March 21, 1991

Top songs

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on March 21, 1991:

• United States: "One More Try" by Timmy T
• United Kingdom: "The Stonk" by Hale & Pace

Facts

This date occurred 12,082 days ago. Approximately 403 months have passed. It was the 80th day of 1991, in week 12. The decade was the nineties. People who were born on March 21, 1991, are now 33 years old and belong to the Millennial generation. 134 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

Take me back to March 21, 1991

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is March 21, 1991, and it's a Thursday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Aries. Spring has arrived, and the days are starting to get longer.

St. Patrick's Day of 1991 has recently come and gone. In America, the song "One More Try" by Timmy T is at the top of the singles charts, while "The Stonk" by Hale & Pace is the number-one song in the UK. George W. Bush Snr. is the President of the United States, and the movie Silence of the Lambs is at the top of the box office.

John Major is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Only Fools and Horses", "Who's the Boss?", "In the Heat of the Night", and "Seinfeld". Texting is not a thing yet. Instead, people are using landline phones and pagers. Furthermore, most people have never heard of the Internet.

In fashion, many of the trends from the late 80s are still popular. Colored tights, denim overalls, leotards, flannel shirts and shoulder pads are all fashionable at the moment. A civil war is taking place in the African country of Rwanda. It's 1991, so the airwaves are being dominated by artists such as Bryan Adams, Michael Jackson, Roxette, R.E.M., Color Me Badd and Paula Abdul.

In the Middle East, Operation Desert storm has recently come to an end after a short ground war between US-led forces and the Iraq military. President Bush has declared that the country of Kuwait has been liberated. Meanwhile, an anti-Saddam uprising has started in the Iraqi city of Basra. In Europe, the Soviet Union is continuing to dissolve. In England, the "Birmingham Six" have been released from prison following a court ruling that their convictions were "unsafe and unsatisfactory". The six Irishmen had previously been sentenced to life in prison for the Birmingham pub bombings of 1974.

A recently-released video of an African American man called Rodney King being beaten by police is continuing to spark racial tensions in Los Angeles. Four officers seen in the video have been charged with felony assault. Germany has been formally given its independence after the WWII occupying forces officially relinquish all rights to the country. Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell have just been married.

Pop singer Michael Jackson has just signed a contract with Sony for 1 billion USD dollars. Meanwhile, newspapers are reporting that Eric Clapton's four-year-old son has tragically died after falling out of a New York City apartment window. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Miles Davis, Freddie Mercury, Benny Hill, and Robert Reed would all still be alive.

People are playing video games such as "Duck Hunt", "Golden Axe", "Wing Commander", and "Railroad Tycoon". Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Growing Pains", "Hey Dude", and "Dink, the Little Dinosaur". Children are playing with toys such as the Easy-Bake Oven, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles figures, the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, and G.I. Joe (figures).