Year 1991

1991 April 15

Europeans end sanctions on South Africa

1991 April 3

Cease-fire ends Persian Gulf War; UN forces are victorious

1991 August 10

China accepts nuclear nonproliferation treaty

1991 August 25

Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia win independence

1991 December 25

Soviet Union breaks up after President Gorbachev's resignation; constituent republics form Commonwealth of Independent States

1991 February 25

Warsaw Pact dissolves military alliance

1991 January 15

U.S. and Allies at war with Iraq

1991 July 1

Warsaw Pact dissolved

1991 July 10

Boris N. Yeltsin inaugurated as first freely elected president of Russian Republic

1991 July 31

Bush-Gorbachev summit negotiates strategic arms reduction treaty

1991 June 3

France agrees to sign 1968 treaty banning spread of atomic weapons

1991 June 4

Jiang Qing, widow of Mao, commits suicide

1991 June 5

South African Parliament repeals apartheid laws

1991 May 13

Winnie Mandela sentenced in kidnapping

1991 November 15

U.S. indicts two Libyans in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland

1991 October 18

Israel and Soviet Union resume relations after 24 years

1991

India, Uttar Pradesh - 1.500 deads - magnitudo 6,2

1991

Russia, Georgia - 100 deads - magnitudo 7,2

1991

Costa Rica, Panama - 100 deads - magnitudo 7,4

1991

Pakistan, near Afghanistan - 1.500 deads - magnitudo 6,8

1991

Nobel Prizes Physics: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

1991

Nobel Prizes Literature: Nadine Gordimer

1991

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Richard R. Ernst, per i suoi contributi allo sviluppo della risonanza magnetica nucleare

1991

Nobel Prizes Economy: Ronald H. Coase

1991

Nobel Prizes Peace: Aung San Suu Kyi

1991

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann

1991

Academy Award Best Actress: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Academy Award Best Director: Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Academy Award Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Jack Palance, City Slickers

1991

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King

1991

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1991

Academy Award Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Michael Stich d. Boris Becker (6-4, 7-6(7-4), 6-4)

1991

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Steffi Graf d. Gabriela Sabatini (6-4, 3-6, 8-6)

1991

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls d. Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)

1991

Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins (AL) 4-3 Atlanta Braves (NL)

1991

Football XXV Super Bowl: New York Giants b. Buffalo Bills (20-19)

1991

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

1991

1991 Playboy cover

1991 June 07

Emily Ratajkowski, PROF (born at London, United Kingdom) Gemini

1991 April 27

Lara Gut, Skiing (born at Sorengo, Ticino,Switzerland) Taurus

1991 September 21

Alex Teodorani , soccer player Virgo

1991 November 26

Enzo Cerusico , actor (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1937 October 22) Libra

1991 September 03

Frank Russell Capra , movie director(Francesco Rosario Capra) (dead at La Quinta) (born 1897 May 18) Taurus

1991 November 24

Freddie Mercury , singer Queen (dead at London,UK) (born 1946 September 05) Virgo

1991 November 23

Klaus Kinski , actor,movie director(Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszynski) (dead at Lagunitas-Forest Knolls) (born 1926 October 18) Libra

1991 June 23

Lea Padovani , actress (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1923 July 28) Leo

1991 February 21

Margot Fonteyn , dancer (dead at Panama City) (born 1919 May 18) Taurus

1991 April 01

Martha Graham , dancer,coreografa statunitense (born 1894 May 11) Taurus

1991 July 01

Michael Landon , actor (Eugene Maurice Orowitz) (dead at Malibù) (born 1936 October 31) Scorpio

1991 September 28

Miles Davis , musician (born 1926 May 25) Gemini

1991 October 07

Natalia Ginzburg , Scrittrice italiana (born 1916 July 14) Cancer

1991 January 02

Renato Rascel , comic (born 1912 April 27) Taurus

1991 March 02

Serge Lucien Gainsbourg , songwriter, musician (dead at Paris,France) (born 1928 April 02) Aries

1991 June 06

Stan Getz , musician jazz (dead at Malibu) (born 1927 February 02) Aquarius

1991 December 20

Walter Chiari , actor (born 1924 March 08) Pisces