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In 1991, US President George H. W. Bush awarded Hayek the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States, for a " lifetime of looking beyond the horizon.
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Starting in 1991, the US Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to review the scientific literature on Agent Orange and the other herbicides used in Vietnam, including their active ingredients and the dioxin contaminant.
Canada and the US signed the Air Quality Agreement in 1991.
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.
He appeared as an opening act for The Clash in their 1979 US tour ; in Legends of Guitar ( filmed live in Spain, 1991 ) with B. B.
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.
" Chocolate Cake ", a humorous comment on American excesses that wasn't taken well by some US critics and sections of the American public, was released in June 1991 as the first single.
* Trudeau received “ Certificates of Achievement ” from the US Army 4th Battalion 67th Armor Regiment and the Ready First Brigade in 1991 for his comic strips dealing with the first Gulf War.
Gross domestic product ( GDP ) per capita based on purchasing-power-parity ( PPP ) increased fourfold between 1981 and 2006, from US $ 1355 in 1981, to US $ 2525 in 1991, to US $ 3686 in 2001 and to an estimated US $ 4535 in 2006.
Based on the current US $ prices, GDP per capita increased from US $ 587 in 1981, to US $ 869 in 1991, to US $ 1461 in 2001 and to an estimated US $ 1518 ( which translates to less than US $ 130 per month ) in 2006.
" He also received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 from president George H. W. Bush.
Following the democratic election of Aristide in December 1990, many international creditors responded by cancelling significant amounts of Haiti's debt, bringing the total down to US $ 777 million in 1991.
Maintenance for RN1 and RN2 lapsed after the 1991 coup, prompting the World Bank to loan US $ 50 million designated for road repairs.
During 1991, loan negotiations with multilateral and bilateral lending institutions brought Honduras US $ 39. 5 million in United States development assistance, US $ 70 million in balance-of-payments assistance in the form of cash grants, and US $ 18. 8 million in food aid.
Despite those concessions, the minimum daily rate in 1991 was only US $ 1. 75 for workers employed by small agricultural enterprises and US $ 3. 15 for workers in the big exporting concerns ; most workers did not earn the minimum wage.
1991 and President
* 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
* 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Article 17 of the Constitution of France gives the President the authority to pardon criminals and, since 1991, the President has pardoned many petty offenders ( mainly traffic offences ) on 14 July.
Prince Sihanouk, President of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia ( SNC ), and other members of the SNC returned to Phnom Penh in November 1991, to begin the resettlement process in Cambodia.
Due to mounting political pressure, in 1991 President Kolingba announced the creation of National Commission to rewrite the constitution to provide for a multi-party system.
* In 1991, Powell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush.
Murto departed Compaq in 1987, while Canion ( President and CEO ) and Harris ( SVP of Engineering ) left under a shakeup in 1991 that saw Eckhard Pfeiffer appointed President and CEO.
Pfeiffer became President and CEO of Compaq in 1991, as a result of a boardroom coup led by board chairman Ben Rosen that forced co-founder Rod Canion to resign as President and CEO.
* Djibouti President Hassan Gouled Aptidon paid an official visit to Ethiopia in October 1991, when a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation was signed between the two countries.
* 1991 – Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
* Djibouti President Hassan Gouled Aptidon paid an official visit to Ethiopia in October 1991, when a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation was signed between the two countries.
* 1991 – Gulf War: U. S. President George H. W. Bush announces that " Kuwait is liberated ".
Former President Omar Bongo OndimbaIn March 1991 a new constitution was adopted.
In Guinea-Bissau in 1989, the ruling African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde ( PAIGC ) under the direction of President João Bernardo " Nino " Vieira began to outline a political liberalization program which the People's National Assembly approved in 1991.
By 1991 President Callejas had achieved modest success in controlling inflation.
In 1991 President Callejas managed to give the appearance of having reduced the overall fiscal deficit, a requirement for new credit.
As a continuing part of the social pact, and even more as the result of a fierce union-government battle, President Callejas announced in 1991 a 27. 8 percent increase over a minimum wage that the government had earlier agreed upon.
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.
Until 1991, President Mauno Koivisto and two of the three major parties, Center Party and the Social Democrats opposed the idea of European Union membership and preferred entering into the European Economic Area treaty.
Jerzy Kosiński (; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991 ), born Józef Lewinkopf, was an award-winning Polish American novelist, and two-time President of the American Chapter of P. E. N.
1991 and George
The cast included both stage performers: Sally Ann Howes and George Lee Andrews as Desiree and Frederick and opera regular Regina Resnik as Madame Armfeldt ( in 1991 ).
* 1991 – George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner ( b. 1911 )
The 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, directed by Eleanor Coppola ( Francis's wife ), Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper, chronicles the difficulties the crew went through making Apocalypse Now, and features behind-the-scenes footage filmed by Eleanor.
* 1913 – George Barker, English poet ( d. 1991 )
George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore ( née Bomberger ) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. ( 1913 – 1991 ), who owned a stationery store.
In 1991, The George Lucas Educational Foundation was founded as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools.
Brainstormed by John Romero, Id Software held a weekend session titled " The Id Summer Seminar " in the summer of 1991 with prospective buyers including Scott Miller, George Broussard, Ken Rogoway, Jim Norwood and Todd Replogle.
Major was Prime Minister during the first Gulf War of 1991, and played a key role in persuading US President George H. W. Bush to support no-fly zones.
* 1911 – George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1991 )
In 1991, George Harrison played on Lennon's album Help Yourself but was not directly credited.
* 1913 – George Abecassis, English race car driver ( d. 1991 )
* 1993 – United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George H. W. Bush in 1991.
* 1991 – Luby's massacre: George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20 in Luby's Cafeteria.
Image: Margaret Thatcher awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom. jpg | Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George H. W. Bush in 1991
In 1991, addressing a graduating class of the University of Michigan, U. S. President George H. W. Bush spoke against " a movement would declare certain topics ' off-limits ,' certain expressions ' off-limits ', even certain gestures ' off-limits '" in allusion to liberal Political Correctness.
In September 1991, while serving as Minister without Portfolio, he called US President George H. W. Bush an " anti-Semite.
On 27 September 1991, as the Soviet Union was dissolving after the August 1991 Soviet coup d ' état attempt, President George H. W. Bush began taking SAC bomber and associated aerial refuelling aircraft off continuous nuclear alert.
In his 1991 State of the Union Address George H. W. Bush shifted the focus of SDI from defense of North America against large scale strikes to a system focusing on theater missile defense called Global Protection Against Limited Strikes ( GPALS ).
* Sunday in the Park with George ( 1991, Best New Musical )
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