page_title: 1991
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1991 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Crop of Gene Roddenberry from File:The Shuttle Enterprise - GPN-2000-001363.jpg
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: October 2 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)
  October 6
  Igor Talkov, Russian singer, poet, and composer (b. 1956)
  Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist (b. 1897)
  October 7 – Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (b. 1916)
  October 9 – Roy Black, German schlager actor and singer (b. 1943)
  October 11 – Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)
  October 12
  Aline MacMahon, American actress (b. 1899)
  Arkady Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian sci-fi author (b. 1925)
  Regis Toomey, American actor (b. 1898)
  October 13 – Daniel Oduber Quirós, Costa Rican politician, 37th President of Costa Rica (b. 1921)
  October 16 – Ole Beich, Danish musician (b. 1955)
  October 17 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer (b. 1919)
  October 24 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (b. 1921)
  October 25 – Bill Graham, American promoter (b. 1931)
  October 27
  Howard Kingsbury, American Olympic rower – Men's eights (b. 1904)
  Andrzej Panufnik, Polish musician and composer (b. 1914)
  October 29 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy and President of the European Parliament (b. 1901)
caption: Gene Roddenberry
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