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What Happened In May 1991 In History

Historical Events for May, 1991

  • 1st » Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers (baseball) known as Texas Rangers, when he
  • 5th » A 1991 Washington, D.C. riot e.g riot breaks out in the Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C. called Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
  • 16th » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
  • 18th » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
  • 19th » Croatians vote for independence in a Croatian independence referendum, 1991 or referendum.
  • 21st » Former Indian Prime Minister of India e.g Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Chennai called Madras.
  • 24th » Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
  • 26th » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of Georgia called President of the Georgia (country) or Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
  • 26th » Lauda Air Flight 004, a Boeing 767, crashes in an area of western Thailand after a thrust reverser malfunction. All 223 people aboard are killed.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1991

  • 1st » Creagen Dow, American actor
  • 1st » Abdisalam Ibrahim, Somalian-Norwegian footballer
  • 1st » Bartosz Salamon, Polish footballer
  • 2nd » Laurie Duncan, English actor
  • 2nd » Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer (2AM)
  • 5th » Colin Edwards (footballer) e.g Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (d. 2013)
  • 5th » Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
  • 5th » Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
  • 5th » Shubha Phutela, Indian model and actress (d. 2012)
  • 6th » Valerio Frasca, Italian footballer
  • 6th » Harriet Lee (swimmer) e.g Harriet Lee, English swimmer
  • 8th » Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
  • 8th » Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
  • 9th » Christy Mack, American porn actress and model
  • 9th » Stasia Rage, Latvian figure skater
  • 10th » Giorgos Machlelis, Greek footballer
  • 11th » Alex Nimely, Liberian-English footballer
  • 13th » Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
  • 15th » Mollee Gray, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 16th » Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
  • 16th » Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
  • 17th » Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player
  • 17th » Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor and rapper
  • 17th » Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper, producer, and actor
  • 19th » Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
  • 20th » Mara Lopez, American-Filipino actress and surfer
  • 20th » Henrik Ojamaa, Estonian footballer
  • 21st » Sarah Ramos, American actress
  • 22nd » Kyle Bartley, English footballer
  • 22nd » José Higón, Spanish footballer
  • 22nd » Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
  • 23rd » Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
  • 24th » Aled Davies (athlete) called Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
  • 24th » Erika Umeda, Japanese singer (Cute (Japanese band) named Cute and ZYX)
  • 25th » Jillian Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 27th » Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
  • 29th » Kristen Alderson, American actress and singer
  • 29th » Saori Hayami, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 29th » Tom Ljungman, Swedish actor
  • 30th » Jonathan Fox (swimmer) or Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
  • 31st » Azealia Banks, American rapper

Famous Deaths for May 1991

  • 1st » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
  • 2nd » Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
  • 3rd » Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author (b. 1933)
  • 4th » Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1907)
  • 6th » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English-American actor and singer (b. 1903)
  • 8th » Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
  • 8th » Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
  • 14th » Jiang Qing, Chinese actress, 1st First Lady of China (b. 1914)
  • 15th » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
  • 15th » Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist (b. 1901)
  • 15th » Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
  • 21st » Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
  • 21st » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
  • 22nd » Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian politician (b. 1899)
  • 22nd » Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
  • 23rd » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
  • 23rd » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
  • 24th » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds and Dillard & Clark) (b. 1944)
  • 24th » Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
  • 27th » Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)

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