Historical Events in 1991

Events 1 - 200 of 1,069

• Jan 1 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR

• Jan 1 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide
• Jan 1 77th Rose Bowl: #8 Washington beats #17 Iowa, 46-34
• Jan 1 57th Sugar Bowl: #6 Tennessee beats Virginia, 23-22
• Jan 1 20th Fiesta Bowl: #18 Louisville beats #25 Alabama, 34-7
• Jan 1 57th Orange Bowl: #1 Colorado beats #5 Notre Dame, 10-9
• Jan 2 University of Colorado, Boulder, coached by Bill McCartney wins its first Associated Press National Championship of College Football poll
• Jan 3 Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years

• Jan 3 8 Iraqi embassy officials are expelled from the UK
• Jan 4 AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
• Jan 4 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
• Jan 4 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
• Jan 4 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
• Jan 4 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Goran Prpić beats American David Wheaton 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, (ends 2-1) and Yugoslavia's first title


• Jan 5 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 77 performances
• Jan 5 Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-metre springboard diving title
• Jan 5 Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
• Jan 6 "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances
• Jan 6 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
• Jan 6 Jorge Serrano Elias elected President of Guatemala
• Jan 6 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
• Jan 6 Portland Trail Blazers beat the Seattle SuperSonics, 114-111 before a sellout crowd at the Portland Memorial Coliseum; marks the Blazers' 600th consecutive sellout at home
• Jan 7 "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV

• Jan 8 "Davis Rules" with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV

• Jan 8 Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try
• Jan 8 Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36)
• Jan 9 Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis

• Jan 9 Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games

• Jan 10 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
• Jan 10 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis


• Jan 11 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq

• Jan 11 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
• Jan 11 Ben Johnson's 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finishes 2nd
• Jan 12 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Women's Basketball game (11,520)
• Jan 12 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)

• Jan 13 12th ACE Cable Awards: Weather Channel wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the hurricane "Hugo"

• Jan 13 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
• Jan 13 UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar meets with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
• Jan 13 Soviet troops continue attack on Vilnius, capital of Lithuania; 13 people killed and 140 injured as
• Jan 14 "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
• Jan 14 Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as President of Guatemala
• Jan 14 Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys, California
• Jan 14 Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR
• Jan 15 Dean Jones (76) and Mark Taylor (71) lead Australia to 7 wicket win over New Zealand in cricket's World Series Cup 2nd Final in Melbourne; win series, 2-0
• Jan 15 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)

• Jan 16 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins


• Jan 17 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
• Jan 17 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
• Jan 17 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
• Jan 17 Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V
• Jan 17 Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War
• Jan 18 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel

• Jan 18 WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights

• Jan 18 Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
• Jan 19 42nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Campbell beats Wales, 11-5; Vincent Damphousse, Toronto Maple Leafs, C

• Jan 19 Eastern Airlines shuts down operations
• Jan 19 Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
• Jan 19 Iraq files SCUD missiles at Tel Aviv and other cities in Israel during the Gulf War
• Jan 20 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 829 performances
• Jan 20 "Les Miserables" opens at Pantages Theatre, LA
• Jan 20 Musical "Peter Pan", starring Cathy Rigby, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC or 45 performances
• Jan 20 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 72 performances
• Jan 20 13th UCP Telethon


• Jan 20 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles
• Jan 20 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
• Jan 20 AFC Championship, Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY: Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders, 51-3
• Jan 20 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: New York Giants beat San Francisco 49ers, 15-13
• Jan 21 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon and four TV crew captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf
• Jan 21 Sacramento's Dick Motta coaches in his 1,648th regular season game, a 97-94 Kings' victory over Houston; at the time an NBA record for the most regular-season coaching appearances

• Jan 22 Cholera epidemic begins in Peru with first known sufferer, 300,000 people infected over the next 12 months
• Jan 23 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
• Jan 23 Bagogwe Massacre of Tutsi in and around Ruhengeri, Northern Rwanda
• Jan 24 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre St Denis, Montreal

• Jan 25 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government
• Jan 25 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide
• Jan 25 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2½ year run
• Jan 26 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances
• Jan 26 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
• Jan 26 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter
• Jan 26 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
• Jan 26 NY Lotto pays $90 million to nine winners (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50)

• Jan 26 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell becomes 5th player in NBA history to score 30 points in a quarter in Rockets' 103-97 home win over Cleveland; joins Wilt Chamberlain, David Thompson, George Gervin & Michael Jordan
• Jan 27 Dutch Pacifist Socialistic Party disbands
• Jan 27 Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU
• Jan 27 Super Bowl XXV, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19; MVP: Ottis Anderson, NY Giants, RB
• Jan 27 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his 1st Australian title; beats Ivan Lendl 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Jan 27 7th Sundance Film Festival: "Poison" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
• Jan 28 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV

• Jan 28 David Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide
• Jan 28 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
• Jan 29 "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 performances

• Jan 29 The Battle of Khafji begins, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War
• Jan 30 Iraqi troops gain control of Al Khafji inside the Saudi Arabian border
• Jan 31 Denver Nuggets Michael Adams becomes shortest NBAer to get a triple-double
• Jan 31 Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude
• Jan 31 "Close-Up", Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Hossain Sabzian and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is released
• Feb 1 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
• Feb 1 Australian cricket fast bowler Craig McDermott sets up a 9 wicket, 5th Test win over England with a career best 8-97 in Perth

• Feb 1 US Air & Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32

• Feb 2 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 v NZ at Wellington
• Feb 2 NH snaps its 32-game losing streak at home beating Holy Cross, 72-56
• Feb 2 US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents

• Feb 3 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-21; MVP: Jim Kelly, Buffalo Bills, QB
• Feb 4 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

• Feb 4 US postage raises from 25 cents to 29 cents

• Feb 5 All American Bowl ends after 14 years
• Feb 5 Big East Football conference forms
• Feb 5 LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points

• Feb 6 Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-NJ Knights
• Feb 7 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president

• Feb 7 The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.

• Feb 9 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
• Feb 9 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)

• Feb 9 US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
• Feb 9 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
• Feb 10 "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 24 performances

• Feb 10 Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
• Feb 10 Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
• Feb 11 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in The Hague, Netherlands
• Feb 12 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence
• Feb 12 North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
• Feb 13 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
• Feb 13 US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
• Feb 13 US air raid on the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad kills more than 408 civilians
• Feb 14 "Mule Bone" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 67 performances
• Feb 14 NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration

• Feb 15 Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die
• Feb 15 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
• Feb 15 Daily market volatility as Hussein mentions withdrawal, but Bush calls his offer a "cruel hoax"
• Feb 15 41st Berlin International Film Festival: "The House of Smiles" wins the Golden Bear
• Feb 16 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands

• Feb 17 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
• Feb 17 33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports coasts to win after challengers crash on finals laps

• Feb 20 "Taking Steps" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 78 performances

• Feb 21 USSR announces that Iraq has agreed to a proposal to end the Gulf War, but the US calls the plan unacceptable
• Feb 22 Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA

• Feb 23 US President George H. W. Bush gives Iraq a 24-hour deadline to withdraw from Kuwait or face a ground war
• Feb 23 Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho
• Feb 23 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
• Feb 23 NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games


• Feb 24 "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances
• Feb 24 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
• Feb 24 US-led forces begin Operation Desert Sabre, the ground invasion of southern Iraq and Iraqi-occupied Kuwait
• Feb 25 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)
• Feb 25 Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
• Feb 25 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28
• Feb 26 Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)

• Feb 26 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
• Feb 26 NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
• Feb 26 Signs of Iran crude now an option for US refiners, but no imports from Iran likely in near future

• Feb 27 Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London
• Feb 27 Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16

• Feb 28 Gulf War ends after Iraq accepts a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait
• Feb 28 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
• Feb 28 "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances

• Feb 28 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
• Mar 1 US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens

• Mar 2 "Aspects of Love" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 377 performances
• Mar 2 "La Bete" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 24 performances

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