Sunday May 26, 1991
US date format: 5/26/1991, UK date format: 26/5/1991
It was Sunday, under the sign of Gemini (see birth chart on May 26, 1991). The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.
Famous people born on this day include Kevin Abernathy and Julianna Rose Mauriello.
In that special week of May people in US were listening to I Don't Wanna Cry by Mariah Carey.
In UK The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) by Cher was in the top 5 hits.
City Slickers, directed by Ron Underwood, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1991
while In Our Defense by Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching All Good Things.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs or Chuck Yeager's Air Combat.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
You can also have a look at the whole 1991 or at May 26 across the years.
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 26, 1991?
Holidays
- Saint Germain of Paris
- Blessed Pieter of Ter Duinen
- Saint William of Aquitaine
- Saint Simitrius
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Events
- Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
- Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.
Famous Birthday
- Julianna Rose Mauriello: American stage actress.
- Kevin Abernathy: YouTube Star.
- Mangel : YouTube Star.
- Julianna Mauriello: Stage Actress.
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Famous Deaths
- Tom Eyen: American playwright, lyricist,...
- Tom Cassidy: news anchor (CNN), dies of AIDS at age...
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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City Slickers
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Starring: Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby
Country: United States of America
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Starring: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles
Country: United States of America
The Big Slice
Directed by: John Bradshaw
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Leslie Hope, Louis Ferreira, Kenneth Welsh
The Killing Zone
Directed by: Addison Randall
Starring: Deron McBee, Armando Silvestre, James Dalesandro, Melissa Moore
Proof
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 26, 1991?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry
- Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)
- Extreme - More Than Words
- Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
- Rod Stewart - Rhythm Of My Heart
- diVINYLS - I Touch Myself
- C & C Music Factory - Here We Go
- Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
- Michael Bolton - Love Is A Wonderful Thing
- Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Top #5 songs in the UK
Top #10 R&B songs
- Keith Washington - Kissing You
- Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up (From "New Jack City")
- B Angie B - I Don't Want To Lose Your Love
- Keith Sweat - Your Love - Part 2
- Another Bad Creation - Playground
- Phil Perry - Call Me
- Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry
- Luther Vandross - Power Of Love/Love Power
- Teddy Pendergrass - It Should've Been You
- En Vogue - Don't Go
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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All Good Things
Directed by: Andrew Jarecki
Vorsicht! Falke!
The Astronomers
Starring: Vera C. Rubin, Tony Tyson, John Lowry Dobson, John E. Conway
Country: United States of America
Swamp Thing
Directed by: Wes Craven
Separate But Equal
Days to next May 26
If May 26, 1991 is your birthday you're 29 years, 3 months, 26 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 8 months, 5 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in May 1991?
- LIFE: Life On MArs
- Time: Inset: heads (clockwise from lower L): Carroll Campbell by Diana Walker; Dick Cheney by Jacques Witt
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9277
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.67
- RollingStone: Wilson Philips
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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In Our Defense
By: Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy
We The People The Bill of Rights defines and defends the freedoms we enjoy as Americans -- from the right to bear arms to the right to a civil jury.
Moving Pictures
By: Ali MacGraw
This is the autobiography of a former photographer's stylist who became an international film celebrity and married two of Hollywood's biggest names, but then seemed to throw it all away.
The Commanders
By: Bob Woodward
It is impossible to examine any part of the war on terrorism in the twenty-first century without seeing the hand of Dick Cheney, Colin Powell or one of their loyalists.
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
By: Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully wise Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is the perfect send-off for grads—from nursery school, high school, college, and beyond! From soaring to high heights and seeing great sights to being left in a Lurch on a prickle-ly …
Sleepwalking Through History
By: Haynes Johnson
In this brilliantly readable book, Haynes Johnson takes us behind the scenes at the turning points of a decade: the poor became homeless while the rich embraced the new religion of
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Dino Land
Sonic the Hedgehog
Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
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