Timeline July 1991

Events in July 1991 11

• 1935 – 1991 Lee Remick (1935-1991) American actress, star of Anatomy of a Murder, Days of Wine and Roses and The Omen.
• 1936 – 1991 Michael Landon (1936-1991) Died 1 July 1991, aged 54 Actor and producer Michael Landon died of pancreatic cancer less than three months after his diagnosis was announced. He starred in the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, and created and starred in Highway to Heaven. His death prompted widespread public tributes across American television.
• 1991 Wimbledon 1991 Men: Michael Stich · Women: Steffi Graf
• 1991 Warsaw Pact Dissolved Soviet-led military alliance formally disbanded Following the political changes across Eastern Europe, member states formally dissolved the Warsaw Pact in Prague. Founded in 1955 as a Communist counterweight to NATO, the pact had already lost most of its function as Soviet-bloc governments fell. Its end marked a symbolic close to the Cold War's military architecture.
• 1991 Lee Remick dies in Los Angeles Lee Remick dies aged 55.
• 1991 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers release Into the Great Wide Open Learning to Fly Produced by Jeff Lynne.
• 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day #1 film of 1991 — $520m worldwide Directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. A cyborg is sent back in time to protect the future leader of mankind. Groundbreaking visual effects.
• 1991 – 1999 Yeltsin presidency First President of Russia — 1991 to 1999 Yeltsin was elected President of Russia on July 10, 1991 and resigned on December 31, 1999, handing power to Putin. His presidency saw the chaotic privatisation of state assets, two Chechen Wars, a constitutional crisis in 1993 and Russia's first democratic elections.
• 1991 – present Sara Sampaio Supermodel Portuguese model known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel and for her work in global fashion.
• 1991 India Launches Economic Liberalization Reforms Finance minister Manmohan Singh opens India's economy Facing a balance-of-payments crisis, India's government under finance minister Manmohan Singh introduced sweeping reforms that dismantled decades of licensing controls and opened the economy to foreign investment. The reforms marked a decisive break from India's post-independence economic model. They set the stage for decades of accelerated economic growth.
• 1991 United States and Soviet Union Sign START I Landmark treaty cuts strategic nuclear arsenals President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow, committing both nations to cut their long-range nuclear arsenals by about a third. It was the first treaty to require actual reductions in strategic nuclear weapons rather than just limiting growth. The treaty took effect after the Soviet collapse, binding its successor states.