1991

Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). The year 1991 is also significant because it was a palindrome year: the number is the same read forwards or backwards. The next palindrome year was 2002. 1991 and 2002 are the closest palindromic years to each other, because there will not be another one until 2112.The year 1991 is designated in the Chinese calendar the Year of the Sheep (Ram or Goat).
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