At A Glance
13 November 1991 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 November 1991 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Dizzy” by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff.
- Top Film of 1991
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1991 was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 November 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 November 1991 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 13 November
- 1991 The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.
- 1992 The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
- 1994 In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
- 1995 Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
- 1996 As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number,
Famous people born on 13 November
- Steve Zahn, American actor and singer (born 1967)
- Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver (born 1999)
- Gerard Butler, Scottish actor (born 1969)
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host (born 1955)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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).
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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