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August 30, 1991

On August 30, 1991, dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from 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 30, 1991

  1. 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

    1988–1991 breakup of the sovereign state

    The Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. It also brought an end to the Soviet Union's federal government and CPSU General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's effort to reform the Soviet political and economic system in an attempt to stop a period of political stalemate and economic backslide.

Arrivals

Born on August 30, 1991

Seriki Audu 1991– Nigerian footballer (1991–2014)
Jacqueline Cako 1991– American tennis player
Liam Cooper 1991– Scotland international footballer (born 1991)

Farewells

Died on August 30, 1991

Cyril Knowles England international footballer (1944–1991)
Vladimír Padrůněk Czech musician (1952–1991)
Jean Tinguely Swiss sculptor (1925–1991)

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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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