World Events[]
- Gulf War: The Congress of the United States passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force to liberate Kuwait.
- Siad Barre is overthrown; Somalia enters civil war.
- The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
- The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes bombs in the early morning, at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
- Collapse of Yugoslavia: Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
- The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second-largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
- Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese opposition politician, won the Nobel Peace prize.
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union, from which most republics have already seceded, anticipating the dissolution of the 74-year-old state.
Events In Rock[]
- Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies from pneumonia induced by AIDS. Consequently, "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one in the UK for the second time, the only song to ever go to number one at Christmas more than once in the same version. It has now spent 14 weeks at number one.
- KISS drummer Eric Carr dies from complications of heart cancer.
- Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies on January 8 due to compression of the brain stem from excessive alcohol mixed with anti-depressants and painkillers (as a result of a rib injury).
- Izzy Stradlin quits Guns N' Roses.
- Bryan Adams's 16-week stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart is finally ended by U2 single "The Fly", having already set a new record for the longest consecutive stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
Major Rock Releases[]
- Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I and II
- Metallica - Metallica
- Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
- Motörhead - 1916
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- Queen - Innuendo
- Sepultura - Arise
- Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
- Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
- Status Quo - Rock 'Till You Drop
- Van Halen: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
- Tom Petty: Into The Great Wide Open
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01 Mar 1991 08 Mar 1991 15 Mar 1991 22 Mar 1991 29 Mar 1991 |
05 April 1991 12 April 1991 19 April 1991 26 April 1991 |
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07 June 1991 14 June 1991 21 June 1991 28 June 1991 |
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02 August 1991 09 August 1991 16 August 1991 23 August 1991 30 August 1991 |
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04 Oct 1991 11 Oct 1991 18 Oct 1991 25 Oct 1991 |
01 Nov 1991 08 Nov 1991 15 Nov 1991 22 Nov 1991 29 Nov 1991 |
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