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December 10, 1991

On December 10, 1991, the Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence. 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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1991

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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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On December 10, 1991

  1. 1991 The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.

    An independence referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh on 10 December 1991. 98% of voters.

  2. 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.

    President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019

    Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council from 1991 to 2022.

  3. 1991 The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.

    Soviet republic from 1936 to 1991

    The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Being located in northern Central Asia, the Kazakh SSR was created on 5 December 1936 from the erstwhile Kazakh ASSR, which was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. It shared borders with its fellow Soviet republics of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, while also sharing an international border with the People's Republic of China.

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Born on December 10, 1991

KiKi Layne 1991– American actress (born 1991)
Eric Reid 1991– American football player (born 1991)
Dion Waiters 1991– American basketball player (born 1991)

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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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