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1991 in the United States

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Events from the year 1991 in the United States.

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Events

=January=

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=February=

File:USAF F-16A F-15C F-15E Desert Storm edit2.jpg: Retreating Iraqi forces set the Kuwaiti oil fires]]

  • February – The early 1990s recession ends.
  • February 1 – A USAir Boeing 737-300, Flight 1493 collides with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 34 people.
  • February 5 – A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
  • February 7 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Kuwait, thus starting the ground phase of the war.
  • February 9 – The Adventures of Pete & Pete debuts on Nickelodeon.
  • February 13 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided bombs destroy an underground bunker in Baghdad, killing 314 Iraqis including 130 children. United States military intelligence claims the structure was transmitting military signals but Iraqi officials identify it as a bomb shelter.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/13/newsid_2541000/2541107.stm |title=US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad |date=1991-02-13 |access-date=2010-03-04 |work=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
  • February 22 – Gulf War: Iraq accepts a Russian-proposed cease fire agreement. The U.S. rejects the agreement, but says that retreating Iraqi forces will not be attacked if they leave Kuwait within 24 hours.
  • February 23 – The One Meridian Plaza fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania kills three firefighters and destroys eight floors of the building.
  • February 25 – Gulf War: Part of an Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 29 and injuring 99 U.S. soldiers. It is the single most devastating attack on U.S. forces during the war.
  • February 26 – Gulf War: On Baghdad radio, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Iraqi soldiers set fire to Kuwaiti oil fields as they retreat.
  • February 27 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20611FA3D5C0C7B8EDDAB0894D9494D81 |title=WAR IN THE GULF: The President; BUSH HALTS OFFENSIVE COMBAT; KUWAIT FREED, IRAQIS CRUSHED |newspaper=The New York Times |author=Rosenthal, Andrew |date=February 28, 1991}}
  • February 28 – Impostor James Hogue is exposed at Princeton University.

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=June=

  • 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.In 2009 in the United States
  • 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.{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Glass |title=Zachary Taylor's body exhumed, June 17, 1991 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/zachary-taylors-body-exhumed-june-17-1991-057126 |access-date=2021-06-12 |website=POLITICO |date=16 June 2011 |language=en}}{{cite web |date=1991-06-27 |title=Zachary Taylor Did Not Die of Arsenic Poisoning, Tests Indicate |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-27-mn-2064-story.html |access-date=2021-06-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
  • 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 {{M|w}} Sierra 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=

File:George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the START 1991.jpg]]

=August=

=September=

=October=

File:ClarenceThomas.jpg confirms Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court]]

=November=

  • November 1 – University of Iowa shooting: Former alumnus Gang Lu kills five people before committing suicide.
  • November 5 – David Duke, a white separatist running as a Republican, loses the Louisiana Governor's race to Democratic candidate Edwin Edwards, by an overwhelming margin despite winning the majority of the white vote.
  • November 7 – Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson announces that he has HIV, effectively ending his NBA career.
  • November 14
  • American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
  • In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four people and wounding five others before committing suicide.
  • November 22 – Walt Disney Pictures' 30th feature film, Beauty and the Beast, is released, receiving widespread acclaim and box office success, later becoming the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards in early 1992. Many consider the film as Disney's magnum opus and one of the greatest animated movies ever made.{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Nick |title=5 Reasons Why Beauty and The Beast is Disney's Greatest Animated Film |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1046299-5-reasons-why-beauty-and-the-beast-is-disneys-best |website=ComingSoon.net |date=5 March 2019 |access-date=6 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Kublawi |first1=Virginia |title=A Decade of Disney: Beauty and the Beast (1991) |url=https://www.geeksandgamers.com/a-decade-of-disney-beauty-and-the-beast-1991/ |website=Geeks + Gamers |date=28 July 2019 |access-date=6 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Fuller |first1=Becky |title=Why Beauty and the Beast Was Such A Big Hit |url=https://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-25th-anniversary/ |website=Screen Rant |date=23 November 2016 |access-date=6 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Joseph |title=Beauty And The Beast: 15 Reasons The Original Is Still A Classic |url=https://screenrant.com/beauty-and-the-beast-reasons-original-better-classic-movie/ |website=Screen Rant |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=6 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Altebarmakian |first1=Tamar |title=12 Reasons Beauty And The Beast Is Hands-Down The Best Disney Movie Ever Made |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/why-beauty-and-beast-is-best/tamar-altebarmakian |website=Ranker |access-date=6 December 2023}}
  • November 24 – Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS at 45 years old, one day after making his diagnosis public.
  • November 30 – The United States win the first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in China against Norway in the Final.

=December=

File:Mikhail Gorbachev 1987.jpg marked one of the final acts in the Dissolution of the Soviet Union]]

=Ongoing=

  • Cold War (1947–1991)
  • Gulf War (1990–1991)
  • Iraqi no-fly zones (1991–2003){{cite book |last1=Zenko |first1=Micah |title=Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World |date=3 August 2010 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-7190-0 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJHU9VZRhjwC&pg=PA29 |language=en}}

Births

= January =

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= February =

File:Emma Robert 2016 Comic Con.jpg]]

File:Malese Jow at WonderCon 2014.jpg]]

File:Jeremy Allen White, AT&T Center, 2013.jpg]]

File:O'Shea_Jackson_Jr._by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg]]

= March =

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= April =

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File:Conor Leslie Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2022.jpg]]

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File:Britt Baker Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2023.jpg]]

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= May =

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= June =

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File:Emily Ratajkowski at Emmy Awards 2016.jpg]]

File:Willa Holland at the 2013 WonderCon 04.jpg]]

= July =

File:Mitchel Musso 2, Walmart Soundcheck 2011.jpg]]

File:Alexandra Shipp by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg]]

= August =

File:Keith Stanfield by Gage Skidmore.jpg]]

File:Alexa Bliss RR25 (1) (cropped).jpg]]

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= September =

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= October =

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File:Tyler Posey by Gage Skidmore.jpg]]

= November =

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= December =

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Deaths

{{see also|Deaths in 1991}}

=January=

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=February=

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=March=

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File:Lyn Nofziger Talking with Lee Atwater in Nofzigers Office in The White House (cropped).jpg]]

=April=

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=May=

=June=

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=July=

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=August=

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=September=

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=October=

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=November=

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=December=

See also

References

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