What Happened In March 1991 In History

Historical Events for March, 1991

• 2nd » Battle at Rumaila field or Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the Gulf War called 1991 Gulf War.
• 3rd » An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department called Los Angeles police officers.
• 3rd » In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.
• 3rd » United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
• 9th » March 1991 protests in Belgrade called Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.
• 13th » The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
• 15th » The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 26th » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
• 26th » Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved.
• 26th » Local self-government is restored after three decades of centralized control in South Korea.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1991

• 3rd » Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer and actress (A Pink)
• 4th » Viktor Lundberg, Swedish footballer
• 4th » Diandra Newlin, American actress and singer
• 4th » Carles Planas, Spanish footballer
• 5th » Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist
• 6th » Nicole Fox, American model and actress
• 6th » Lex Luger (record producer) known as Lex Luger, American record producer
• 6th » Emma McDougall, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 6th » Tyler, The Creator, American rapper and producer (Odd Future)
• 7th » Michele Rigione, Italian footballer
• 8th » Devon Werkheiser, American actor and singer
• 9th » Domo Genesis, American rapper (Odd Future)
• 10th » Bahaa Al Farra, Palestinian runner
• 11th » Linlin, Chinese-Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Minimoni)
• 11th » Kamohelo Mokotjo, South African footballer
• 11th » Jack Rodwell, English footballer
• 11th » Mayumi Roller, Virgin Islander sailor
• 11th » Nao Tōyama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 12th » Felix Kroos, German footballer
• 13th » Eli Kim, American-South Korean singer (U-KISS)
• 13th » Le Quang Liem, Vietnamese chess player
• 13th » Tristan Thompson, Canadian basketball player
• 13th » Aaron Woods, Australian rugby player
• 14th » László Szűcs, Hungarian footballer
• 14th » Steven Zellner, German footballer
• 15th » Tavon Austin, American football player
• 15th » Kie Kitano, Japanese actress and singer
• 15th » Kevin Müller (footballer) e.g Kevin Müller, German footballer
• 15th » Mitchell Todd, Scottish rugby player (d. 2012)
• 16th » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bass player (Van Halen)
• 18th » Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 19th » Garrett Clayton, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 19th » Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer
• 20th » Mattia Destro, Italian footballer
• 21st » Luke Chapman, English footballer
• 23rd » Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
• 24th » Dalila Jakupović, Slovenian tennis player
• 25th » Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
• 25th » Samia Yusuf Omar, Somalian sprinter (d. 2012)
• 27th » Chloe Marshall, English model
• 28th » Hoya (singer) or Hoya, South Korean singer, dancer, actor and rapper(Infinite (band) known as Infinite and Infinite H)
• 28th » Amy Bruckner, American actress
• 28th » Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
• 28th » Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
• 29th » Hayley McFarland, American actress
• 30th » Kim Grajdek, German tennis player
• 31st » Nichaon Jindapon, Thai badminton player
• 31st » Renato Kelić, Croatian footballer
• 31st » Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer
• 31st » Lukas Rotpuller, Austrian footballer
• 31st » Jan Šebek, Czech footballer
• 31st » Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer

Famous Deaths for March 1991

• 1st » Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)
• 2nd » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 2nd » Mary Howard (romance novelist) or Mary Howard, English author (b. 1907)
• 3rd » Arthur Murray, Austrian-American dancer (b. 1895)
• 3rd » William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltarian-English mathematician, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
• 4th » Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
• 4th » Kenneth Lindsay, English politician (b. 1897)
• 7th » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 8th » John Bellairs, American author (b. 1938)
• 9th » Jim Hardin, American baseball player (b. 1943)
• 12th » Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 12th » William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)
• 14th » Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (b. 1950)
• 14th » Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 14th » Margery Sharp, English author (b. 1905)
• 15th » Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 21st » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)
• 22nd » Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 22nd » Paul Engle, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
• 22nd » Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
• 22nd » Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)
• 23rd » Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1913)
• 24th » John Kerr (governor-general) or John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1914)
• 25th » Marcel Lefebvre, French archbishop (b. 1905)
• 27th » Ralph Bates, English actor (b. 1940)
• 27th » Aldo Ray, American actor (b. 1926)
• 29th » Lee Atwater, American political consultant (b. 1951)
• 29th » Guy Bourdin, French fashion photographer (b. 1928)

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