1991 timeline presentation
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What Did Stuff Cost?
• Dozen eggs: $1.01
• Gallon of milk: $2.80
• Gallon of gas: $1.12
• Average new house: $120,000
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January 1: The Colorado Buffaloes defeat Notre Dame, 10-9, to win a share of the NCAA football
title
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January 12: Gulf War: Coalition Air Forces begin campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraq
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January 23: “Seinfield” premiers on NBC
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January 27: Scott Norwood’s potential game-winning field goal misses, and the Giants defeat
the Bills 20-19 in Super Bowl XXV
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February 3: The price of a first-class postage stamp is raised from 25cents to 29cents.
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February 26: Gulf War: Iraqi troops withdraw from Kuwait, but set fire to oil fields
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March 3: An amateur video shows policemen in Los Angeles assaulting Rodney King
Four policemen are charged on March 15
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March 25: Dances with Wolves wins 7 Academy Awards, including best picture
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April 1: Duke beats Kansas 72-65 to win first NCAA basketball title
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April 1: Federal Minimum Wage is raised from $3.80/hour to $4.25/hour
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May 1 in the MLB:Ricky Henderson breaks all-time steals record
with his 939th career steal&
Nolan Ryan throws his 7th and last no-hitter
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May 3: The 357th and final episode of Dallas, a two-hour movie, airs. It ends with fans
wondering if JR Ewing committed suicide.
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June 12: Boris Yeltzen is elected President of Russia
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June 12: Led by league MVP Michael Jordan, the
Chicago Bulls win first NBA title over the LA
Lakers
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June 14: Nationwide opening of “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”
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July 1: American actor Michael Landon dies at
the age of 54
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July 22: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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August 6: The Internet becomes “open” to public use
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August 13: The Super Nintendo is released in the United States
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September 17: Debut of Home Improvement, starring Tim Allen
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September 24: Theodore Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Suess) dies at the age of
87
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October 15: After a summer of hearings, including answering sexual harassment charges by Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas is confirmed for
the US Supreme Court
He is sworn in on October 23
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October 24: Jack Morris’ 10-inning shutout gives the Twins the World Series title over
the Atlanta Braves
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November 7: Magic Johnson announces that he has HIV, and retires from the LA Lakers
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November 14: Fox, MTV and BET simultaneously premier Michael Jackson’s
“Black or White” video
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December 31: After a year of upheaval and a failed coup, the USSR ceases to exist