At A Glance
20 November 1991 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 November 1991 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Cream” by Prince and the New Power Generation.
- Top Film of 1991
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1991 was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Bestselling Novel of 1991
- “Scarlett” by Alexandra Ripley was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1991.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “60 Minutes” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1991–92 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 November 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 November 1991 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 20 November
- 1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released.
- 1989 Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia, swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
- 1992 In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
- 1993 Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
- 1994 The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
Famous people born on November 20
- Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States (born 1942)
- Robert F. Kennedy, US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (1925–1968)
- Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1947)
- Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress (born 1963)
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Events of 1991 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1991 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 27 – Gulf War (1990–1991) ends: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
- March 25 – The 63rd Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves wins seven awards out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The telecast garners nearly 43 million viewers.
- August 11 – Nickelodeon introduces its series of Nicktoons, with Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show the first three to air.
Life in the US in 1991
President
George H. W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.14
Loaf of Bread
$0.80
Average House
$120,000
Weekly Wage
$422
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