As VanSlyck ( 1991 ) showed, the last years of the 19th century saw acceptance of the idea that free libraries should be available to the American public.

The theme from Field of Dreams was played at the last game at Memorial Stadium in 1991, and the song " Magic to Do " from the stage musical Pippin was used that season to commemorate " Orioles Magic " on 33rd Street.

Overall, more than two million tourists visited Crete last year, and this increase in tourism is reflected on the number of hotel beds, rising by 53 % in the period between 1986 and 1991, when the rest of Greece saw increases of only 25 %.

The last census was in 2002 ( although having been planned for 2001 ), the previous one was in 1991 and the next is planned for 2011.

The last four were in 1971, 1981, 1991, and 2001.

Its last General Secretary was Vladimir Ivashko, chosen on August 24, 1991.

* Candid photos of the Eastern Bloc September – December 1991, in the last months of the USSR

More recently, the Red Wings have made the playoffs in 26 of the last 28 seasons, including the last 21 in a row ( 1991 – 2012 ).

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Finland freed itself from the last restrictions imposed on it by the Paris peace treaties of 1947.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Finland unilaterally abrogated the last restrictions imposed on it by the Paris peace treaties of 1947 and the Finno-Soviet Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance.

In her later years, she also visited the Empire State Building frequently, once visiting in 1991 as a guest of honor at the building's 60th anniversary, and also in May 2004, which was among her last public appearances.

This is up on the government's last census in 2001, which recorded 76 315 people, itself a rise of 9. 1 % on the previous 1991 census.

The group formally disbanded in 1991 but, largely due to the persistent efforts of Freda, reunited briefly in late 1999, performing a few shows in 1999 and 2000 and embarking on one last U. S. tour in 2001.

On 16 December 1991, just five days before that declaration, Kazakhstan had become the last of the republics to proclaim its independence.

1991 also marked the first time that any team that finished in last place in their division would advance to the World Series the following season.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, or Gorbachov ( more accurately reflecting the pronunciation of his name ) (; born 2 March 1931 ), is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the Soviet Union, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991.

* 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.

The first Philips CD-i player, released in 1991 and initially priced around USD $ 700, is capable of playing interactive CD-i discs, Audio CDs, CD + G ( CD + Graphics ), Karaoke CDs, and Video CDs ( VCDs ), though the last requires an optional " Digital Video Card " to provide MPEG-1 decoding.

Prior to 1991, the Soviet economy was the second largest in the world, but during its last years it was afflicted by shortages of goods in grocery stores, huge budget deficits, and explosive growth in money supply leading to inflation.

In 1991, two pairs were reintroduced into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where the last known red wolf was killed in 1905.

The last use of the actual theme was for the 1991 season's NFC Championship game, while a remixed version was used for Super Bowl XXVI's pregame show.

Since 1991 – the last year of existence of the USSR – up to 1993 – the last year of rouble zone existence – the rate of inflation was measured in tens, hundreds and even thousands per cent per year.

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 ).

After his sabbatical year in 1991 he managed to gain an exception to these constraints for Calvin and Hobbes, allowing him to draw his Sunday strip the way he wanted.

Production in 1991 dropped 92 % from the previous year, as a presidential decree suspended mining operations at the largest mine, in response to increasing fears of deforestation, although reforestation of mined areas was in progress.

Punjabi biopic Jatt Jeona Morh about the noted dacoit, Jatt Jeona Morh, was made in 1991, also in the same year came, Jagga Dakubased on a noted outlaw and dacoit during British Raj, Jagga Daku.

However, after Sweden had submitted its membership application in 1991 and the Soviet Union was dissolved at the end of the year, Finland submitted its own application to the EC in March 1992.

HAL became operational on 12 January 1992, at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois, as production number 3 ; in the film 2001 the activation year was 1992, and 1991 in earlier screenplays.

Initially, it met quarterly, but from 1991, it has been meeting 3 times a year.

In 1991, one year after his wife Simone's death from cancer, he married Francine Triplet.

In 1992 Malmö was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, after Sweden won it the previous year, 1991 in Rome, Italy.

On April 16, 1991, the parliament adopted a constitutional amendment removing " Socialist " from the official name of the country, and on June 7 of the same year, the new name, Republic of Macedonia, was officially established.

She then attended Beverly Hills High School, but for her senior year transferred to, and graduated from, Bel Air Prep ( later known as Pacific Hills School ) in 1991.

Following this year, the team slipped, posting mediocre records from 1989 through 1991, after which Trebelhorn was fired.

In 1991 he was appointed Officier de l ' Ordre de France, and in the same year, Chevalier de l ' Ordre National du Québec.

* The Vor Game – won the Hugo for Best Novel in 1991 ; nominated for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel that same year

Since Major's election as leader, Kinnock spent the end of 1990 and most of 1991 putting pressure on Major to hold the election that year, but Major had held out and insisted that there would be no general election in 1991.

The S4 and GT variants were both cut at the end of 1991 model year, making way for the final version of the 928.

The population hit a historic peak at 148, 689, 000 in 1991, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union, but then began a decade-long decline, falling at a rate of about 0. 5 % per year due to declining birth rates, rising death rates and emigration.

In October 1991, during the " honeymoon " period after his resistance to the Soviet coup, Yeltsin convinced the legislature to grant him special executive ( and legislative ) powers for one year so that he might implement his economic reforms.

In 1991 the RUF began to make war against the government, and the army went on the offensive toward the end of the year along with troops from Guinea.

According to the Central Bank of Somalia, imports of goods total about $ 460 million per year, and have recovered and even surpassed aggregate imports prior to the start of the civil war in 1991.

Once work resumed, however, Sawakin port opened in January 1991, and was capable of handling an estimated 1. 5 million tons of cargo a year.

* September 1 is celebrated as the beginning of Eritrea's 30 year armed struggle for independence from Ethiopia, which began in September 1961 and ended in May 1991.

Endeavour was delivered by Rockwell International Space Transportation Systems Division in May 1991 and first launched a year later, in May 1992, on STS-49.