Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet politician who served as the last leader…
Tag: 1991
7 November 1991
Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA. Magic Johnson, whose real name is Earvin Johnson Jr., is a former professional…
19 September 1991
Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. Ötzi the Iceman, also known as the Similaun Man, is…
23 August 1991
The World Wide Web is opened to the public. The World Wide Web (WWW) was invented by British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989…
28 February 1991
The first Gulf War ends. The first Gulf War, also known as the Persian Gulf War, was a conflict that took place in 1990-1991 between…
23 November 1991
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.
18 November 1991
Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
15 October 1991
The “Oh-My-God particle”, an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at…