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1991 was the 2nd year of 1990's.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 17 - New Jack City (Warner Bros. Pictures; Sundance Film Festival)
- January 18
- Hamlet (Warner Bros. Pictures; wide release)
- Cadence (New Line Cinema)
- January 25 - Too Much Sun (New Line Cinema)
- February 1 - Queens Logic (New Line Cinema/Seven Arts)
- February 8 - The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- February 15 - Nothing but Trouble
- March 8 - New Jack City (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- March 10 - Shadow of China (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- March 15
- If Looks Could Kill (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Guilty by Suspicion (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- March 18 - The Guyver (New Line Cinema)
- March 22
- Defending Your Life (Warner Bros. Pictures/The Geffen Film Company)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (New Line Cinema)
- April 5 - Hangin' with the Homeboys (New Line Cinema)
- April 12 - Out for Justice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- May 3 - Born to Ride (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- May 10
- Switch (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Pictures)
- Sweet Talker (New Line Cinema/Seven Arts)
- May 17 - Dice Rules (New Line Cinema/Seven Arts)
- May 19 - An Angel at My Table (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- May 24 - Drop Dead Fred (New Line Cinema)
- June 7
- City Slickers (Castle Rock Entertainment/Nelson Entertainment/Columbia Pictures)
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Pictures)
- June 14 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner Bros. Pictures/Morgan Creek)
- July 1 - Rover Dangerfield (Warner Bros. Pictures) (limited release)
- July 26 - Trust (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features; wide release)
- August 2
- Doc Hollywood (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Rover Dangerfield (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- August 16 - Talkin' Dirty After Dark (New Line Cinema)
- August 23
- Going Under (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- Showdown in Little Tokyo (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Defenseless (New Line Cinema/Seven Arts)
- Naked Tango (New Line Cinema)
- August 30 - Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (New Line Cinema) (theatrical only)
- September 13 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (New Line Cinema)
- September 20
- Rambling Rose (New Line Cinema/Seven Arts)
- Late for Dinner (New Line Cinema/Castle Rock Entertainment)
- September 29 - My Own Private Idaho (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- October 4
- Dogfight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Ricochet (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Pictures)
- Heaven Is a Playground (New Line Cinema)
- Night on Earth (New Line Cinema)
- Suburban Commando (New Line Cinema)
- The Rapture (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- October 18 - Other People's Money (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- October 21 - Past Midnight (New Line Cinema)
- October 23 - House Party 2 (New Line Cinema)
- October 25
- November 8 - Strictly Business (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- November 15 - Meeting Venus (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- November 22 - The Dark Wind (New Line Cinema/Seven Arts)
- December 6 - Let Him Have It (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- December 11 - Critters 3 (New Line Cinema)
- December 13 - The Last Boy Scout (Warner Bros. Pictures/The Geffen Film Company)
- December 20 - JFK (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- December 25 - Until the End of the World (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Shorts[]
- February 8 - Box Office Bunny (Warner Bros. Animation) (New York City, New York)
- February 11 - Box Office Bunny (Warner Bros. Animation)
- August 2 - (Blooper) Bunny (Warner Bros. Animation)
Television[]
- March 16 - The Josephine Baker Story (HBO Pictures) is premiered on HBO.
- April 10 - One Man's War (HBO Showcase) is premiered on HBO.
- April 17 - Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster (Warner Bros. Animation) airs
- May 11 - Fever (HBO Pictures) premieres on HBO.
- June 16 - Without Warning: The James Brady Story (HBO Pictures) premieres on HBO.
- July 1 - Conagher (Turner Pictures) premieres on TNT.
- July 20 - Doublecrossed (HBO Pictures/Lorimar Television) premieres on HBO.
- August 18 - Women & Men 2 (HBO Showcase) premieres on HBO.
- September 7
- Cast a Deadly Spell (HBO Pictures) premieres on HBO.
- Taz-Mania (Warner Bros. Animation) premieres on Fox Kids.
- September 16 - Tiny Toon Adventures (Warner Bros. Animation) season 2 begins.
- November 2 - Prisoner of Honor (Warner Bros. Television/HBO Pictures) premieres on HBO.
- December 10 - Wedlock (HBO Pictures/Spectacor Films) premieres on HBO.
Video games[]
- Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote
- Daffy Duck, P.I.: The Case of the Missing Letters
- The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2
- December - Tiny Toon Adventures
Theme parks[]
- June 3 - Warner Bros. Movie World opens on the Gold Coast of Australia.
Albums[]
Printed Media[]
Comics[]
Books[]
Home video releases[]
VHS releases[]
- February 20 - Quick Change
- March 13
- March 27 - Presumed Innocent
- April 4 - Memphis Belle
- April 24
- May 1 - The Sheltering Sky
- May 22 - The Rookie
- May 29 - The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
- June 19 - Goodfellas
- June 25 - Roger & Me
- June 26 - Reversal of Fortune
- July 24 - Hamlet
- October 4 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- October 30 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- November 20 - Out for Justice
- December 18 - Doc Hollywood
Laserdisc releases[]
Business[]
- June 14 - Morgan Creek Productions accepts the deal with Warner Bros.
- Sullivan-Bluth Studios (Don Bluth Ireland, Ltd.) accepts the deal with Warner Bros.
Artists joined[]
- Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy accepts the deal with Warner Bros.
People[]
Births[]
- January 13 - Genevieve Gaunt (actress and voice over artist)
- February 17 - Bonnie Wright (actress, voice actress, fashion model, screenwriter, director and producer)
- March 20 - Grace Bruce (stuntwoman and actress)
- April 21 - Frank Dillane (actor)
- May 14 - Chessie Healy (actress)
- June 3 - Jamie Marks (actor)
- June 16 - Ryan Nelson (actor)
- August 16 - Evanna Lynch (actress, voice actress and activist)
- October 18 - Toby Regbo (actor)
Deaths[]
- January 2 - Jo Ann Marlowe (child actress)
- January 4 - Berry Kroeger (actor)
- January 7 - Charlotte Wynters (actress)
- January 12 - Keye Luke (actor)
- January 19
- Don Beddoe (actor)
- John Russell (actor)
- January 21 - Frank Mitchell (actor)
- January 25 - Lilian Bond (actress)
- January 26 - Glenn Langan (actor)
- January 30 - John McIntire (actor and voice actor)
- February 2 - Franco Latini (actor, voice actor and dubbing director)
- February 3 - Nancy Kulp (actress and comedian)
- February 5 - Dean Jagger (actor)
- February 6 - Danny Thomas (actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer and philanthropist)
- February 24 - Jean Rogers (actress)
- March 22 - Gloria Holden (actress)
- March 23 - Mona Maris (actress)
- March 27 - Aldo Ray (actor)
- April 10 - Natalie Schafer (actress)
- April 20 - Don Siegel (director and producer)
- April 22 - Anne Howard (actress)
- April 28 - Ken Curtis (actor and singer)
- April 29 - Jackie Searl (actor)
- May 6 - Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor and singer)
- June 5 - Barry Kelley (actor)
- June 14 - Bernard Miles (actor, writer and director)
- June 18 - Joan Caulfield (actress and model)
- June 26 - Wolfgang Zilzer (actor)
- July 2 - Lee Remick (actress and singer)
- July 5 - Mildred Dunnock (actress)
- July 6 - Thorley Walters (actor)
- July 8 - James Franciscus (actor)
- July 28 - Kelton Garwood (actor)
- August 1 - Helen Page Camp (actress)
- August 17 - Don Dubbins (actor)
- August 18 - David Gale (actor)
- August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst (actress)
- August 25 - Niven Busch (novelist and screenwriter)
- September 3 - Frank Capra (director, producer and screenwriter)
- September 7 - Ben Piazza (actor, playwright and author)
- September 15 - John Hoyt (actor)
- September 21 - Angelo Rossitto (actor and voice artist)
- September 24
- Dr. Seuss (author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator and filmmaker)
- Mary Lawrence (actress and author)
- September 28 - Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer)
- September 29 - Lou Nova (boxer and actor)
- October 12
- Regis Toomey (actor)
- Aline MacMahon (actress)
- October 16 - Arthur E. Arling (cinematographer and cameraman)
- October 17 - J. G. Devlin (actor)
- October 26 - Vivian Dandridge (singer, actress and dancer)
- November 5 - Fred MacMurray (actor)
- November 12 - Diane Brewster (actress)
- November 25 - Eleanor Audley (actress and voice actress)
- November 29 - Ralph Bellamy (actor, screenwriter, usher and presenter)
- December 11
- Pat Walshe (actor, circus performer and vaudevillian)
- Simon Scott (actor)
- December 23 - Gene Milford (editor)
- December 25 - Curt Bois (actor)
Character debuts[]
- July 1 -
In Fiction[]
- Unknown - A Wizardry Budget is leaked and makes Daily Prophet headlines.
- June 23 - Dudley Dursley's eleventh birthday; his parents take him, along with his cousin Harry Potter and best friend Piers Polkiss to the zoo. Harry speaks Parseltongue for the first time to a boa constrictor.
- July
- Harry and Dudley finish St. Grogory's Primary School.
- Charlie Weasley and Nymphadora Tonks graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- July 24 - Harry Potter receives his letter, which Vernon and Petunia Dursley burn. Harry's bedroom is moved from the Cupboard under the stairs to Dudley's second bedroom.
- July 30 - The Dursley's and Harry row out and stay the night at the Hut-on-the-Rock.
- July 31
- Harry Potter's eleventh birthday; he is visited in the Hut-on-the-Rock by Rubeus Hagrid, who tells Harry of his wizard heritage and takes him to Diagon Alley for the first time the next morning.
- Quirinus Quirrell breaks into Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but fails to steal the Philosopher's Stone, which was already taken by Hagrid.
- August 19 - Porpentina Scamander turns 90 years old.
- September 1 - Harry Potter attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in September 1991.
- September 12 - Harry Potter becomes the youngest Seeker in a century for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
- October 31 - During the Hallowe'en feast at Hogwarts, a mountain troll is let loose by Professor Quirrell, who looks for the Philosopher's Stone. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley save Hermione Granger from the troll, and the three become friends.
- November - Harry plays his first Quidditch match.
- December 25 - Harry receives his late father's Invisibility Cloak from Albus Dumbledore as a Christmas present. He also finds the Mirror of Erised and sees his family for the first time.
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