1991

1991 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1991; MCMXCI
Ab urbe condita	2744
Armenian calendar	1440; ԹՎ ՌՆԽ
Assyrian calendar	6741
Bahá'í calendar	147–148
Balinese saka calendar	1912–1913
Bengali calendar	1398
Berber calendar	2941
British Regnal year	39 Eliz. 2 – 40 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2535
Burmese calendar	1353
Byzantine calendar	7499–7500
Chinese calendar	庚午年 (Metal Horse); 4687 or 4627; — to —; 辛未年 (Metal Goat); 4688 or 4628
Coptic calendar	1707–1708
Discordian calendar	3157
Ethiopian calendar	1983–1984
Hebrew calendar	5751–5752
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2047–2048
- Shaka Samvat	1912–1913
- Kali Yuga	5091–5092
Holocene calendar	11991
Igbo calendar	991–992
Iranian calendar	1369–1370
Islamic calendar	1411–1412
Japanese calendar	Heisei 3; (平成３年)
Javanese calendar	1923–1924
Juche calendar	80
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4324
Minguo calendar	ROC 80; 民國80年
Nanakshahi calendar	523
Thai solar calendar	2534
Tibetan calendar	阳金马年; (male Iron-Horse); 2117 or 1736 or 964; — to —; 阴金羊年; (female Iron-Goat); 2118 or 1737 or 965
Unix time	662688000 – 694223999

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1988 1989 1990 – 1991 – 1992 1993 1994

1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1991st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 991st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1990s decade

Events

January 5 – Georgian troops attack Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. This begins the 1991–92 South Ossetia War
February 11 – The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) forms in The Hague, Netherlands.
March 23 – The Sierra Leone Civil War begins.
April 29 – A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 138,000 people.
May 15 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.
June 12 – Boris Yeltsin, (a traitor) is elected President of Russia.
June 25 – Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia.
September 8 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
September 26 – Brum – children's show.
October 4 – Carl Bildt becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden, replacing Ingvar Carlsson.
November 24 – Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS at the age of 45.
December 19 – Paul Keating replaces Bob Hawke as the prime minister of Australia.
December 25 – Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigns and the country itself is dissolved the following day
December 26 – Soviet Union collapsed after 74 years of existance and is succeeded by Russian Federation , ending 74 years of Communist rule in Russia as well as Russia's superpower status.
Persian Gulf War – America goes to war with Iraq after Iraq invades Kuwait.

Births

January–March

January 1 – Ayat Al-Qurmezi, Bahraini poet and activist
January 2 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian Rules footballer
January 4 – Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper
January 8 – Hinoi Asuka, Japanese singer
January 8 – Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
January 12 – Pixie Lott, British singer
January 15 – Rubab Raza, Pakistani swimmer
January 16 – Julie Dubela, American singer
January 19 – Erin Sanders, American actress
January 21 – Brittany Tiplady, Canadian actress
January 28 – Calum Worthy, Canadian actor and musician
February 10 – Emma Roberts, American actress
February 10 – Ceng De Ping, Taiwanese singer
February 16 – Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg
February 17 – Bonnie Wright, English actress
February 18 – Malese Jow, American actress
February 18 – Henry Surtees, British racing driver (d. 2009)
February 25 – Gerran Howell, Welsh actor
February 28 – Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
March 4 – Diandra Newlin, American actress, singer, and model
March 8 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor
March 11 – Qian Lin, Chinese singer
March 15 – Kie Kitano, Japanese actress
March 23 – George William Carnegie, British noble
March 24 – Nate Vanderveen, American musician
March 26 – Brittney Wilson, Canadian actress
March 26 – Jack Watts, Australian rules footballer
March 28 – Amy Bruckner, American actress

April–June

April 4 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
April 10 – Amanda Michalka, American singer and actress
April 10 – Sergiusz Żymełka, Polish actor
April 11 – Thiago Alcántara, Italian footballer
April 15 – Daiki Arioka, Japanese singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
April 18 – Joey Gaydos, American actor and guitarist
April 20 – Thomas Curtis, American actor
April 27 – Rebecca Ryan, British actress
April 28 – Aleisha Allen, American actress
May 17 – Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor
May 19 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer
May 21 – Sarah Ramos, American actress
May 23 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer
May 24 – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
May 26 – Julianna Rose Mauriello, American stage actress
May 29 – Kristen Alderson, American actress
June 4 – Jordan Hinson, American actress
June 4 – Megan Prescott and Kathryn Prescott, British actresses
June 18 – Willa Holland, American model and actress
June 19 – Pontus Ekhem, Swedish hockey player
June 24 – Hiba Abu Nada, Palestinian poet and novelist
June 27 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress
June 30 – Kaho, Japanese actress

July–September

July 5 – Jason Dolley, American actor
July 6 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
July 7 – Devon Alan, American actor
July 9 – Mitchel Musso, American actor
July 10 – Atsuko Maeda, Japanese singer
July 12 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
July 14 – Lewis McGibbon, British actor
July 20 – William Tomlin, British actor
July 28 – Rina Aizawa, Japanese actress
July 29 – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer
July 30 – Diana Vickers, English singer
August 6 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
August 16 – Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
August 16 – Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Canadian actress
August 17 – Qory Sandioriva, Putri Indonesia 2009
August 21 – Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer and actress
August 28 – Kyle Massey, American actor
September 4 – Carter Jenkins, American actor
September 5 – Skandar Keynes, British actor
September 6 – Ashli Adams, American actress
September 9 – Kelsey Chow, American actress
September 12 – Kristin Klabunde, American actress
September 17 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
September 20 – Spencer Locke, American actress
September 21 – Zoe Weizenbaum, American actress
September 23 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
September 25 – Emmy Clarke, American actress

October–December

October 2 – Emma Maree Urquhart, Scottish novelist and artist
October 4 – Nicolai Kielstrup, Danish singer
October 14 – Shona McGarty, English actress
October 10 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter
October 19 – Christopher Gerse, American actor
October 23 – Sophie Tamiko Oda, Japanese American actress
October 31 – Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
November 6 – Camila Finn, Brazilian model
November 11 – Christa B. Allen, American actress
November 15 – Shailene Woodley, American actress
November 22 – Saki Shimizu, Japanese singer
December 3 – Masahiro Usui, Japanese actor
December 9 – Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian prince
December 12 – Daniel Magder, Canadian actor
December 13 – Jay Greenberg, American music composer
December 19 – Declan Galbraith, British singer

Deaths

January

January 2 – Renato Rascel, Italian actor (b. 1927)
January 3 – Luke Appling, American baseball player (b. 1907)
January 5 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922)
January 8 – Steve Clark, English guitarist (b. 1960)
January 11 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist (b. 1905)
January 12 – Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (b. 1904)
January 12 – Vasco Pratolini, Italian writer (b. 1913)
January 14 – Salah Khalaf, Palestinian officer (b. 1933)
January 17 – King Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
January 22 – Kenas Aroi, Nauruan politician (b. 1942)
January 28 – Red Grange, American football player (b. 1903)
January 29 – Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b. 1907)
January 29 – John McIntire, American actor (b. 1907)
January 30 – John Bardeen, American physicist (b. 1908)
January 30 – Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. 1907)

February

February 1 – Carol Dempster, American actress (b. 1901)
February 2 – Pete Axthelm, American sportswriter (b. 1943)
February 3 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
February 5 – Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
February 5 – Pedro Arrupe, 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1907)
February 6 – María Zambrano, Spanish essayist (b. 1904)
February 6 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist (b. 1912)
February 6 – Danny Thomas, American singer (b. 1914)
February 7 – Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920)
February 13 – Arno Breker, German sculptor (b. 1900)
February 14 – John A. McCone, American politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1902)
February 16 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contras leader (b. 1932)
February 21 – John Sherman Cooper, American politician (b. 1901)
February 21 – Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (b. 1919)
February 24 – John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
February 24 – Héctor Rial, Argentinian footballer (b. 1928)
February 24 – George Gobel, American comedian (b. 1919)
February 24 – Jean Rogers, American actress (b. 1916)