1991

• Amy Grant - “Baby Baby” 
• Boyz II Men – “Motownphilly”
• Bryan Adams – “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”
• C&C Music Factory – “Gonna Make You Sweat”
• Color Me Badd – “All 4 Love”
• Color Me Badd – “I Adore Mi Amore”
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Summertime”
• EMF – “Unbelievable”
• Janet Jackson – “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
• Jesus Jones – “Right Here, Right Now”
• Mariah Carey – “Emotions”
• Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch – “Good Vibrations”
• Michael Bolton – “When a Man Loves a Woman”
• Michael Jackson – “Black or White”
• Paula Abdul – “Rush Rush”
• PM Dawn – “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss”
• REM – “Losing My Religion”
• Roxette – “Joyride”
• Scorpion – “Winds of Change”
• TimmyT – “One More Try”

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• Beauty and the Beast
• Hook
• The Silence of the Lambs
• The Addams Family
• Cape Fear
• Hot Shots!
• City Slickers
• Sleeping with the Enemy
• Father of the Bride

• Blossom
• Dinosaurs
• Rugrats
• The Ren & Stimpy Show
• Home Improvement
• Step by Step
• The Jerry Springer Show

• 21 Jump Street
• Dallas
• Twin Peaks
• China Beach
• Wheel of Fortune

• Roseanne
• Murphy Brown
• Cheers
• Home Improvement
• Designing Women
• Full House
• Murder, She Wrote
• Major Dad
• A Different World
• The Cosby Show
• Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Family Matters
• The Golden Girls

• Ed Sheeran - pop singer, "Thinking Out Loud", "Shape of You", "Photograph"
• Dylan O'Brien - actor on TV series "Teen Wolf", starred in "The Maze Runner" movie
• Louis Tomlinson - pop singer, part of boy band One Direction
• Charlie Puth - pop singer, "Attention", "We Don't Talk Anymore"
• Tyler Posey - TV actor, "Teen Wolf"
• Emma Roberts - TV actress, "Scream Queens"
• Shailene Woodley - movie actress, in "The Fault in Our Stars" and the Divergent movie series
• Scott Hoying - founding member of vocal group Pentatonix
• Hunter Hayes - country singer, "Wanted"

• The internet becomes available for unrestricted commercial use
• Tim Berners-Lee introduces the first web browser
• Airbag 
• Clockwork radio 
• 911 emergency number tested in US northwestern cities
• GST tax introduced in Canada

• 3D printer
• autofill
• bestie
• brain freeze
• carjacking
• crowd-surf
• gift card
• granny panties
• infinity pool
• lock screen
• mixtape
• out-there
• SIM card
• tase
• time suck
• vacay
• zoodle

Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was an American serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1987 and 19981. He was arrested on July 22nd after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment.

Rodney King became internationally known after a tape was released of him being beaten on March 3, 1991, by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase.

Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the band Queen, issues a public statement confirming that he is stricken with AIDS, and the next day he dies of complications.

The release of Nirvana's Nevermind album signified the start of the Grunge era that would dominate the music scene up to the mid-90's. It became a surprise success, largely due tot he popularity of its first single "Smells Like Teen Spirit".  

Former U.S. postal worker Joseph Harris kills his former girlfriend and her fiance and two former co workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey which resulted in the phrase "going postal" .