June 1991 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 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 June 1991: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of June 1991?
Events
- 01 Jun 1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
- 02 Jun 1991 45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers and Will Rogers Follies win
- 03 Jun 1991 New York Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft
- 04 Jun 1991 1st post WWII non-communist government in Albania
- 05 Jun 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
- 06 Jun 1991 Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
- 07 Jun 1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
- 08 Jun 1991 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
- 09 Jun 1991 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi
- 10 Jun 1991 Twin Peaks, on ABC-TV
- 11 Jun 1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
- 12 Jun 1991 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
- 13 Jun 1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at US Open Golf tournament
- 14 Jun 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves opens
- 15 Jun 1991 Carolyn Tanny and Bob Trischel wed
- 16 Jun 1991 Fiddler on the Roof closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances
- 17 Jun 1991 Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
- 18 Jun 1991 Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, arrives in US
- 19 Jun 1991 Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
- 20 Jun 1991 The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
- 21 Jun 1991 Eleanor Mondale marries Greg Thunder Malban
- 22 Jun 1991 I Hate Hamlet closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 performances
- 23 Jun 1991 Odd Couple opens and closes at Belasco Theater, New York City
- 24 Jun 1991 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
- 25 Jun 1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
- 26 Jun 1991 Getting Married opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 70 performances
- 27 Jun 1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
- 28 Jun 1991 In Sierra Madre, California, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs.
- 29 Jun 1991 Jackie Mason - Brand New closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 performances
- 30 Jun 1991 37th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Meg Mallon
- 10 Jun 1991 Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
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