Historical figures in 1991
The atlas holds 64 people and 110 moments here, in 1991. The most recorded lives are Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Ayrton Senna. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Jiang Zemin
in 1991
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
José Eduardo dos Santos
in 1991
1 moment here
Angolan politician and military officer who served as Angola’s president from 1979 to 2017. His documented movements include exile in…
Kelly Preston
in 1991
2 moments here
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…
Kim Il Sung
in 1991
1 moment here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Kobe Bryant
in 1991
1 moment here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Kurt Cobain
in 1991
2 moments here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1991
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Manmohan Singh
in 1991
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1991
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1991
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1991
7 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1991
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1991
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Naguib Mahfouz
in 1991
1 moment here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Neil Armstrong
in 1991
1 moment here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1991
3 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Néstor Kirchner
in 1991
1 moment here
Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician. Kirchner was mayor of Río Gallegos, governor of Santa Cruz Province, president of Argentina from 2003 to…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1991
2 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Olav V
in 1991
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Olivia Hussey
in 1991
1 moment here
British actress born in Argentina, best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film Romeo and Juliet.…
Osama bin Laden
in 1991
1 moment here
Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Pablo Escobar
in 1991
1 moment here
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug trafficker, Medellín Cartel leader, and politician.…
Paul Walker
in 1991
1 moment here
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor best known for playing Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.…
Pumpuang Duangjan
in 1991
1 moment here
Pumpuang Duangjan (Ramphueng Chithan) was a Thai singer and actress widely known as the “Queen of Luk Thung.” Her documented movements include her…
Moments
- 1991 Welcomed at the White House Elizabeth II
- 1991 Final vocals at Mountain Studios Freddie Mercury
- 1991 Death in Beijing Jiang Qing
- 1991 Official visit to Moscow Jiang Zemin
- 1991 Signing the Bicesse Accords José Eduardo dos Santos
- 1991 Sound City sessions for Nevermind Kurt Cobain
- 1991 Assassinated while campaigning Rajiv Gandhi
- 1991 Retired to Garden Lodge Freddie Mercury
- 1991 Finance-minister swearing-in Manmohan Singh
- 1991 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991 Surrender and confinement at La Catedral Pablo Escobar
- 1991 Hajj pilgrimage Suharto
- 1991 Greensboro Coliseum tour performance Whitney Houston
- 1991 First Ibero-American Summit Fidel Castro
- 1991 START I summit George H. W. Bush
- 1991 G7 London Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991 Elected ANC president in Durban Nelson Mandela
- 1991 Performed at the Thailand Cultural Centre Pumpuang Duangjan
- 1991 Official working visit to the United States Robert Mugabe
- 1991 ATV East China disaster-relief performance Teresa Teng
- 1991 Belgian Grand Prix victory Ayrton Senna
- 1991 Declaration of Uzbek independence Islam Karimov
- 1991 Confinement at Foros dacha Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991 Return to Moscow after the coup Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991 Confinement during August coup Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1991 Pro-GKChP speech at Manezh Square Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1991 Private visit to New York City Alberto Fujimori
- 1991 Solo trip to Pakistan Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1991 Second wedding ceremony Kelly Preston
- 1991 Wedding ceremony at Hôtel de Crillon Kelly Preston
- 1991 Medical trip to London Naguib Mahfouz
- 1991 Signs National Peace Accord Nelson Mandela
- 1991 A Coruña world-tour performance Whitney Houston
- 1991 Meeting Jacques Delors in Brussels Alberto Fujimori
- 1991 Marriage to Larry Fortensky Elizabeth Taylor
- 1991 Middle East Peace Conference opening George H. W. Bush
- 1991 Cover to Cover concert at Madison Square Garden George Michael
- 1991 Final documented foreign visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1991 Madrid Peace Conference Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991 Signing the Paris Peace Accords Norodom Sihanouk
- 1991 Meetings in Saint Petersburg and Kronstadt Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1991 Visit to Volgograd Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1991 Visit to Yelan Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1991 Australian Grand Prix victory and third title Ayrton Senna
- 1991 Congress of Mountain Peoples in Grozny Dzhokhar Dudayev
- 1991 Died at his Kensington home Freddie Mercury
- 1991 Arrival for Bengaluru concert Lata Mangeshkar
- 1991 Meeting with Mubarak in Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
- 1991 Return to Phnom Penh Norodom Sihanouk
- 1991 Dedicates presidential library Ronald Reagan