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November 5, 1991

On November 5, 1991, tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people. 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 (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 November 5, 1991

  1. 1991 Tropical Storm Thelma causes flash floods in the Philippine city of Ormoc, killing more than 4,900 people.

    Pacific tropical storm in 1991

    Tropical Storm Thelma, named Uring by PAGASA, was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in Philippine history, killing at least 5,081 people. Forming out of a tropical disturbance on November 1, 1991, several hundred kilometers north-northeast of Palau, the depression that would become Thelma tracked generally westward. After turning southwestward in response to a cold front, the system intensified into a tropical storm on November 4 as it approached the Philippines.

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Born on November 5, 1991

Flume 1991– Australian electronic musician (born 1991)
Jon Gray 1991– American baseball player (born 1991)
Shōdai Naoya 1991– Japanese sumo wrestler

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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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