🧠 Inventions of 1991
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Linux Operating System
2 
Web Browser (WorldWideWeb)
3 
Flash Animation Concept
4 
Digital Camera (Consumer)
5 
Wi-Fi Networking Concept
6 
Portable MP3 Player Concept
7 
USB Interface Concept
8 
Medical Robotic Surgery Prototype
9 
Voice Recognition Software
10 
High-Speed Modem (56k)
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON February 20, 1991
Full News Archive
- Headline: Pepsi's Uh-Huh Promotion Expansion. Impact: If Pepsi hadn't expanded its 'Uh-Huh' promotion, we might have never known the joys of cringe-worthy talent shows and the subsequent careers of countless aspiring singers who should've just stuck to karaoke. Imagine a world without viral audition tapes - a tragedy, really.. Fact: Did you know that in the 90s, Pepsi actually funded a series of talent competitions that led to the rise of some famous pop stars? So, really, they were just one 'Uh-Huh' away from becoming America's next top talent scout..
- Headline: Impact of Postal Rate Increase on Marketing. Impact: The rise in postal rates may have inadvertently encouraged the advent of digital marketing, leading to an explosion of unsolicited emails that now clutter our inboxes. Thanks, postal service! You really helped us embrace the age of spam.. Fact: Fun fact: The term 'junk mail' was coined well before the internet. So, really, those direct marketing folks were just practicing their skills on paper before they took their talents online. They were always destined to annoy us, one way or another..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1991, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1991
$0.31
Value in 2025
$882,251
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1991, it would be worth $882,251 today (882.3x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
X-Men #1
$300,000
The Infinity Gauntlet #1
$35
Spawn #1
$60
Sandman #19
$150
Spider-Man #1
$25,000
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Super Soaker 50
$350.00
Pogs
$25.00
Terminator 2 Action Figures
$3000.00
Nerf Bow 'n' Arrow
$150.00
Game Boy (Color Variants)
$250.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Sonic the Hedgehog
$39.50
Street Fighter II
$1,830.00
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
$200.00
Super Mario World
$579.99
Final Fantasy IV
$350.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Michael Jordan Upper Deck #SP1
$710.00
Ken Griffey Jr. Donruss Elite #/10000
$1,675
Brett Hull Upper Deck #AW1 (Award Winner)
$3,000
Chipper Jones Topps #333
$250,000
Magic the Gathering 1991 Alpha Black Lotus
$30,000