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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).
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 As The Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching All Good Things.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing The Berlin Wall or England Championship Special.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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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
Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 26, 1991?
- Saint Germain of Paris
- Blessed Pieter of Ter Duinen
- Saint William of Aquitaine
- Saint Simitrius
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Holidays
- Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
Events
- Julianna Rose Mauriello: American stage actress.
- Kevin Abernathy: YouTube Star.
- Mangel : YouTube Star.
- Julianna Mauriello: Stage Actress.
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Famous Birthday
- Tom Eyen: American playwright, lyricist,...
- Tom Cassidy: news anchor (CNN), dies of AIDS at age...
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 26, 1991?
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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 #10 songs in the USA
- Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
- The KLF featuring The Children Of The Revolution - Last Train To Trancentral
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Sailing On The Seven Seas
- Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)
- Zucchero featuring Paul Young - Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman)
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Keith Washington - Kissing You
- I Wanna Sex You Up (From "New Jack City") - Color Me Badd
- B Angie B - I Don't Want To Lose Your Love
- Keith Sweat - Your Love - Part 2
- Another Bad Creation - Playground
- Call Me - Phil Perry
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Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry
- Luther Vandross - Power Of Love/Love Power
- It Should've Been You - Teddy Pendergrass
- En Vogue - Don't Go
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
All Good Things
Directed by: Andrew Jarecki
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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
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?
As The Crow Flies
By: Jeffrey Archer
Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow.
The Promised Land
By: Nicholas Lemann
A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
How To Make An American Quilt
By: Whitney Otto
"Remarkable...An affirmation of the strength and power of individual lives, and the way they cannot help fitting together."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAn extraordinay and moving reading experience, HOW TO MAKE
Heir To The Empire
By: Timothy Zahn
It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial
Heartbeat
By: Danielle Steel
Bill Thigpen, writer producer of the No.1 daytime TV drama was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse.
Videogames
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