Announcement Date: January 1, 1991
- The U.S. Congress passes the Housing Opportunities for People Living with AIDS Act (HOPWA), which provides money to states and cities to provide housing for people living with HIV/AIDS – HOPWA continues to provide money for the housing need of people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Basketball legend, Magic Johnson discloses he has HIV, and Freddy Mercury, front man and lead singer for the band Queen, dies from AIDS-related causes.
