1991

British scientist Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser, while working at CERN in Geneva, the first website goes online on 6 August.
Unemployment is now above 2,000,000 for the first time in two years. The number of British workers employed in the manufacturing industry has fallen below 5,000,000 for the first time since records began.
The government confirms that the unpopular Community Charge is to be replaced by a new Council Tax in 1993.
Nearly six months after the breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel service tunnel, the breakthrough in the North rail tunnel is achieved.
Computer retailer PC World opens its first branch in Croydon, Surrey.
Thousands of British shops, including retail giants Asda and Tesco, defy trading laws, and open their doors on a Sunday in a bid to boost trade that has been badly hit by the ongoing recession.

The National Gallery (London) opens its new Sainsbury Wing to the public.
A government survey of children’s school reading reveals that Roald Dahl, who died eight months earlier, has now overtaken Enid Blyton as the most popular author of children’s books.
The ITV franchise auction results are announced and many notable names will go off air – including Thames Television, TVS, TSW, TV-am and ORACLE Teletext. The changes take effect at midnight GMT on 1 January 1993.

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, the power ballad performed by Canadian singer Bryan Adams, loses its position at #1 on the singles charts after a record sixteen consecutive weeks, displaced by U2’s The Fly.
23 November – Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of rock band Queen, announces that he is suffering from AIDS, following lengthy media speculation about his health.
24 November – Freddie Mercury dies at his home in London, just 24 hours after going public with the news that he was suffering from AIDS.

Artist	Title
Iron Maiden	Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter
Enigma	Sadness Part 1
Queen	Innuendo
The K.L.F.	3AM Eternal
The Simpsons	Do The Bartman
The Clash	Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Hale & Pace	The Stonk
Chesney Hawkes	The One And Only
Cher	The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)
Color Me Badd	I Wanna Sex You Up
Jason Donovan	Any Dream Will Do
Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
U2	The Fly
Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff	Dizzy
Michael Jackson	Black Or White
George Michael & Elton John	Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives

The Football Association announces plans for a new “super league” of eighteen clubs to replace the Football League First Division as the highest division of English football. The move is attacked by smaller Football League clubs, who fear that they could go out of business if TV revenue was confined to the proposed super league.
Arsenal are crowned champions of the Football League.
Manchester United win the European Cup Winners’ Cup with a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona of Spain in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Mark Hughes scores both of their goals to give English clubs a winning return to European competitions after their five-year ban was lifted last year.
Dean Saunders becomes the most expensive footballer to be signed by an English club when he joins Liverpool in a £2.9million transfer from Derby County.
Scottish runner Liz McColgan becomes the first British gold medalist at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

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