May 1991 calendar

May 1991
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 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 May 1991: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1991?

Events

01 May 1991 Will Rogers Follies opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
03 May 1991 356th and final episode of CBS-TV's second-longest-running series Dallas, second only to Gunsmoke.
04 May 1991 Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig wed
05 May 1991 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
06 May 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
08 May 1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
09 May 1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
12 May 1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic.
13 May 1991 Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness goes on sale
14 May 1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal
15 May 1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland Athletics-Baltimore Oriole game
16 May 1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson
17 May 1991 Lupita Jones, 23, of MTxico, crowned 40th Miss Universe.
18 May 1991 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54.
19 May 1991 Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story closes at Shubert NYC after 225 performances
20 May 1991 Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad.
21 May 1991 Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
22 May 1991 Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome.
23 May 1991 San Diego Sockers win fourth consecutive Major Soccer League championship.
24 May 1991 Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
25 May 1991 People Are Still Having Sex, by LaTour hits #35
26 May 1991 Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
27 May 1991 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
28 May 1991 Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa.
29 May 1991 Les Miserables, opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland New Zealand
30 May 1991 64th US National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling "antipyretic".
31 May 1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia.
07 May 1991 A fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killing 26.