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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

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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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Music charts

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

  1. - I Don't Wanna Cryyoutube
  2. - More Than Words
  3. - Rush Rushyoutube
  4. - I Wanna Sex You Up
  5. - Unbelievableyoutube

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
  2. - I Wanna Sex You Up
  3. - Last Train To Trancentral
  4. - Sailing On The Seven Seas
  5. - Baby Babyyoutube

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in June 1991?

If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule

If You Really Loved Me

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Only one way to please her dad was to murder his wife .... David Brown, a consummate entrepreneur who was a computer wizard and a millionaire at the age of thirty-two.

Loves Music, Loves To Dance by Mary Higgins Clark

Loves Music, Loves To Dance

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New York's popular magazines can be dangerous when a killer uses the personal ads to lure victims into his bizarre dance of death.

Heartbeat by Danielle Steel

Heartbeat

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Bill Thigpen was so focused on his career that he didn't notice his marriage crumble.

Sleepwalking Through History by Haynes Johnson

Sleepwalking Through History

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Haynes Johnson's book is a brilliantly readable account of the key moments in a decade. The poor became homeless, while the wealthy adopted the new religion.

The Kitchen God'S Wife by Amy Tan

The Kitchen God'S Wife

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Helen and Winnie have shared their worst secrets for over fifty years. Helen is now convinced she is dying and wants to reveal everything.