Events in the United States in 1991 By laura.kay.d Jan 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm www.ushistory.org/us/60a.asp Mar 3, 1991 Rodney King Beating http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/police-brutality-caught-on-video Apr 17, 1991 DOW Jones Industrial Average Closes above 3,000 for the first time ever. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/18/business/market-place-at-last-dow-closes-above-3000.html Jul 31, 1991 Signing of the START Treaty http://history.state.gov/milestones/1990-2000/StrategicArmsReduction Oct 19, 1991 Oakland, California Fires http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-sweeps-through-oakland-hills