1991

1991

MCMXCI
 * FA Cup Winners: Tottenham Hotspur (beat Notts Forest 2-1 after extra time)
 * Christmas Number One: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
 * UK Eurovision Entry: Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (10/22)
 * Eurovision Song Contest Winner: Carola - Fångad av en stormvind (held in Rome)
 * Blue Peter Team: Yvette, John and Diane
 * Doctor Who: -
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Simon Mayo
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: Batman

Main events

 * The Gulf War ends (28 February 1991)

TV
(channel and first broadcast date in brackets)

New shows:
(full list)
 * The Brittas Empire (BBC One, 03 January 1991)
 * The Darling Buds of May (ITV, 07 April 1991)
 * Noel's House Party (BBC One, 23 November 1991)

Other TV events

 * TV listings deregulation (from 01 March)

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives (full list)
 * Biggest selling albums: Simply Red - Stars, Eurythmics - Greatest Hits, Queen - Greatest Hits II (full list)
 * Debut albums: Seal - Seal, Electronic - Electronic, LFO - Frequencies, Pearl Jam - Ten, Rain Tree Crow - Rain Tree Crow. Birdland - Birdland (full list)

See also: 19 albums that define 1991 (BBC Radio 6 Music)

Films
UK release dates


 * May: The Silence of the Lambs
 * June: A Kiss Before Dying

Births

 * Eden Hazard (07 January), Pixie Lott (12 January), Ed Sheeran (17 February).

Birthdays

 * 20: Sonia, Gary Barlow
 * 30: Suggs, Gillian Gilbert, Nick Heyward, Boy George, Alison Moyet, Martin Gore, Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal
 * 40: Bob Geldof, Kevin Keegan, Peter Powell, Richard Skinner, Sting, Selina Scott
 * 50:
 * 60:
 * 70:

Deaths

 * Peggy Ashcroft (14 June), Margot Fonteyn (21 February).