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 )

* Stefan Kisielewski ( 1911 – 1991 ), art critic and writer

Stefan Kudelski retired in 1991 and was succeeded by his son, André Kudelski, as a Chairman and CEO of the Kudelski Group.

Courier turned professional in 1988 and made his Grand Slam breakthrough at the 1991 French Open when he defeated Stefan Edberg and Michael Stich to reach his first Grand Slam final.

He beat Ivan Lendl ( world # 1 ) in 1990, Michael Stich ( world # 2 and # 4 ) in 1994 and 1991, Stefan Edberg ( world # 3 ) in 1988 at the U S Open, Boris Becker ( world # 3 ) in 1992, Mats Wilander ( world # 4 ) in 1984, and Jimmy Arias ( world # 5 ) in 1984 and Sergi Bruguera ( world # 5 ) in 1994.

The initial version of DN I ( v 0. 90 ) was released in 1991, and written by Stefan Tanurkov, Andrew Zabolotny and Sergey Melnik ( all from Chişinău, Moldova ).

* Stefan Schwarzmann – drums ( 1988 – 1991, 1996 – 1999 )

Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg also used the Pro Staff Original, Edberg later switching to the Pro Staff Classic in 1991, which was the same racquet ( 85 sq.

* Stefan Gołębiowski ( born 1900-died 1991 )-translated Horace's poetry into Polish

Two days after his death, on July 5 1991, in a Wimbledon semifinal, Stefan Edberg lost to Michael Stich 6-4, 6-7 < sup >( 5-7 )</ sup >, 6-7 < sup >( 5-7 )</ sup >, 6-7 < sup >( 2-7 )</ sup >.

* 1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician ( d. 1991 )

* Alfons Goppel ( 1905 – 1991 ), German politician

* 1991 – Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer

* 1920 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer ( d. 1991 )

In June 1991, the German Parliament, the Bundestag, voted to move the seat of the ( West ) German capital back from Bonn to Berlin, which was completed in 1999.

* 1991 – Carolin Schäfer, German athlete

* 1991 – Sebastian Neumann, German footballer

Between 1991 and 2010, 40, 301 mergers and acquisitions with an involvement of German firms with a total known value of 2, 422 bil.

The appointments and dismissals of members of the German cabinet is approved by President of Germany | President Richard von Weizsäcker ( right ), on the advice of Chancellor of Germany ( Federal Republic of Germany ) | Chancellor Helmut Kohl ( left ) in 1991.

Between 1953 and 1991 the West German government passed several laws dealing with German expellees.

* 1991 – The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

* 1943 – Roy Black, German actor and singer ( d. 1991 )

* 1991 – Christian Bickel, German footballer

* 1991 – Corinna Harrer, German athlete

* 1913 – Josef Manger, German weightlifter ( d. 1991 )

* 1991 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter

* 1922 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer ( d. 1991 )

* Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard ( born 1942 ), German biologist, won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995

* 1895 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist ( d. 1991 )

On September 7, 1991, the German research vessel Polarstern and the Swedish icebreaker Oden reached the North Pole as the first conventional powered vessels.

* German Detlef Schrempf ( Sixth Man Award winner in 1991 and 1992, 3-time All-Star )

On 1 April 1991, Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, leader of the government Treuhand organization responsible for the privatization of the East German state economy, was shot dead.