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August 24, 1991

On August 24, 1991, mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The year's #1 song was "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams. Duván Zapata, Thiago Alcântara, Cédric Bakambu would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1991st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 991st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On August 24, 1991

  1. 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

    Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

    Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.

  2. 1991 Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

    Country in Eastern Europe

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.

Arrivals

Born on August 24, 1991

Enrique Hernández 1991– Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1991)
Wang Zhen 1991– Chinese racewalker (born 1991)

Farewells

Died on August 24, 1991

Bernard Castro American inventor (1904–1991)

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The class of 1991

Others born in 1991

Duván Zapata 1991– Colombian footballer
Thiago Alcântara 1991– Spanish footballer
Cédric Bakambu 1991– Congolese footballer
Brennan Poole 1991– American racing driver
Lionel Carole 1991– French professional footballer
Oliver Norwood 1991– English-born Northern Irish international footballer

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