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1 February 1991 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 1 February 1991 was a Friday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1991
- The Irish chart song for 1991 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 1 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 1 February 1991 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 1 February 1991 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 1 February
- 1979 Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
- 1981 The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
- 1982 The Intel 80286 is released, which introduced protected mode memory. The IBM PC/AT and its clones used this CPU.
- 1996 The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- 1998 Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
Famous people born on 1 February
- Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress (1968–2023)
- Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1994)
- Julia Garner, American actress (born 1994)
- Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (1965–1993)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1991 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1991 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Limerick city celebrated 300 years of the Treaty of Limerick.
- 7 February – Downing Street mortar attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in London.
- 15 March – The Sugar Act provided for privatisation of Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann, Teoranta, the state-owned sugar beet processor, as Greencore.
Life in Ireland in 1991
Taoiseach
Charles Haughey
Petrol (per litre)
£1.52/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.62
Average House
£32,000
Weekly Wage
£86
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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s
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