1991A Year in Review

What Did Stuff Cost?

• Dozen eggs: $1.01• Gallon of milk: $2.80• Gallon of gas: $1.12• Average new house: $120,000

January 1: The Colorado Buffaloes defeat Notre Dame, 10-9, to win a share of the NCAA football

title

January 12: Gulf War: Coalition Air Forces begin campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraq

January 23: “Seinfield” premiers on NBC

January 27: Scott Norwood’s potential game-winning field goal misses, and the Giants defeat

the Bills 20-19 in Super Bowl XXV

February 3: The price of a first-class postage stamp is raised from 25cents to 29cents.

February 26: Gulf War: Iraqi troops withdraw from Kuwait, but set fire to oil fields

March 3: An amateur video shows policemen in Los Angeles assaulting Rodney King

Four policemen are charged on March 15

March 25: Dances with Wolves wins 7 Academy Awards, including best picture

April 1: Duke beats Kansas 72-65 to win first NCAA basketball title

April 1: Federal Minimum Wage is raised from $3.80/hour to $4.25/hour

May 1 in the MLB:Ricky Henderson breaks all-time steals record

with his 939th career steal&

Nolan Ryan throws his 7th and last no-hitter

May 3: The 357th and final episode of Dallas, a two-hour movie, airs. It ends with fans

wondering if JR Ewing committed suicide.

June 12: Boris Yeltzen is elected President of Russia

June 12: Led by league MVP Michael Jordan, the

Chicago Bulls win first NBA title over the LA

Lakers

June 14: Nationwide opening of “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”

July 1: American actor Michael Landon dies at

the age of 54

July 22: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

August 6: The Internet becomes “open” to public use

August 13: The Super Nintendo is released in the United States

September 17: Debut of Home Improvement, starring Tim Allen

September 24: Theodore Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Suess) dies at the age of

87

October 15: After a summer of hearings, including answering sexual harassment charges by Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas is confirmed for

the US Supreme Court

He is sworn in on October 23

October 24: Jack Morris’ 10-inning shutout gives the Twins the World Series title over

the Atlanta Braves

November 7: Magic Johnson announces that he has HIV, and retires from the LA Lakers

November 14: Fox, MTV and BET simultaneously premier Michael Jackson’s

“Black or White” video

December 31: After a year of upheaval and a failed coup, the USSR ceases to exist