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February 17, 1991

On February 17, 1991, ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants. 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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Around 1991

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 February 17, 1991

  1. 1991 Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants.

    1991 aviation accident

    Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 was a cargo flight carrying mail for the United States Postal Service from Greater Buffalo International Airport (BUF) in Buffalo, New York, to Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in Indiana, with a stopover at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio. On February 17, 1991, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC operating the flight crashed on takeoff from Cleveland during icing conditions. Both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants, were killed.

Arrivals

Born on February 17, 1991

Phil Pressey 1991– American basketball player (born 1991)
Ed Sheeran 1991– English singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Jeremy Allen White 1991– American actor (born 1991)
Bonnie Wright 1991– English actress and filmmaker (born 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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