A Look Back At

Born in 1991

What Was Life Like in 1991?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

£1.15

Loaf of Bread

57p

Petrol (per litre)

42p

Average House

£56,565

Weekly Wage

£290.00

Value of Money

£1 in 1991 would be worth approximately £2.50 in today's money.

Events of 1991 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1991 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 3 January – The UK expels all Iraqi diplomats from the country due to the Iraqi government's illegal annexation of Kuwait five months earlier.
  • 7 February – The Provisional Irish Republican Army launch a mortar attack against 10 Downing Street in London, blowing in all the windows of the cabinet room, during a session of the War Cabinet, but there are no injuries.
  • 8 March – Ribble Valley, the tenth safest Conservative constituency in Britain, is won by the Liberal Democrats in a by-election (caused by the departure of David Waddington to the House of Lords).
  • 18 May – Helen Sharman becomes the first British person in space, flying with the Soyuz TM-12 mission.
  • 15 July – 17th G7 summit held in London.
  • 26 August – One Canada Square at Canary Wharf in London becomes the tallest building in the UK.
  • 3 September – Premiere of the BBC One television comedy 2point4 Children which stars Belinda Lang and Gary Olsen.
  • 22–23 November – The Communist Party of Great Britain votes to abandon its Marxist–Leninist constitution and reform itself as Democratic Left.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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