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1991 Calendar

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•  January 17, 1991 – Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
•  February 15, 1991 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Sheep in Chinese astrology.
•  February 25, 1991 – Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.
•  June 3, 1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
•  August 27, 1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
•  September 6, 1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia’s second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
•  September 21, 1991 – Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
•  October 18, 1991 – The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
•  November 12, 1991 – Dili Massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
•  December 25, 1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine’s referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

•  January 2, 1991 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian Rules Footballer
•  January 13, 1991 – Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer/actress/MC
•  January 20, 1991 – Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver; son of Jonathan Palmer
•  February 16, 1991 – Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
•  February 20, 1991 – Giovanni Kyeremateng Italian footballer
•  March 25, 1991 – Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
•  May 20, 1991 – Mara Lopez, Filipino actress
•  May 29, 1991 – Kristen Alderson, American actress
•  July 15, 1991 – Derrick Favors, American basketball player
•  September 9, 1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer