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March 31, 1991

On March 31, 1991, georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from 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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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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What happened

On March 31, 1991

  1. 1991 Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.

    An independence referendum was held in the Republic of Georgia on 31 March 1991. 5% of voters.

  2. 1991 The Warsaw Pact formally disbands.

    Eastern European military alliance (1955–1991)

    The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics in Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. The term "Warsaw Pact" commonly refers to both the treaty itself and its resultant military alliance, the Warsaw Pact Organisation. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), the economic organization for the Eastern Bloc states.

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Born on March 31, 1991

Milan Milanović 1991– Serbian footballer
Rodney Sneijder 1991– Dutch footballer (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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