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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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.

But much more happened on December 1991: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1991?


Events

  • 01 Dec 1991 Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 performances
  • 02 Dec 1991 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with the New York Mets.
  • 03 Dec 1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns.
  • 04 Dec 1991 Judds final concert
  • 05 Dec 1991 Catskills on Broadway opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances
  • 06 Dec 1991 Les Miserables opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
  • 07 Dec 1991 A J Kitt, American, wins World Skiing Cup.
  • 08 Dec 1991 Homecoming closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
  • 09 Dec 1991 2nd Billboard Music Awards
  • 10 Dec 1991 Crucible opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 32 performances
  • 11 Dec 1991 William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
  • 12 Dec 1991 Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community.
  • 13 Dec 1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle SuperSonics) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games.
  • 14 Dec 1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
  • 15 Dec 1991 Nick & Nora closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 9 performances
  • 16 Dec 1991 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
  • 17 Dec 1991 Soap opera One Life To Live airs its 6,000th episode
  • 18 Dec 1991 DeForest Kelly, (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood.
  • 19 Dec 1991 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
  • 20 Dec 1991 Paul Keating installed as Premier of Australia
  • 21 Dec 1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 Republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
  • 22 Dec 1991 Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
  • 23 Dec 1991 New York Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns.
  • 24 Dec 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of Soviet Union
  • 25 Dec 1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan versus Sri Lanka at Gujranwala.
  • 26 Dec 1991 The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
  • 27 Dec 1991 Carol Burnett Show last airs on CBS-TV
  • 28 Dec 1991 Ted Turner is named Time magazine Man of the Year.
  • 29 Dec 1991 12th United Negro College Fund
  • 31 Dec 1991 CPN, Communist Party of the Netherlands, last day of existance
  • 02 Dec 1991 Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in December 1991?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
  2. - Black Or White
  3. - When A Man Loves A Woman
  4. - It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
  5. - All 4 Loveyoutube

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Dizzy
  2. - Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives
  3. - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  4. - Get Ready For This
  5. - When You Tell Me That You Love Me

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in December 1991?

Uh-Oh by Robert Fulghum

Uh-Oh

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"Uh-oh!" is more than a reaction to small problems. "Uh-oh!" is an attitude, a way of looking at the universe. Author of ALL I REALLY DESIRE, this is the #1 Bestseller

Childhood by Bill Cosby

Childhood

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Bill Cosby shares some of his most poignant and funny childhood stories. He also discusses his time as a school crossing guard, and his search for the mysterious Spanish.

Maus Ii by Art Spiegelman

Maus Ii

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***WINNER OF 1992 PULIZTER PRICE***Acclaimed as both a quiet triumph, and a deeply moving work of art. The first volume of Art Spiegelman’s Mausintroduced readers Vladek Spieglman (a Jewish survivor), to the book.

Comeback by Dick Francis

Comeback

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New York Times bestseller Grand Master of Crime Fiction Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin discovers a strange operation involving a veterinarian and the mysterious deaths of several highly valuable racehorses.

Sleeping Beauty by Judith Michael

Sleeping Beauty

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Anne Garnett, a Los Angeles divorce lawyer, was brilliant. She was tough, smart and untouchable. The glossy facade concealed the vulnerable girl who ran away from her wealthy and influential family.