At A Glance

26 December 1991 at a glance

Day of the week
26 December 1991 was a Thursday.
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 26 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 26 December 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 26 December 1991 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 26 December

  • 1978 The inaugural Paris-Dakar Rally begins.
  • 1980 Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
  • 1991 The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
  • 1998 Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
  • 2004 Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.

Famous people born on 26 December

  • Kit Harington, English actor (born 1986)
  • Jared Leto, American actor and musician (born 1971)
  • Eden Sher, American actress (born 1991)
  • Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1963)

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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