Starostin's ( 1991 ) lexicostatistical research claimed that the proposed Altaic groups shared about 15 – 20 % of potential cognates within a 110-word Swadesh-Yakhontov list ( e. g. Turkic – Mongolic 20 %, Turkic – Tungusic 18 %, Turkic – Korean 17 %, Mongolic – Tungusic 22 %, Mongolic – Korean 16 %, Tungusic – Korean 21 %).

A mummified man, determined to be 5, 000 years old, was discovered on a glacier at the Austrian – Italian border in 1991.

* 1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader ( d. 1991 )

* 1991 – Magnus Paajarvi, Swedish hockey player

* 1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

* 1991 – Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

* 1991 – Rikiya Otaka, Japanese actor

* 1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web.

* 1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

* 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer

* 1902 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist ( d. 1991 )

* 1991 – Hansika Motwani, Indian actress

* 1991 – Candela Vetrano, Argentine actress and singer

* 1898 – Regis Toomey, American actor ( d. 1991 )

* 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1991 )

* 1991 – Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* 1991 – Skyler Day, American actress

* 1991 – Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player

* Party of Labour of Albania, the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule ( 1946 – 1991 )

The first census of modern Slovenia was carried in 1991, after independence had been declared.

* 1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

* 1991 – Ten-Day War: the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

* 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

* 1991 – History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

Yugoslavia's collapse began in 1991 when Slovenia, Croatia, and the Republic of Macedonia declared independence.

According to France Bučar, one of the founding fathers of Slovenian democracy and independence, the democracy in Slovenia is very weak, with the power concentrated in the hands of a few people, as in the time of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia before 1991, and the Parliament being only a formal institution.

Milan Kučan, elected President of the Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia in 1990, led his country to independence in 1991.

As the most prosperous republic of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia emerged from its brief ten-day war of secession in 1991 as an independent nation for the first time in its history.

The air transport in Slovenia is quite low, but has significantly grown since 1991.

Since Slovenia declared independence in 1991, its Governments have underscored their commitment in improving cooperation with neighbouring countries and to actively contribute to international efforts aimed at bringing stability to Southeast Europe.

* The Yugoslav Wars ( 1991 – 1995 ) – The breakup of Yugoslavia beginning on 25 June 1991 after the republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia which was followed by the subsequent Yugoslav wars.

Celje became part of independent Slovenia following the Ten-Day War in 1991.

Since 1991, the region has been part of an independent Slovenia.

In 1991, 47 % of the population of Slovenia lived within the borders of the former Duchy of Carniola.

On the proclamation of Slovenian independence in June 1991, the flag of Slovenia was solemnly raised at the tower.

A Slovene flag was unfurled from the summit of Triglav on 26 June 1991, the night of the declaration of independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia.

In 1945, it was liberated by the Yugoslav Partisan troops and in 1947 it became part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of independent Slovenia in 1991.

The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 8 October 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007.

On June 25, 1991, Croatia and Slovenia seceded from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Therefore, it was the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Slovenia as a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 8 March 1990 to 25 June 1991, and of the Republic of Slovenia as a sovereign state.

* 1991 – Crown Heights riot: Black groups target Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights in New York, New York during 3 days, after 2 black kids were struck by a car driven by a Hasidic man.

* 1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.

* 1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

* 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Doubts about the veracity of Hill's 1991 testimony persisted long after Thomas took his seat on the Court.

The club's current position comes within 15 years of their being one of the top sides in Welsh football, winning the old format Welsh Football League in 1991 and 1992, but being relegated in 1993 after just one season in the newly formed League of Wales.

Image: Lamma evening4. jpg | Sunset in Hong Kong after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo

AIM-54 Phoenix seconds after launch ( 1991 )

The changes were made after a 1991 blizzard, after which citizens were not able to purchase some needed goods and services due to the blue law.

There have been five censuses after the independence of Botswana, each occurring every ten years in the year ending in 1 ( i. e. 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, and 2011 ).

* Binary Research, a company founded in Auckland, New Zealand by Murray Haszard in 1991 after the sale of his previous company, B32 Software

A first US IPO followed in 1989 after Ben Rosen joined the Borland board with Goldman Sachs as the lead banker and a second offering in 1991 with Lazard as the lead banker.

The project received approval from state environmental agencies in 1991, after satisfying concerns including release of toxins by the excavation and the possibility of disrupting the homes of millions of rats, causing them to roam the streets of Boston in search of new housing.

Although there are conflicting dates as to when they met ( some sources state that they met in January 1989 at the Satyricon nightclub ), Love stated that the two first encountered one another in January 1988 at a Dharma Bums show where she was doing a spoken word performance, and Erlandson stated that both he and Love were formally introduced to Cobain in a parking lot after a Butthole Surfers concert at the Hollywood Paladium in 1991.

US dollars were ubiquitous in Cuba's economy after its legalization in 1991, but were officially removed from circulation in 2004 and replaced by the convertible peso.

In October 1991, after a series of conflicts over the boundaries between Christian Science teachings and his journalistic independence, John Hart resigned.

Although the phrase " perfect game " appeared in record books as early as 1922, and was a common expression years before that, Major League Baseball did not formalize the definition of a " perfect game " until 1991, long after Young's death.

Remains of a T-62 tank after rebels enter Addis Ababa at the end of the Ethiopian Civil War, 1991

The party ceased to exist after the coup d ' état attempt in 1991 and was succeeded by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Russia and the communist parties of the now-independent former Soviet republics.

By 1991 the communist governments of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania, all of which had been imposed after World War II, were brought down as revolution swept Eastern Europe.

The war lasted from 1991 to 2001, although most of the hostilities ended when the moderate factions of FRUD signed a peace treaty with the government after suffering an extensive military setback when the government forces captured most of the rebel-held territory.

* 1991 – In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.

Vietnam has enjoyed declining malaria cases and a 97 % mortaility reduction after switching in 1991 from a poorly funded DDT-based campaign to a program based on prompt treatment, bednets, and pyrethroid group insecticides.