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Born on Sunday June 16, 1991
Died on Sunday June 16, 1991



Born on June 16

Died on June 16
  • 1984 » Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
  • 1984 » Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
  • 1986 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
  • 1987 » Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
  • 1988 » Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (b. 1946)
  • 1993 » Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1913)
  • 1994 » Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1967)
  • 1996 » Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1913)
  • 1997 » Dal Stivens, Australian soldier and author (b. 1911)
  • 1998 » Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)

Names that were popular for boys in 1991
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Thomas
  5. Michael
  6. Pieter
  7. Jacob
  8. Willem
  9. Hendrik
  10. Maria
  11. David
  12. Peter
  13. Robert
  14. Alexander
  15. Patrick
  16. Jeroen
Names that were popular for girls in 1991
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Elisabeth
  4. Marie
  5. Anne
  6. Anna
  7. Laura
  8. Nicole
  9. Lisa
  10. Elizabeth
  11. Joyce
  12. Cornelia
  13. Michelle
  14. Wilhelmina
  15. Louise
  16. Charlotte

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1991
  • 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.
  • April 2 » Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
  • June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
  • June 12 » Russians first democratically elected Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia.
  • October 11 » Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
  • December 1 » Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
  • December 20 » A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
The weather on Sunday June 16, 1991
The temperature on June 16, 1991 was between 5.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.

Source: KNMI