1991: Difference between revisions
Appearance
[pending revision] | [pending revision] |
Content deleted Content added
m Reverted edits by 67.123.239.210 to last version by Hadal |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Centuries]]: [[19th century]] - '''[[20th century]]''' - [[21st century]] |
|||
[[Decades]]: [[1940s]] [[1950s]] [[1960s]] [[1970s]] [[1980s]] - '''[[1990s]]''' - [[2000s]] [[2010s]] [[2020s]] [[2030s]] [[2040s]] |
|||
Years: [[1986]] [[1987]] [[1988]] [[1989]] [[1990]] - '''1991''' - [[1992]] [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] [[1996]] |
|||
---- |
|||
This year, like [[2002]], is a [[palindrome]]. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including [[Easter]] on [[March 31]]. |
|||
---- |
|||
<div style="float:right; border:1px; border-style:solid; padding:2px"> |
|||
'''See also:''' |
|||
* [[1991 in film]] |
|||
* [[1991 in literature]] |
|||
* [[1991 in music]] |
|||
* [[1991 in sports]] |
|||
* [[1991 in television]] |
|||
</div> |
|||
==Events== |
|||
* [[January 2]] - [[Sharon Pratt Dixon]] is sworn in as mayor of [[Washington, DC]] becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. |
|||
* [[January 4]] - The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes unanimously condemning [[Israel]]'s treatment of [[Palestinians]]. |
|||
* [[January 12]] - [[Gulf War]]: The [[United States Congress]] passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force to liberate Kuwait. |
|||
* [[January 16]] - [[Gulf War]]: The air strikes against [[Iraq]] begin |
|||
* [[January 18]] - [[Eastern Airlines]] shuts down after 62 years citing financial problems. |
|||
* [[January 11]] - The [[USSR|Soviets]] storm [[Vilnius]] to stop Lithuanian independence. |
|||
* [[January 12]] - [[Persian Gulf War]]: An act of the [[United States Congress]] authorizes the use of military force to drive [[Iraq]] out of [[Kuwait]] |
|||
* [[January 16]] - [[Operation Desert Storm]] begins |
|||
* [[January 17]] - [[Gulf War]]: [[Iraq]] fires 8 [[Scud]] missiles into [[Israel]] |
|||
* [[January 27]] - [[Siad Barre]] flees his compound in [[Mogadishu]] |
|||
* [[February 4]] - The [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] votes to ban [[Pete Rose]] |
|||
* [[February 5]] - A [[Michigan]] court bars Dr. [[Jack Kevorkian]] from assisting in [[suicide]]s |
|||
* [[February 7]] - [[Haiti]]'s first democratically-elected president, [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], is sworn in. |
|||
* [[February 9]] - Voters in [[Lithuania]] vote for independence |
|||
* [[February 11]] - [[UNPO]], the Unrepresented Nations & People Organization forms in the [[Hague]], [[Netherlands]] |
|||
* [[February 13]] - [[Gulf War]]: Two laser-guided "[[smart bomb]]s" destroy an underground bunker in [[Baghdad]] killing hundreds of [[Iraq]]is. Iraqi officials claim that the bunker was a [[bomb shelter]] but [[United States]] military intelligence identified it as a military facility. |
|||
* [[February 15]] - The [[Visegard Agreement]], establishing cooperation to move toward [[free market economy|free-market systems]], is signed by the leaders of [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Hungary]] and [[Poland]]. |
|||
* [[February 16]] - [[Gulf War]]: U.S. and U.K. war planes bomb the suburbs of [[Baghdad]], injuring at least 11 civilians and killing three others. |
|||
* [[February 22]] - Gulf War: Iraq accepts a Russian proposed cease fire agreement. The US rejected the agreement, but said that retreating Iraqi forces would not be attacked if they left Kuwait within 24 hours. |
|||
* [[February 23]] - Gulf War: Ground troops cross the [[Saudi Arabia]] border and enter [[Kuwait]], thus starting the ground-phase of the war. |
|||
* [[February 25]] - Gulf War: An [[Iraq]]i [[Scud missile]] hits an American military barracks in [[Dhahran]], [[Saudi Arabia]] killing 28 [[US Marines]]. |
|||
* [[February 26]] - Gulf War: On [[Baghdad]] Radio [[Iraq]]i leader [[Saddam Hussein]] announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from [[Kuwait]]. Iraqi soldiers set fire to Kuwaiti oil fields as they retreat. |
|||
* February 26 - [[Tim Berners-Lee]] introduces the [[web browser]] |
|||
* [[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 3]] - An amateur video captures the beating of [[Rodney King]] by [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] police officers. |
|||
* [[March 9]] - Massive demonstrations are held against [[Slobodan Milosevic]] in [[Belgrade]]. Two people are killed and [[tank]]s are in the streets. |
|||
* [[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. |
|||
* [[March 13]] - The [[United States Department of Justice]] annouces that [[Exxon]] has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the [[Exxon Valdez]] [[oil spill]] in [[Alaska]]. |
|||
* [[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. |
|||
* [[March 15]] - Four [[Los Angeles, California]] police officers are indicted for the [[videotape]]d [[March 3]], [[1991]] beating of motorist [[Rodney King]] during an arrest. |
|||
* [[March]]-[[April]] - [[Iraq]]i forces suppress rebellions in the southern and northern parts of the country, creating a humanitarian disaster on the borders of [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]] |
|||
* [[March 31]] - The [[Warsaw Pact]] comes to an end. |
|||
* [[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, all research, development, support and manufacturing facilities for ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150km and production facilities, and end its support for international terrorism. Iraq accepts the terms of the resolution on [[April 6]]. |
|||
* [[April 4]] - Senator [[John Heinz]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and six others are killed when a helicopter collided with their plane over [[Merion, Pennsylvania]]. |
|||
* [[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 biological weapons program. |
|||
* [[May 15]] - [[Edith Cresson]] becomes [[France]]'s first female [[Premier of France|premier]] |
|||
* [[May 16]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] gives a speech to the US Congress. |
|||
* [[May 19]] - [[Willy T. Ribbs]] became the first [[African-American]] driver to qualify for the [[Indianapolis 500]]. |
|||
* [[May 21]] - In [[Chennai|Madras]], former [[India]]n prime minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] is assassinated by a [[terrorist]] bomb hidden in a bouquet of flowers. |
|||
* [[May 26]] - In [[Thailand]], a [[Lauda Air]] [[Boeing 767]] crashes near [[Bangkok]] killing all 223 people on-board. |
|||
* [[June 23]]-[[June 28|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. |
|||
* [[June 25]] - [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]] declare their independence from [[Yugoslavia]] |
|||
* [[July 1]] - The [[Warsaw Pact]] is officially dissolved. |
|||
* [[July 9]] - [[International Human Rights Federation]] cites [[human rights violation]]s committed by police and military personnel during [[Oka crisis]] in [[Quebec]]. |
|||
* [[July 10]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]] begins his 5-year term as the first elected president of [[Russia]]. |
|||
* [[July 22]] - Serial killer [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] apartment. |
|||
* [[August 6]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the "[[World Wide Web]]." |
|||
* [[August 18]] - [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]]: [[Soviet Union | Soviet]] President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] is put under [[house arrest]] while he was vacationing in the [[Crimea]]. The coup was led by eight high-ranking hard-liners (the coup 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]]. |
|||
* [[August 21]] - Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union |
|||
* [[September 3]] - In [[Hamlet, North Carolina]], a grease fire breaks out at the [[Imperial Foods]] chicken processing plant, killing 25 people. |
|||
* [[September 6]] - The [[Soviet Union]] recognizes the independence of the [[Baltic States]]. |
|||
* September 6 - The name [[Saint Petersburg]] is restored to [[Russia]]'s second largest city, which had been renamed "Leningrad" in [[1924]]. |
|||
* [[September 21]]-[[September 30|30]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: IAEA inspectors discover files on Iraq's hiden 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. |
|||
* [[December 1]] - [[Cold War]]: [[Ukraine | Ukrainian]] voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. |
|||
* [[October 8]] - The [[Croatia]]n Parliament cuts all remaining ties with [[Yugoslavia]]. |
|||
* [[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". |
|||
* [[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 20]] - [[Oakland Hills firestorm]] kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments |
|||
* [[October 29]] - The American [[Galileo spacecraft]] makes its closest approach to [[951 Gaspra]], becoming the first probe to visit an [[asteroid]]. |
|||
* [[Winter]] - Centennial of [[Basketball]] |
|||
* [[November 14]] - American and British authorities announce indictments against two [[Libya]]n intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the [[Pan Am Flight 103]]. |
|||
* November 14 - [[Cambodia]]n 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 27]] - The [[United Nations Security Council]] unanimously adopts [[UN Security Council Resolution 721]], leading the way to the establishment of [[peacekeeping]] operations in [[Yugoslavia]]. [http://www.nato.int/ifor/un/u911127a.htm] |
|||
* [[December 4]] - Journalist [[Terry Anderson]] is released after a 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|Pan Am Airlines]] ends operations. |
|||
* [[December 25]] - [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] resigns as president of the [[Soviet Union]] |
|||
* [[December 26]] - Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] |
|||
* [[December 31]] [[Soviet Union|The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] officially ceases to exist |
|||
* [[Linus Torvalds]] releases the [[Linux]] kernel |
|||
* [[Carbon nanotube]]s discovered by [[Sumio Iijima]] |
|||
*Exhumation of US 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. |
|||
==Year in Topic== |
|||
* [[1991 in film]] |
|||
**''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]] |
|||
**''[[The Silence of the Lambs]] |
|||
* [[1991 in literature]] |
|||
* [[1991 in music]] |
|||
* [[1991 in sports]] |
|||
* [[1991 in television]] |
|||
* 1991 in video games and computing |
|||
* [[Knowledge Adventure]] founded by [[Bill Gross]] |
|||
* June 23 - [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] is released for the [[Sega Genesis]] in [[North America]]. The [[Europe|European]] [[Megadrive]] version would be released later that month. |
|||
** [[July 26]] - [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Megadrive)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] is released for the [[Sega Megadrive]] in [[Japan]] |
|||
** [[September 1]] - The [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] is released in [[North America]]. |
|||
* [[October 23]] - [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] [[Master System]] version is released in [[Brazil]]. |
|||
** [[December 28]] - [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] [[Game Gear]] version is released in [[Japan]]. The [[North America|North American]] and [[Europe|European]] releases follow during the same month. |
|||
==Births== |
|||
* [[April 4]] - [[Jamie Spears]], [[television]] show host |
|||
==Deaths== |
|||
* [[January 17]] - King [[Olav V of Norway]] |
|||
* [[January 18]] - [[Leo Hurwitz]], [[documentary film]] producer |
|||
* [[January 29]] - [[Yasushi Inoue]], historian |
|||
* [[January 30]] - [[John Bardeen]], physicist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] twice |
|||
* [[January 30]] - [[John McIntire]], actor |
|||
* [[February 5]] - [[Dean Jagger]], actor |
|||
* [[February 6]] - [[Danny Thomas]], singer, comedian, actor |
|||
* [[February 11]] - [[Oscar Nitzchke]], German architect |
|||
* [[February 21]] - Dame [[Margot Fonteyn]], [[ballet]] dancer |
|||
* [[February 24]] - [[George Gobel]], comedian |
|||
* [[February 24]] - [[John Daly]], journalist, [[game show]] host |
|||
* [[March 2]] - [[Serge Gainsbourg]], singer |
|||
* [[March 3]] - [[Arthur Murray]], dancer, dance instructor |
|||
* [[March 14]] - [[Doc Pomus]], composer |
|||
* March 14 - [[Howard Ashman]], lyricist |
|||
* [[March 29]] - [[Lee Atwater]], Republican advisor |
|||
* [[April 1]] - [[Martha Graham]], dancer, choreographer |
|||
* [[April 3]] - [[Graham Greene (writer)|Graham Greene]], writer |
|||
* [[April 4]] - [[H. John Heinz III]], member [[U.S. Senate]] in a plane crash |
|||
* April 4 - [[Forrest Towns]], American hurdler |
|||
* [[April 26]] - [[Carmine Coppola]], composer, conductor |
|||
* [[April 26]] - [[William Andrew Paton]], accountant and economist |
|||
* [[May 22]] - [[Derrick Henry Lehmer]], mathematician |
|||
* [[August 13]] - [[James Roosevelt]], American businessman, politician |
|||
* [[August 30]] - [[Jean Tinguely]], kinetic artist |
|||
* [[September 28]] - [[Miles Davis]], musician |
|||
* [[November 15]] - [[Alger Hiss]], former U.S. State Department official |
|||
* [[November 24]] - [[Freddie Mercury]], singer, [[Queen (band)|Queen]] frontman |
|||
* [[December 16]] - [[Horatio Luro]], Hall of Fame racehorse trainer |
|||
==[[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prizes]]== |
|||
* [[Nobel Prize/Physics|Physics]] - [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]] |
|||
* [[Nobel Prize/Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Richard R Ernst]] |
|||
* [[Nobel Prize/Physiology or medicine|Medicine]] - [[Erwin Neher]], [[Bert Sakmann]] |
|||
* [[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Nadine Gordimer]] |
|||
* [[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] |
|||
* [[Nobel Prize/Economics|Economics]] - [[Ronald Coase]] |
|||
<!-- |
|||
==Heads of state in 1991== |
|||
* |
|||
--> |
|||
[[af:1991]] |
|||
[[ca:1991]] |
|||
[[cy:1991]] |
|||
[[da:1991]] |
|||
[[de:1991]] |
|||
[[es:1991]] |
|||
[[eo:1991]] |
|||
[[fr:1991]] |
|||
[[it:1991]] |
|||
[[ia:1991]] |
|||
[[nl:1991]] |
|||
[[ja:1991年]] |
|||
[[no:1991]] |
|||
[[pl:1991]] |
|||
[[ro:1991]] |
|||
[[ru:1991]] |
|||
[[sl:1991]] |
|||
[[sr:1991]] |
|||
[[fi:1991]] |
|||
[[sv:1991]] |
|||
[[zh:1991年]] |