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 )

** 1991: Silence of the Lambs ( Won )

** 1991: Silence of the Lambs ( Won )-Silver Bear for Best Director

** 1992 – Won Saturn Award Best Actress for Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( 1991 )

** 1992 – Won MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance for Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( 1991 )

* Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards ( 1991 ): Won Award for Best Supporting Actress for Life is Sweet ( 1991 )

* Won the Norris Trophy in 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, and 1994.

* Won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992.

* 1991 Cannes Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1991 Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1991 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress ( Irène Jacob ) Won

* 1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Music ( Zbigniew Preisner ) Won

* 1991 Warsaw International Film Festival Audience Award ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

Zimbabwe – Won 52 – 8 ( Rugby World Cup, Belfast, 1991 )

* 1991 Genie Award for Best Original Score ( Black Robe ) Won

* Ronald Kessler: Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect to the U. S., 1991, ISBN 0-671-72664-1.

; Training Regiments: Won 1980 ; Runner-up 1991, 1993

; 28 Engineer Regiment: Won 1981, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 ; Runner-up 1983, 1988

Won 4 races in a row in 1991 tying a " new era " ( 1972-on ) record and came in 2nd in the fifth race.

• Won the same award for the soundtrack of " A contemporary love story ", directed by Hani Hani and written by Falah Shaker in 1991.

* The Man Who Won the Tour De France ( Gill & Macmillan-October 31, 1991 ) ISBN 0-7171-1916-5

( Won ) ( 1991 ) Outstanding Lead Actress: Primetime for Knots Landing

* Cincinnati Bengals ( 1980 – 1991 ), ( 1997 – 2002 ) – Won 1981 and 1988 AFC Championships and 3 AFC Central Division Championships ( 1981, 1988, and 1990 )

* Won four championship as a playing coach in 1986 Open Conference, 1988 All-Filipino Conference, 1991 First Conference and 1997 Commissioner's Cup all with the Ginebra franchise