What Happened in 1991

Nissan Figaro is First Produced

The Nissan Figaro is a small retro car manufactured by Nissan. The car was originally sold only in Japan. Despite this, the Nissan Figaro has... Read more

Nissan Bluebird U13 is First Produced

The U13 series was launched in Japan in September 1991 as a four-door sedan and four-door hardtop. The two models were visually distinct: the... Read more

Lance Armstrong becomes U.S. National Amateur Champion

Soon, Armstrong chose to focus on cycling, his strongest event as well as his favorite. During his senior year in high school, the U.S. Olympic... Read more

Lauryn Hill Featured on As the World Turns

Hill began her acting career at a young age, appearing on the soap opera As The World Turns as Kira Johnson. Read more

NASD Releases Report Finding No Legal Basis for Restricting Madoff's "Pay for Order Flow" Business Model

[Madoff developed] a solid, but sometimes controversial, reputation as a market maker. During the [90's], his market-making operation was handling... Read more

Elena Kagan Becomes Assistant Professor at University of Chicago Law School

Kagan became an assistant professor at the U of C Law School in 1991, and rose to become a tenured professor four years later. She remained on the... Read more

Dole Launches 5 A Day Program to Encourage Healthy Eating

Dole launches Dole 5 A Day Program to encourage young children and their families to eat five or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables. Read more

Castle & Cooke Officially Becomes Dole Food Company

At the annual shareholders' meeting, a resolution is approved to change the name of Castle & Cooke to Dole Food Company, Inc. Dole is now the... Read more

The Vandals release Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live

Sweatin' to the Oldies is a live album and video by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, originally released in 1991 by Triple X... Read more

The Fugees is Formed

The Fugees were an American hip hop group who rose to fame in the mid-1990s. Their repertoire included elements of Hip hop, soul and Caribbean... Read more

The Bouncing Souls release Ugly Bill

Ugly Bill was the first EP released by the New Jersey punk rock band The Bouncing Souls. It was recorded in 1991 at Ocean Studios. One of the... Read more

The Action 52 is released for the NES

Not just the 52 worst NES games ever. Looking deeper reveals a history of cartridges overheating inside of consoles and even melting, tales of... Read more

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. It was released in 1991 by Paramount... Read more

Rage Against the Machine is formed

Rage Against the Machine (often shortened to RATM) is an American metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1991. The band's lineup,... Read more

"On a Friday" reforms, record Manic Hedgehog

Although Yorke, O'Brien, Selway, and Colin Greenwood had left Abingdon by 1987 to attend university, the band continued to rehearse often on... Read more

Nissan NX1600/2000 is First Produced

The Nissan NX is a car produced by Nissan Motors. The Nissan NX was essentially a B13 platform Nissan Sentra or Sunny with a different body shell.... Read more

Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies of a drug overdose

At the time of his death, Clark was on a six-month leave of absence from Def Leppard. On January 8, 1991, Clark was found dead on his couch by... Read more

US Congress Authorizes the Use of Force to Expel Iraqi Troops from Kuwait

On 12 January 1991 the United States Congress authorized the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. The votes were 52-47 in the US... Read more

Operation Desert Storm

In 1991 The American President, then George H. Bush, took the mission from protecting Saudi Arabia from expelling Iraq from Kuwait. America had... Read more

The War in Kuwait Begins

After Saddam Hussein attacks Kuwait, the United States Army teams up with Saudi forces to defeat Saddam Hussein. This is the start of the war in... Read more

The Gulf War Begins

The origins of the Gulf War began many years before the US officially declared it early in 1991. Iraq and Kuwait had tensions that traced back to... Read more

Operation Instant Thunder, the Coalition Air Campaign Against Iraqi Forces, Begins

A day after the deadline set in Resolution, the coalition launched a massive air campaign which began the general offensive codenamed Operation... Read more

Saddam Hussein Orders the Launch of SCUD Missiles Against Israel

If Iraq was to be forced to obey UN resolutions, the Iraqi government made it no secret that it would respond by attacking Israel, a state that was... Read more

MST3K Ep. 212 - "Godzilla vs. Megalon"

Mutant dinosaur Godzilla and size-changing robot Jet Jaguar battle Seatopian god Megalon and alien cyborg Gigan, bent on razing the planet for the... Read more

Iraqi Forces Cause the Gulf War Oil Spill

On January 21, 1991, Iraqi forces opened valves at the Sea Island oil terminal and dumped oil from several tankers into the Persian Gulf. The... Read more