At A Glance

25 December 1991 at a glance

Day of the week
25 December 1991 was a Wednesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Black or White” by Michael Jackson.
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 25 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 December 1991 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 December 1991 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 25 December

  • 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
  • 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
  • 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
  • 2003 The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
  • 2004 The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

Famous people born on December 25

  • Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642–1727)
  • Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1971)
  • Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1949)
  • Humphrey Bogart, American actor (1899–1957)

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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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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s

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