What Happened on April 1, 1991

• 53rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Kansas, 72-65; Blue Devils' first title; power forward Christian Laettner MOP
• Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
• US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour

• US Supreme Court rules jurors cannot be barred from serving due to race
• Warsaw Pact officially dissolves

• Frankie Gustine, American Major baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 47, 48; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 71
• Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (President of the Independent Democratic Union), dies at 44
• Martha Graham, American choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
• Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies

Holidays: Easter Monday (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Coming Out Of The Dark - Gloria Estefan
• #1 Song: The One and Only - Chesney Hawkes