* 1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

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

In July 1991, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, in the context of the outing of his press aide Pete Williams, dismissed the idea that gays posed a security risk as " a bit of an old chestnut " in testimony before the House Budget Committee.

Former Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996.

Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996.

This is not the case in England and Wales, where under the Criminal Procedure ( Insanity and Unfitness to Plead ) Act of 1991 ( amended by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act, 2004 to remove the option of a guardianship order ), the court can mandate a hospital order, a restriction order ( where release from hospital requires the permission of the Home Secretary ), a " supervision and treatment " order, or an absolute discharge.

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.

After the 1986 Reykjavik summit between U. S. President Ronald Reagan and the new Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, the United States and the Soviet Union concluded two important nuclear arms reduction treaties: the INF Treaty ( 1987 ) and START I ( 1991 ).

Peru has been a member of the United Nations since 1949, and Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar served as UN Secretary General from 1981 to 1991.

* In the 1991 film King Ralph, King Ralph I ( John Goodman ), while being schooled in English history and culture by his Private Secretary Sir Cedric Willingham ( Peter O ' Toole ), is shown a variety of traditional English dishes, including bangers and mash.

Azerbaijan declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on August 30, 1991, with Ayaz Mutalibov, former First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Communist Party, becoming the country's first President.

* Clayton Keith Yeutter-United States Secretary of Agriculture ( 1989 – 1991 ).

The Ohio Secretary of State certified Pickerington as a city in 1991 and was designated as the " Violet Capital of Ohio " in 1996 by the Ohio Legislature.

Technical issues, development cost overruns, growing unit costs, and delays led to the termination of the program on 13 January 1991 by Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.

In bombshell testimony delivered in late July 2003, Treasury Permanent Secretary Joseph Magari recounted that in 1991, Moi ordered him to pay Ksh34. 5 million ($ 460, 000 ) to Goldenberg, contrary to the laws then in force.

Mahkamov served both as First Secretary and President but was forced to resign in August 1991 due to the unpopularity of his support for the August Coup of 1991 in Moscow and the resulting street demonstrations in Dushanbe.

Brown previously served as a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees ( 1969 – 1971 ), Secretary of State of California ( 1971 – 1975 ), chairman of the California Democratic Party ( 1989 – 1991 ), Mayor of Oakland ( 1999 – 2007 ) and Attorney General of California ( 2007 – 2011 ).

Wolfowitz, Gen. Colin Powell ( left ), and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf ( middle ) listen as Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney addresses reporters regarding the 1991 Gulf War.

State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment from 1990 to 1991 and as Minister of Industry from 1993 to 1996 in the Third Brundtland Cabinet, respectively.

Arleigh Burke and wife sit behind United States Secretary of Defense | Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney who delivers the keynote address during the commissioning ceremony for the USS Arleigh Burke, United States Secretary of the Navy | Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Garrett III | Henry Garrett, Ross Perot, and U. S. Senator s from Virginia John Warner and Chuck Robb also present, July 4, 1991.

At the time of the parliamentary decision, Lieutenant-General Valeh Barshadli became the first Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, from September 5 to December 11, 1991.

An example of this is the United States Department of Defense, which won the award three times in 1991, 1993, and 2001 respectively.

For the 1991 award, the United States Department of Defense ' swept the first six places in the Doublespeak top ten ' for using euphemisms like " servicing the target " ( bombing ) and " force packages " ( warplanes ).

Bahrain and the United States signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement in October 1991, granting U. S. forces access to Bahraini facilities and ensuring the right to pre-position material for future crises.

In 1991, Tyndall underwent a reorganization in response to the Department of Defense efforts to streamline defense management.

Also during the 1991 Gulf War, Dutch hackers stole information about U. S. troop movements from U. S. Defense Department computers and tried to sell it to the Iraqis, who thought it was a hoax and turned it down.

On January 14, 1991, the Defense Intelligence Agency said an Iraqi agent described, in medically accurate terms, military smallpox casualties he said he saw in 1985 or 1986.

He returned to public life in December 1991 when he was appointed Minister of Defense in Vilson Ahmeti's technocratic government.

Past honorees have included: Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz ( 2002 ), Senator Joe Lieberman ( 1997 ), Senator Max Cleland ( 2000 ), then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney ( 1991 ), all three Secretaries of the U. S. Armed Services ( 2001 ), Congresswoman Jane Harman and Congressman Jim Saxton ( 2003 ), Indiana Senator Evan Bayh ( 2004 ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace ( USMC ) ( 2005 ), Senator John McCain ( 2006 ), Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ( 2007 ), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen ( 2008 ), and ( 2009 ) all five chiefs of the U. S. Armed Forces and the Commander of the U. S. Special Operations Command ( U. S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr .; U. S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway ; U. S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead ; Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen ; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz ; Commander of U. S. Special Operations Command U. S. Navy Adm. Eric T.

Due to his past military experiences in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and his reconstruction efforts in northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, Garner's credentials and close ties to the U. S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made him an obvious choice for the task.

As the surviving superpower at the end of the Cold War, the U. S. could focus its assets in new directions, the future being " up for grabs " according to former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Paul Wolfowitz in 1991.

The Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) transitioned a Remote Viewing Program to SAIC in 1991 and it was renamed Stargate Project.

* Civil Defense Doomsday Hideaway ( 1991 ) TIME

* 29 January 1991 – Pierre Joxe succeeds Chevènement as Minister of Defense.

* M16: 5. 56 × 45mm NATO rifle ( produced under license by Colt Defense via a U. S. Government contract since 1991, by FNH USA ).

During this time, he co-authored Counsel to the President, The New York Times best-selling memoirs of legendary Democratic wise man and Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, published in 1991.

He has received the Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Daedalian Superior Airmanship Award 1992, Fighter Squadron 143 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1984, 1985, Fighter Squadron 142 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1990, 1991, 1992.

Throughout the 1990s, Hoffman appeared in many large, studio films, such as Dick Tracy ( 1990 ) ( where his Ishtar co-star Beatty plays the titular character ), Hero ( 1992 ) and Billy Bathgate ( 1991 ) co-starring with Nicole Kidman who was nominated for a Golden Globe ).

Warriors ( 1983 ) further developed Numan's jazz-influenced style and featured contributions from avant-garde musician Bill Nelson ( who fell out with Numan during recording and chose to be uncredited as the album's co-producer ) and saxophonist Dick Morrissey ( who would play on most of Numan's albums until 1991 ).

* Dick Tiger ( 1991 )

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

* Dick Manning ( 1912 – 1991 ), American songwriter

She then worked on the soundtracks to films such as Shag, ( 1989 ), Dick Tracy, ( 1990 ) and A Rage in Harlem ( 1991 ), which were all issued on CD.

Following the end of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, the Pentagon, led by then defense secretary Dick Cheney, paid Halliburton subsidiary Brown & Root Services over $ 8. 5 million to study the use of private military forces with American soldiers in combat zones.

** Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award for Best novel, 1991.

Death Row Records is a record label founded in 1991 by Dick Griffey, Marion " Suge " Knight Jr. and Andre " Dr. Dre " Young.

1991 also saw Sessions in the BBC drama " Jute City ", a 3-part thriller based around a sinister Masonic bunch of villains, co starring with vocalist Fish ( Derek W. Dick ) from the 1980s rock band Marillion.

In 1991 Tom Mount joined Dick and IANTD became the first to offer training programs in all aspects of Technical diving ( Advanced Nitrox, Deep Air, Technical Diver, Cave and Wreck Penetration, Normoxic Trimix, Trimix, Rebreathers, etc.

Warner and fellow Virginia Senator Chuck Robb at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Arleigh Burke with Arleigh Burke and wife present and United States Secretary of Defense | Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney delivering the keynote address, July 4, 1991.

Derrick Henry " Dick " Lehmer ( February 23, 1905 – May 22, 1991 ) was an American mathematician who refined Édouard Lucas ' work in the 1930s and devised the Lucas – Lehmer test for Mersenne primes.

Gen. Schwarzkopf, Gen. Colin Powell ( left ), and Paul Wolfowitz ( right ) listen as Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney addresses reporters regarding the 1991 Gulf War.

* Dick ja Toff imedemaal ( Dick and Toff in Wonderland ) for flute and tuba ( or bass clarinet ) ( 1991 )

He has appeared in many films such as the deformed mobster Flattop in Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, and as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice.

Richard Lewis " Dick " Thornburgh ( born July 16, 1932 ) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U. S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991.

* Nominee, 1991 Philip K. Dick Award, Best Novel for Bone Dance