1991

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s? 2020s? 2030s? 2040s?

Years: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 - 1991 - 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

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Births

Deaths

• January 17 - [King Olav V]?
• February 11 - [Oscar Nitzchke]?, German architect.
• September 28 - Miles Davis, musician.

Events

• January 16 - Operation Desert Storm begins
• February 11 - UNPO?, the Unrepresented Nations & People Organization forms in the Hague?, Netherlands.
• Linus Torvalds releases the Linux kernel

Sport

• January 27 - Super Bowl XXV New York Giants (20) def. Buffalo Bills (19)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
• Chemistry - Richard R Ernst
• Medicine - Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann
• Literature - Nadine Gordimer
• Peace - Aung San Suu Kyi
• Economics - Ronald Coase