Timeline October 1991

Events in October 1991 5

• 1921 – 1991 Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) Died 24 October 1991, aged 70 Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek television franchise, died in Santa Monica, California. His optimistic vision of a united, exploratory future shaped decades of science fiction television and film. Star Trek: The Next Generation, which he helped launch, was airing its fifth season at the time of his death.
• 1922 – 1991 Redd Foxx (1922-1991) Died 11 October 1991, aged 68 Comedian and actor Redd Foxx, best known for starring in the television sitcom Sanford and Son, died of a heart attack on a television set in Los Angeles. He had built his career on raunchy stand-up comedy before crossing into mainstream television. His sitcom was among the first American shows to feature a predominantly Black cast.
• 1991 Album "Let's Get to It" released Final PWL-era album before creative reinvention Let's Get to It, released in October 1991, was Minogue's last album with PWL and featured the hit "Word Is Out." Sales had begun to decline in the UK even as she remained enormously popular elsewhere, prompting her search for a new artistic direction.
• 1991 Public Enemy release Apocalypse 91 By the Time I Get to Arizona A song attacking Arizona's refusal to observe MLK Day.
• 1991 Galileo Spacecraft Makes First Asteroid Flyby Probe images asteroid 951 Gaspra NASA's Galileo spacecraft, en route to Jupiter, flew past the asteroid 951 Gaspra and captured the first close-up images ever taken of an asteroid. The flyby provided the first direct evidence of an asteroid's irregular shape and cratered surface. It was a landmark moment in solar system exploration.