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16 August 1991 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 August 1991 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams.
- Top Film of 1991
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1991 was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 August 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 August 1991 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 16 August
- 1966 Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
- 1972 In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
- 1975 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
- 1989 A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
- 2008 The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
Famous people born on 16 August
- Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director (born 1958)
- Sophie Cunningham, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player (born 2001)
- James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
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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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