Historical Events In 1991

May 17 Tim Berners-Lee announce the official launch of the first website

May 14 Angry truckers blockade Parliament Hill; say they can't compete due to higher Canadian taxes than US

May 26 All 223 passengers aboard a Laudia Air Boeing 767 are killed when the plane crashes in Thailand

May 23 Last Cubans troops leave Angola

May 09 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession

May 03 Brian Mulroney 1939- promises 500-job GST processing centre for Summerside to help community hard hit by closing of Canadian Forces Base.

May 22 Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome

May 26 Presidential elections, after the collapse of the USSR, are held in Georgia

May 30 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable

May 20 The Soviet government begins allowing citizens to leave the country if they wished

May 01 Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base

May 14 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping & beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal

May 27 Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die

May 06 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees

May 16 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U S Congress

May 03 Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass

May 07 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

May 18 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station

May 22 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994

May 25 "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour hits #35

May 15 Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams.

May 01 Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual &heterosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC

May 13 "Michael Jackson The Magic & the Madness" goes on sale

May 18 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

May 17 Lupita Jones, 23, of México, crowned 40th Miss Universe

May 03 356th &final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke

May 04 Actress Sharon Gless &producer Barney Rosenzeig wed

May 20 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP

Jan 25 Mark Waugh scores ton in first Test Cricket innings, vs England Adelaide

Jan 29 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (begins)

Jan 06 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds)

Jan 13 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa

Jan 23 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait

Jan 09 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

Jan 31 An earthquake measuring 6.6 occurs in the Hindu Kush Region . Estimated 200-400 people killed, many injured and many homes destroyed or damaged in Konar, Nangarhar and Badakhshan Provinces, Afghanistan.

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