At A Glance

1 March 1991 at a glance

Day of the week
1 March 1991 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Do the Bartman” by The Simpsons.
Top Film of 1991
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1991 was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 March 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 March 1991 was Full Moon.

On this day: 1 March

  • 1981 Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
  • 1990 Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • 1992 Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 1998 Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
  • 2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

Famous people born on 1 March

  • Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer (born 1969)
  • Tyreek Hill, American football player (born 1994)
  • Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1994)
  • Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress (born 1983)

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Events of 1991 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1991 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 3 January – The UK expels all Iraqi diplomats from the country due to the Iraqi government's illegal annexation of Kuwait five months earlier.
  • 7 February – The Provisional Irish Republican Army launch a mortar attack against 10 Downing Street in London, blowing in all the windows of the cabinet room, during a session of the War Cabinet, but there are no injuries.
  • 8 March – Ribble Valley, the tenth safest Conservative constituency in Britain, is won by the Liberal Democrats in a by-election (caused by the departure of David Waddington to the House of Lords).
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Life in 1991

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£1.15

Loaf of Bread

57p

Average House

£56,565

Weekly Wage

£290.00

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