About the day » Wednesday January 16, 1991Calender converter

• Tyler Steven Vossekuil († 1991)
• Jeroen Emiel Jaqueline Thierens, Sint-Niklaas (B)

• Adrianus VAN DEN BURG (59), noordwijkerhout, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Joanna De Witte (84), Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Alijda Johanna Aalpol (89), Enschede,Gemeente Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Vis (95), Canada
• Alix Maria Elisabeth Francesca Josepha van Fürstenberg-Herdringen (90), Junkersdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Helene (78)
• Anna Margaretha de Jong (71), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Apolonia Christina Adriana Brabander (79), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina v.d. Tuuk (75)
• Akke Egbertje (Eppie) van der Meulen (75)

• 1986 » Johannes Rahn, German footballer
• 1987 » Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
• 1987 » Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
• 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
• 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
• 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
• 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer

• 1981 » Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer
• 1986 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
• 1987 » Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, 1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1899)
• 1995 » Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1999 » Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Patrick
5. Kevin
6. Michael
7. Dennis
8. Martijn
9. Mark
10. Tim
11. Cornelis
12. Rick
13. Niels
14. Robin
15. Robert
16. Tom

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anne
4. Joyce
5. Maria
6. Anna
7. Jessica
8. Michelle
9. Amy
10. Stephanie
11. Kim
12. Nicole
13. Sarah
14. Melissa
15. Esther
16. Johanna

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
• January 15 » Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
• February 7 » Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
• August 20 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
• October 5 » An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
• October 20 » A 6.8 M_w earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
• December 6 » Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months.

The temperature on January 16, 1991 was between -3.5 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.