
Australia routs India by 10 wickets in the 1st cricket Test in Brisbane; first Test to be officiated by a match referee; former England captain MJK Smith does the honours
Muslim Shi'ites in Beirut, Lebanon release US political hostage Alann Steen [1]
Country music mother and daughter act The Judds "farewell" concert at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; later re-unions and "farewells" in 2000, 2010, 2015, and 2021
Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (December 4, 1923 – March 31, 2014) was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for...
"Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
Alva Ross "AJ" Kitt IV is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. A member of the U.S.
The Common Economic Space is the goal and the result of the process of economic integration of post-Soviet states envisaged by Article 7 of the Agreement on the creation the Commonwealth of...
Abuja is the capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula was divided into occupation zones since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945.
57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
The Constitutional Law "On the State Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" was adopted on 16 December 1991 by the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts
DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
6,000th episode of One Life To Live
95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British former socialite and accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein.
Ballon d'Or: Marseille forward Jean-Pierre Papin is named Europe's best football player; first from the French League to win the trophy
Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Joe Mullen scores 4 goals for the second straight NHL game as the Pittsburgh Penguins rout Toronto, 12-1; Mario Lemieux adds 2 goals & 5 assists and Kevin Stevens has 2 goals & 4 assists
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh.
David Donald Shula is an American former football coach and player. Shula served as the head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1992 to 1996, compiling a...
8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC
12th United Negro College Fund "Parade of Stars" telethon, hosted by Lou Rawls airs from Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, and The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NYC
CPN, Communist Party of Netherland - last day of existence
Peter Burling, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand sailor, was born on 1991-01-01. Peter Burling is a New Zealand sailor.
The Weeknd, Canadian musician, known for canadian singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-02-16.
Bonnie Wright, English actress and filmmaker, known for english actress and filmmaker, was born on 1991-02-17. Bonnie Francesca Wright is an English actress, filmmaker, and environmental activist.
Ed Sheeran, English musician, known for english singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-02-17. Edward Christopher Sheeran ( SHEER-ən; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
Draymond Green, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1991-03-04.
Petra Kvitová, Czech athlete, known for czech tennis player, was born on 1991-03-08. Petra Kvitová is a Czech former professional tennis player.
Hozier, Irish musician, known for irish musician, was born on 1991-03-17. Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known professionally as Hozier ( HOH-zee-ər), is an Irish singer and musician.
Kristen Stewart, American actress and director, known for american actress and director, was born on 1991-04-09. Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress and director.
Emma Watson, English actress, known for english actress, was born on 1991-04-15. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress.
Dev Patel, British actor, known for english actor, was born on 1991-04-23. Dev Patel is a British actor and filmmaker.
HolaSoyGerman, Chilean chilean youtuber, comedian, and writer, known for chilean youtuber, comedian, and writer, was born on 1991-04-25.
Brooks Koepka, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1991-05-03.
José Altuve, Spanish athlete, known for venezuelan baseball player, was born on 1991-05-06.
Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer, known for australian actress and producer, was born on 1991-07-02.
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish athlete, known for danish tennis player, was born on 1991-07-11. Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish inactive professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No.
Rachel Brosnahan, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1991-07-12. Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan is an American actress.
Canelo Álvarez, American athlete, known for mexican boxer, was born on 1991-07-18. Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán is a Mexican professional boxer.
Soulja Boy, American musician, known for american rapper and songwriter, was born on 1991-07-28.
DeMarcus Cousins, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1991-08-13.
Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer, known for american actress and producer, was born on 1991-08-15. Jennifer Shrader Lawrence is an American actress and producer.
John Tavares, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1991-09-20.
SZA is born
Rita Ora, Albanian singer-songwriter, known for british singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-11-26. Rita Sahatçiu Ora is a British singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress.
Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian athlete, known for norwegian chess grandmaster, was born on 1991-11-30. Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.
JoJo [Joanna Levesque], American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1991-12-20. Joanna Noëlle "JoJo" Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
John Bardeen, American condensed matter physicist, known for american condensed matter physicist, died on 1991-01-30.
Edwin Land, American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, known for american scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, died on 1991-03-01.
Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1991-03-07.
Ragnar Granit, Finnish swedish scientist, known for finnish and swedish scientist, died on 1991-03-12.
Graham Greene, English writer and playwright, known for british writer and playwright, died on 1991-04-03.
Rajiv Gandhi dies
Michael Landon actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, died on 1991-07-01. Michael Landon Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker.
Soichiro Honda dies
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George...
Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 – September 30, 2024), nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", was an American professional baseball player and manager.
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
CBS News correspondent Bob Simon and four TV crew members are captured and held for 40 days by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War
NZ cricketers Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make a world record 467 run stand, against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington
Provisional Irish Republican Army launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting in an attempt to assassinate UK Prime Minister John Major, injuring four people
Coalition planes bomb Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, killing hundreds and creating the so-called 'Highway of Death' during the Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted
Apple computer head Steve Jobs (36) weds American businesswoman Laurene Powell (27) in a Buddhist ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California
NFL owners strip Phoenix of the 1993 Super Bowl game because Arizona does not recognize the federal holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
American singer Michael Jackson released ten studio albums, five soundtrack albums, 55 compilation albums, ten video albums, and seven remix albums.
Olympic gold winning decathlete Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) weds Kris Kardashian in Bel Air, Los Angeles
American fashion designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce from Kohie Yohannan (23)
Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless
Willy T. Ribbs overcomes numerous mechanical problems in qualifying to become the first African-American driver to make the Indianapolis 500 starting grid
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Climactic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth in the 20th century
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel.
Martina Navratilova wins her record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, defeating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web and debuts WWW as a publicly available service on the internet
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its...
The 1991 Soviet coup attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail...
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from Nirvana's second album, Nevermind (1991), released on DGC Records.
Director Martin Scorsese (48) divorces producer Barbara De Fina (41) after 6 years of marriage
NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes 1st NHL player to score his 500th goal, 500th assist, and 1000th point all in the same season
Filmmaker Michael Moore (37) weds movie producer Kathleen Glynn (32)
Ayrton Senna wins the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, the shortest F1 race ever run (14 laps) due to wet conditions; Senna secures his 3rd World Drivers' Championship by 24 points over Nigel Mansell
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa.
Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video with groundbreaking morphing effects premieres simultaneously in 27 countries on MTV, Fox TV, and BBC's Top of the Pops
Actor Richard Gere (42) weds supermodel Cindy Crawford (25) in Las Vegas
The Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No.
The University of Colorado, Boulder, coached by Bill McCartney, wins its first Associated Press National Championship of College Football poll
The Palestinian expulsion from Kuwait took place during and after the Gulf War. There were approximately 357,000 Palestinians living in Kuwait before the country was invaded by neighbouring Iraq on 2...
12-year-old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia; youngest world champion in the history of any aquatic event
Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-metre springboard diving title
"Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
"Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
Davis Rules is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC in 1991 and on CBS in 1992. The series was produced by Carsey-Werner Productions.
Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
Ben Johnson's 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finishes 2nd
Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Women's Basketball game (11,520)
Football fans of the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates clash in Orkney, South Africa leading to a riot and 42 deaths in the Oppenheimer Stadium disaster
"Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
Andy Van Hellemond sets NHL record for most games worked by a referee when he appears in his 1,173rd regular season encounter as the St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens
Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
13th UCP Telethon
Cholera epidemic begins in Peru with first known sufferer, 300,000 people infected over the next 12 months
Bagogwe Massacre of Tutsi in and around Ruhengeri, Northern Rwanda
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and politician who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a communist party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1909 as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and merged with the Pacifist Socialist Party, the...
"A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
Bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States began in 1933 when full diplomatic relations were established.
"Close-Up", Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Hossain Sabzian and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is released
Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
Aravinda De Silva scores 267 v NZ at Wellington
Baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose, due to his betting on games while a player and manager
Super Bowl LII was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2017 season.
Mousey Davis becomes the first coach of the NY/NJ Knights
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him to defend his WBC Super Welterweight title
Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership organisation and global platform of solidarity committed to amplifying the voices of unrepresented Peoples and...
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Daily market volatility as Hussein mentions withdrawal, but Bush calls his offer a "cruel hoax"
The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a communist party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1909 as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and merged with the Pacifist Socialist Party, the...
33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports coasts to win after challengers crash on finals laps
USSR announces that Iraq has agreed to a proposal to end the Gulf War, but the US calls the plan unacceptable
End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)
Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London
Del Ballard Jr throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history
Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl divests itself of 1st American Bank
Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured
Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Brian Keith Kelly is an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Grand Valley State University from 1991 to 2003, Central Michigan University from 2004 to 2006, the...
OPEC announces oil production cut to 22.3 Mbbl/d (3,550,000 m3/d)
Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill
Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
The Soviet Navy СССР, romanized: Voyenno-morskoy flot (VMF) SSSR) was the naval warfare uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.
American high school teacher Pamela Smart found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband
1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave, NYC
NCAA bans U of Minn football team from postseason play in 1992
1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida (New York Yankees vs, Baltimore Orioles)
Albania hold first multi-party election in 50 years
Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
Detroit Pistons Joe Dumaars ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 keV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000.
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the...
Georgia SSR votes to secede from USSR
Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
Dutch checker Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins)
Leander & Seago's musical "Matador" premieres in London
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike
First non-stop flight from Schiphol to Flamingo Airport, Bonaire in the Caribbean
French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio discovers the San Diego, Dutch galleon sunk in 1600 off Fortune Island in the Philippines
Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
Freddie Stowers (January 12, 1896 – September 28, 1918) was an African-American corporal in the United States Army who was killed in action during World War I while serving in an American unit under...
Boston Herald journalist Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment while covering team; an out-of-court settlement was reached, the league fines the team, and she transfers to a position in Sydney, Australia
"Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio
Centesimus annus (Latin for "the hundredth year") is an encyclical which was written by Pope John Paul II in 1991 on the hundredth anniversary of Rerum novarum, an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII...
Doug Kent is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler, a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), and a PBA and USBC Hall of Famer.
A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after Salvadoran man is shot by police
Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
A new cancer drug is announced which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
42 die in a train collision in Japan
Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (fictional Superman character)
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
44th Cannes Film Festival: "Barton Fink" directed by Ethan and Joel Coen wins the Palme d'Or
Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of...
William LaTour, better known by his stage names LaTour and Bud LaTour, is an American musician, disc jockey and voice-over artist.
Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
Forever My Lady is the debut studio album by American R&B quartet Jodeci, released May 28, 1991, by Uptown Records and MCA Records.
The 64th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 29–30, 1991, sponsored by the E.W.
The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of...
The 45th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Minskoff Theatre on June 2, 1991.
Kuwait asks Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members to produce 800,000 bbl/d (130,000 m3/d) of oil on its behalf
1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
Quebec nationalism or Québécois nationalism is a political ideology that prioritizes cultural belonging to, the defence of the interests of, and the recognition of the political legitimacy of the...
-23] NYC Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week"
Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung), also known as the expansion of the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD), was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign...
Jirg Haider resigns as premier of Austrian province of Karinthia
"Odd Couple" opens & closes at Belasco Theater NYC
NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa
Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss
The list of parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. On...
6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
South Africa's Government repeals the 1913 Native Land Act, an important part of the system of Apartheid (Racially Based Land Measures Act)
Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
American jockey Ray Sibille wins his 3,000th career race, aboard Sporting Surf at Pleasanton, California
Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.
Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Failed military coup in Mali
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: də-GRASS or UK: də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in television, film, and on stage, including The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.
A team of international astronomers led by Georgina Dransfield from the University of Birmingham announces the discovery of a planet outside the solar system
Howard Stern adds a fourth radio market, KLSX FM-97.1 in Los Angeles, California
Actor Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida
TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition
Buffalo Bills defeat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets defeat Cubs 6-0)
The Russian Federation possesses the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, with 5,459 nuclear warheads and 1,718 deployed missiles.
Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins the Hambletonian, securing a second $1 million purse in 22 days for Moiseyev after winning the Meadowlands Pace
MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 when it suffered uncontrolled flooding.
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar.
American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her second consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, defeating Nicaragua 8-0
On the Hour was a British radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992.
NFL sportscaster Paul Maguire suffers a heart attack at 53
,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar; 31 are killed
Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan
American Michael Ray Barrowman swims a world record in the 200 m breaststroke (2:10.60) at the World Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Belgian census shows 10,000,963 inhabitants
ArenaBowl V takes place at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit as the Tampa Bay Storm defeats the Detroit Drive 48-42, with Stevie Thomas named MVP
Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest tropical cyclones in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low...
Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of Sailor Moon, one of the most popular manga series of all time.
Krisztina Egerszegi is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era.
43rd Emmy Awards: "LA Law," "Cheers," Kirstie Alley, and Patricia Wettig win
Royal Brett Saberhagen no-hits White Sox 7-0
The independence of Moldova was officially recognized on 2 March 1992, when Moldova gained membership of the United Nations.
On August 28, 1991, a 4 Lexington Avenue Express train on the New York City Subway's IRT Lexington Avenue Line derailed as it was about to enter 14th Street–Union Square station, killing five people.
In baseball, a perfect game is a game in which one or more pitchers complete a minimum of nine innings with no batter from the opposing team reaching base safely.
JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. The film examines the investigation into the assassination of John F.
Dan O'Brien sets a US decathlon record with 8,812 points
Colorado Rockies bat out of order against Montreal Expos in 1st inning
Hiromi Taniguchi (谷口 浩美, Taniguchi Hiromi; born April 5, 1960) is a former Japanese long-distance runner, best known from winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in...
Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61, passing Babe Ruth's 60, and determines an official no-hitter must go at least 9 innings
Ronald Venetiaan is chosen as president of Suriname
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
An independence referendum was held in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 8 September 1991, which afterwards proclaimed independence from Yugoslavia.
Only 1,695 fans watch the Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
Gail Devers runs the US female record for the 100m hurdles in 12.48 seconds
"La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale
Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins is his 312th career win
55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium
The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 15th season of Major League Baseball.
San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
The Party Machine with Nia Peeples is a half-hour late-night American musical variety show that aired in syndication for one season in 1991.
Norm Charlton is suspended for seven days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch
4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Mark Shapiro is an American baseball executive, and president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Colt Precious Bunny wins the 46th Little Brown Jug at Delaware, Ohio
Lions' Terry Taylor reinstated after 1-year drug-related suspension
A referendum on the future of the Soviet Union was held on 17 March 1991 across the Soviet Union.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank, with headquarters in Amsterdam.
Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
Sibs is an American sitcom broadcast by ABC from September 17, 1991 until April 29, 1992.
Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr., commonly known as Deion Sanders, is an American football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder.
"Good & Evil" starring Teri Garr and Margaret Whitton, premieres on ABC TV
Two-year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona, begins
The Commish is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC in the United States from September 28, 1991, to January 11, 1996.
Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network with WJFK-AM in Baltimore, Maryland, the hometown of sidekick Robin Quivers
The Eric Lindros trade was the culmination of a holdout by Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey...
Fresno State ties the NCAA football record with 49 points in the second quarter as they rout New Mexico 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno
David Brian Cone is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and Amazon Prime as well as for ESPN on Sunday...
Child star Adam Rich (Eight Is Enough) is arrested for stealing hypodermics
Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills four postal workers
Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.
Dallas Mavericks' Roy Tarpley becomes the seventh player to be banned from the NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
Ángel Cordero Jr. is the third jockey to win 7,000 horse races
Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets an NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists)
Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine 52-30 (6 OT)
6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttarkashi, India, kills about 670 people
The Oakland firestorm of 1991, also known as the Tunnel Fire, was a large suburban wildland–urban interface conflagration that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and...
General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine assists 2 women to commit suicide
The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
American commercial fishing vessel (F/V) "Andrea Gail" and crew of six are lost at sea near Sable Island in North Atlantic Ocean; story becomes basis for the book and film "The Perfect Storm"
Colombian government negotiate with the M-19 guerrilla group
The Madrid Conference of 1991 was a peace conference, held from 30 October to 1 November 1991 in Madrid, hosted by Spain and co-sponsored by the Soviet Union and the United States.
Last of Kuwait oil well fires extinguished by Canadian well control team "SafetyBOSS"
2nd Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham: Australia beats England, 12-6 with Wallabies fly-half Michael Lynagh landing 2 penalties and a conversion
Kiichi Miyazawa (宮澤 喜一, Miyazawa Kiichi; 8 October 1919 – 28 June 2007) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Miyazawa graduated from Tokyo...
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
Roman Anderson is an English former professional football placekicker who played for the Sacramento Gold Miners and the San Antonio Texans of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is...
The Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in December 1975 and lasted until October 1999.
Bomb destroys Dutch Labour party politician Aad Kosto's house in a failed assassination attempt, he survives and in a famous image finds and cuddles his cat
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
Auburn men's basketball team placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and not eligible for post-season play 1991-92
Terry Lee Pendleton is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played primarily for the St.
Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
"Phool Aur Kaante", the film debut of famous Indian actor Ajay Devgan, is released
NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for a two year extension
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season, and 15,031 yards for career
Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen.
1st international flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
A dust storm in California's San Joaquin Valley results in a massive vehicle accident on Interstate 5 involving 93 cars and 11 trucks near Coalinga; 17 die, and 150 are injured
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991.
Miami quarterback Dan Marino sets an NFL record when he reaches 3,000 yards passing for the eighth time in his career during the Dolphins' 33-14 win over Tampa Bay at Joe Robbie Stadium
Australia routs India by 10 wickets in the 1st cricket Test in Brisbane; first Test to be officiated by a match referee; former England captain MJK Smith does the honours
Muslim Shi'ites in Beirut, Lebanon release US political hostage Alann Steen [1]
Country music mother and daughter act The Judds "farewell" concert at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; later re-unions and "farewells" in 2000, 2010, 2015, and 2021
Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (December 4, 1923 – March 31, 2014) was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for...
"Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
Alva Ross "AJ" Kitt IV is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. A member of the U.S.
The Common Economic Space is the goal and the result of the process of economic integration of post-Soviet states envisaged by Article 7 of the Agreement on the creation the Commonwealth of...
Abuja is the capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Formerly a single nation that was annexed by Japan in 1910, the Korean Peninsula was divided into occupation zones since the end of World War II on 2 September 1945.
57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
The Constitutional Law "On the State Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" was adopted on 16 December 1991 by the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts
DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
6,000th episode of One Life To Live
95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British former socialite and accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein.
Ballon d'Or: Marseille forward Jean-Pierre Papin is named Europe's best football player; first from the French League to win the trophy
Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Joe Mullen scores 4 goals for the second straight NHL game as the Pittsburgh Penguins rout Toronto, 12-1; Mario Lemieux adds 2 goals & 5 assists and Kevin Stevens has 2 goals & 4 assists
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh.
David Donald Shula is an American former football coach and player. Shula served as the head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1992 to 1996, compiling a...
8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC
12th United Negro College Fund "Parade of Stars" telethon, hosted by Lou Rawls airs from Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood, and The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NYC
CPN, Communist Party of Netherland - last day of existence
Peter Burling, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand sailor, was born on 1991-01-01. Peter Burling is a New Zealand sailor.
The Weeknd, Canadian musician, known for canadian singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-02-16.
Bonnie Wright, English actress and filmmaker, known for english actress and filmmaker, was born on 1991-02-17. Bonnie Francesca Wright is an English actress, filmmaker, and environmental activist.
Ed Sheeran, English musician, known for english singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-02-17. Edward Christopher Sheeran ( SHEER-ən; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
Draymond Green, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1991-03-04.
Petra Kvitová, Czech athlete, known for czech tennis player, was born on 1991-03-08. Petra Kvitová is a Czech former professional tennis player.
Hozier, Irish musician, known for irish musician, was born on 1991-03-17. Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known professionally as Hozier ( HOH-zee-ər), is an Irish singer and musician.
Kristen Stewart, American actress and director, known for american actress and director, was born on 1991-04-09. Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress and director.
Emma Watson, English actress, known for english actress, was born on 1991-04-15. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress.
Dev Patel, British actor, known for english actor, was born on 1991-04-23. Dev Patel is a British actor and filmmaker.
HolaSoyGerman, Chilean chilean youtuber, comedian, and writer, known for chilean youtuber, comedian, and writer, was born on 1991-04-25.
Brooks Koepka, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1991-05-03.
José Altuve, Spanish athlete, known for venezuelan baseball player, was born on 1991-05-06.
Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer, known for australian actress and producer, was born on 1991-07-02.
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish athlete, known for danish tennis player, was born on 1991-07-11. Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish inactive professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No.
Rachel Brosnahan, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1991-07-12. Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan is an American actress.
Canelo Álvarez, American athlete, known for mexican boxer, was born on 1991-07-18. Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán is a Mexican professional boxer.
Soulja Boy, American musician, known for american rapper and songwriter, was born on 1991-07-28.
DeMarcus Cousins, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1991-08-13.
Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer, known for american actress and producer, was born on 1991-08-15. Jennifer Shrader Lawrence is an American actress and producer.
John Tavares, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1991-09-20.
SZA is born
Rita Ora, Albanian singer-songwriter, known for british singer-songwriter, was born on 1991-11-26. Rita Sahatçiu Ora is a British singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress.
Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian athlete, known for norwegian chess grandmaster, was born on 1991-11-30. Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.
JoJo [Joanna Levesque], American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1991-12-20. Joanna Noëlle "JoJo" Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
John Bardeen, American condensed matter physicist, known for american condensed matter physicist, died on 1991-01-30.
Edwin Land, American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, known for american scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, died on 1991-03-01.
Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1991-03-07.
Ragnar Granit, Finnish swedish scientist, known for finnish and swedish scientist, died on 1991-03-12.
Graham Greene, English writer and playwright, known for british writer and playwright, died on 1991-04-03.
Rajiv Gandhi dies
Michael Landon actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, died on 1991-07-01. Michael Landon Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker.
Soichiro Honda dies