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Died on Friday June 28, 1991

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 28, 1991 at Delpher


Born on June 28

Died on June 28
  • 1981 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
  • 1983 » Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
  • 1984 » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
  • 1985 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
  • 1989 » Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
  • 1992 » Guy Nève, Belgian racing driver (b. 1955)
  • 1992 » Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
  • 1995 » Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
  • 2000 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (b. 1913)
  • 2000 » Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

Names that were popular for boys in 1991
  1. Thomas
  2. Jan
  3. Jeroen
  4. Kevin
  5. Patrick
  6. Michael
  7. Dennis
  8. Martijn
  9. Mark
  10. Tim
  11. Cornelis
  12. Rick
  13. Niels
  14. Robin
  15. Robert
  16. Tom
Names that were popular for girls in 1991
  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. Melissa
  14. Sarah
  15. Esther
  16. Johanna

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.
  • January 29 » Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
  • February 28 » The first Gulf War ends.
  • May 21 » Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
  • May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
  • July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
  • December 31 » All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
Weather June 28, 1991

The temperature on June 28, 1991 was between 10.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.

Source: KNMI