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1991 in the United States

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1991
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events from the year 1991 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Events

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January

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January 17: First air strikes on Iraq in the Gulf War

February

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c. February: Gulf War: Retreating Iraqi forces set the Kuwaiti oil fires

March

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April

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May

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June

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  • June 5 – STS-40: Space Shuttle Columbia carries the Spacelab Life Sciences 1 module into orbit.
  • June 10 – As she was finishing school for the day, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped. She will not be found for 18 years.[4]
  • June 12 – The Chicago Bulls win their first NBA championship by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers.
  • June 13 – A spectator is killed by lightning at the U.S. Open.
  • June 17 – 12th U.S. President Zachary Taylor, who died 141 years earlier in 1850, is exhumed to discover whether or not his death was caused by arsenic poisoning, instead of acute gastrointestinal illness; no trace of arsenic is found.[5][6]
  • June 23 – Sonic the Hedgehog is released in the United States. Nearly one million copies were sold in the United States by Christmas 1991, and nearly 2 million copies were sold worldwide by the end of 1991.
  • June 27 – Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement from the Supreme Court due to declining health. In his retirement press conference on the following day, he expressed his view that race should not be the basis in selecting his successor.
  • June 28 – The 5.6 MwSierra Madre earthquake shook the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing two deaths, 27–40 injuries, and $33.5–40 million in losses.

July

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July 31: START I

August

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September

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October

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October 15: The Senate confirms Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court

November

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December

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December 25: The resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev marked one of the final acts in the Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Alex Wood
Willa Fitzgerald
Ciara Hanna

February

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Emma Roberts
Malese Jow
Jeremy Allen White

March

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Tyler, the Creator
Devon Werkheiser

April

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Jamie Lynn Spears
Conor Leslie
AJ Michalka
Travis Scott

May

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Farrah Abraham
Azealia Banks

June

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Zazie Beetz
Emily Ratajkowski
Willa Holland

July

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Mitchel Musso
Alexandra Shipp

August

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Lakeith Stanfield
Alexa Bliss
Young Thug

September

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Carter Jenkins
Kelsey Asbille
Hunter Hayes

October

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Nicole Jung
Tyler Posey

November

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Shailene Woodley

December

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Charlie Puth
Jillian Rose Reed
Dababy
Chloe Bridges

Full date unknown

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Deaths

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January

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Carl David Anderson

February

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Danny Thomas

March

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Vilma Bánky
Lee Atwater

April

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Forrest Towns

May

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June

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David Ruffin
Jean Arthur

July

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Michael Landon

August

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James Irwin
Colleen Dewhurst

September

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Frank Capra
Dr. Seuss
Miles Davis

October

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Gene Roddenberry

November

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Gene Tierney
Ralph Bellamy

December

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Richard Speck

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad". On This Day. BBC. 1991-02-13. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  2. ^ Rosenthal, Andrew (February 28, 1991). "WAR IN THE GULF: The President; BUSH HALTS OFFENSIVE COMBAT; KUWAIT FREED, IRAQIS CRUSHED". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Brueck, Dana (2011-05-03). "20 Years Ago Today: Central Storage & Warehouse Fire". NBC15. Archived from the original on 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. ^ In 2009 in the United States
  5. ^ Glass, Andrew (16 June 2011). "Zachary Taylor's body exhumed, June 17, 1991". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  6. ^ "Zachary Taylor Did Not Die of Arsenic Poisoning, Tests Indicate". Los Angeles Times. 1991-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  7. ^ "Supreme Court Nominations Fast Facts". CNN. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  8. ^ King, Susan (June 16, 1991). "Summer Sights". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  9. ^ Perkins, Nick (5 March 2019). "5 Reasons Why Beauty and The Beast is Disney's Greatest Animated Film". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. ^ Kublawi, Virginia (28 July 2019). "A Decade of Disney: Beauty and the Beast (1991)". Geeks Gamers. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  11. ^ Fuller, Becky (23 November 2016). "Why Beauty and the Beast Was Such A Big Hit". Screen Rant. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. ^ Allen, Joseph (17 March 2017). "Beauty And The Beast: 15 Reasons The Original Is Still A Classic". Screen Rant. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  13. ^ Altebarmakian, Tamar. "12 Reasons Beauty And The Beast Is Hands-Down The Best Disney Movie Ever Made". Ranker. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. ^ Zenko, Micah (3 August 2010). Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World. Stanford University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8047-7190-0.
  15. ^ Ronnie Hillman, Super Bowl champion with Denver Broncos, dies aged 31
  16. ^ Guy A. Marco (1993). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States. Garland Pub. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-8240-4782-5.
  17. ^ Deborah Andrews (1992). Annual Obituary, 1991. St. James Press. p. 601. ISBN 978-1-55862-175-6.
  18. ^ John Kirkpatrick Is Dead at 86; A Pianist Who Popularized Ives
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