At A Glance

5 February 1991 at a glance

Day of the week
5 February 1991 was a Tuesday.
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 5 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 5 February 1991 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 5 February 1991 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 5 February

  • 1981 Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies.
  • 1985 Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
  • 1988 Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
  • 1997 The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
  • 2004 Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.

Famous people born on 5 February

  • Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
  • Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director (born 1969)
  • Neymar, Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
  • Laura Linney, American actress (born 1964)

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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