page_title: 1991
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1991 / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: Informal photo of Luria at his desk at MIT, possibly at the time of his Nobel Prize award in 1969.
context_page_description: 1991 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1991st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 991st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1990s decade.
  It was the final year of the Cold War that had begun in 1947. During the year, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics fell, leaving fifteen sovereign republics and the CIS in its place. In July 1991, India abandoned its policies of socialism and autarky and began extensive neoliberal changes to its economy. This increased GDP, but also increased economic inequality over the next two decades. A U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations fought against Iraq, which had invaded and annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Serbia and the other Yugoslav republics would lead into the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, which ran through the rest of the decade.
  The Japanese asset price bubble burst this year, leading to the Lost Years and a permanently stagnated Japanese economy.
context_section_description: February 1 – Carol Dempster, American actress (b. 1901)
  February 3 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
  February 5
  Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest (b. 1907)
  Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
  February 6
  Salvador Luria, Italian-born American Nobel biologist (b. 1912)
  Danny Thomas, American singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1912)
  María Zambrano, Spanish essayist and philosopher (b. 1904)
  February 13 – Arno Breker, German sculptor (b. 1900)
  February 14 – John A. McCone, American politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1902)
  February 21
  John Sherman Cooper, American politician (b. 1901)
  Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (b. 1919)
  February 24 – Jean Rogers, American actress (b. 1916)
  February 25 – Sverre Hansen, Norwegian long jumper (b. 1899)
caption: Salvador Luria
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