At A Glance

4 October 1991 at a glance

Day of the week
4 October 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 4 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 4 October 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 4 October 1991 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 4 October

  • 1983 Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
  • 1985 The Free Software Foundation is founded.
  • 1991 The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
  • 1992 The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
  • 1997 The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.

Famous people born on 4 October

  • Dakota Johnson, American actress (born 1989)
  • Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish actress (born 1983)
  • Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist (born 1946)
  • Liev Schreiber, American actor and director (born 1967)

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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