Timeline Tuesday 31 December 1991

Events on Tuesday 31 December 1991 5

• 1985 – 1991 Director of the MIT Center for Cancer Research Served as director of the MIT Center for Cancer Research, succeeding Nobel laureate Salvador Luria. Under his leadership, the centre expanded its research into the molecular mechanisms of cancer.
• 1986 – 1991 Living in Europe Left Japan for Italy and Greece, running marathons and writing in solitude. Completed Dance Dance Dance and South of the Border, West of the Sun abroad. He began running seriously during this period, eventually completing over 30 marathons and an ultramarathon.
• 1988 – 1991 Mayor and Party Secretary of Shanghai Named Mayor of Shanghai in 1988, then Party Secretary in 1989, succeeding Jiang Zemin. Opened Shanghai to foreign investment and improved the city's economy, earning the attention of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.
• 1991 1991: Ayrton Senna McLaren Senna won his third and final title. He was killed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time.
• 1991 Grammy Win Won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album for I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got.