At A Glance

7 February 1991 at a glance

Day of the week
7 February 1991 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “3 a.m. Eternal” by The KLF.
Top Film of 1991
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1991 was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Star sign
The star sign for 7 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 February 1991 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 February 1991 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 7 February

  • 1986 Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
  • 1990 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
  • 1991 Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
  • 1991 The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
  • 1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.

Famous people born on 7 February

  • James Spader, American actor and producer (born 1960)
  • Matthew Stafford, American football player (born 1988)
  • Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur (born 1978)
  • Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer (born 1999)

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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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