1991
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1991 is the 991st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1990s decade.
It was the final year of the Cold War that had begun in the late 1940s. A U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations fought against Iraq, which had invaded and annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Serbia and the other Yugoslav republics would lead into the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, which ran through the rest of the decade.
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Art and culture
Film
Feature film
- My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant
- Poison by Todd Haynes
- Leaving Las Vegas by Mike Figgis
- L.A. Story by Mick Jackson
- The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme
- Delicatessen by Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Guilty pleasures
- Deadlock by Lewis Teague
Video
- Thanksgiving Prayer by Gus Van Sant
Documentary
- Paris Is Burning by Jennie Livingston
Literature
Fiction
- American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
- Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
- Dirty Weekend by Helen Zahavi
Non-fiction
- Cult Movie Stars by Danny Peary
- Rester vivant by Michel Houellebecq
- H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq
Music
Singles
- Alone by Don Carlos (Carlo Troja)
- Listen by System 7 (Derrick May)
- Finally by CeCe Peniston
- Always There by Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown
- Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
- Format - #1 Solid Session (Orlando Voorn)
Albums
- Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 1 by various artists
- The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld by The Orb
- The Mix by Kraftwerk
- The Third Power by Material
- Nevermind by Nirvana
Art
- Field by Antony Gormley
Births
- March 6 – Tyler Gregory Okonma, American rapper
Deaths
- Henri Lefèbvre (1901 - 1991)
- Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
- Serge Gainsbourg (1928 - 1991)
- Martin Hannett (1948 - 1991)
- Jacques Morali (1947 - 1991)
- Guy Bourdin (1928-1991)
- Northrop Frye (1912 - 1991)
- Klaus Kinski (1926 - 1991)
- Robert J. Stoller (1924 – 1991)
- André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909 - 1991)
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