Historical Events In 1991

Aug 15   On this day in history marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74   

Aug 16   On this day in history pres Bush declares the recession is near an end   

Aug 16   Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1991 don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63   

Aug 17   Wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Pan Am games closes in Havana on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1991 vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies   

Aug 19   On this day in history a coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union   

Aug 19   Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin on this day in history.   

Aug 21   In the year 1991 communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days   

Aug 21   Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101 in the year 1991.   

Aug 22   Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93 in the year 1991.   

Aug 24   In the year 1991 abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99   

Aug 24   Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party in the year 1991.   

Aug 24   In the year 1991 ukraine declares independence from the USSR   

Aug 25   Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 in the year 1991.   

Aug 26   Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 in the year 1991.   

Aug 28   5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 29   John F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case on this day in history.   

Aug 29   The Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR in the year 1991.   

Aug 29   The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Alan Wheatley in the year 1991.   

Aug 30   In the year 1991 dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points   

Aug 30   France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13« in the year 1991.   

Aug 31   In the year 1991 leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93   

Sep 01   On this day in history mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30   

Sep 02   In the year 1991 alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies   

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Jan 01   Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 in the year 1991.   

Jan 02   Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 in the year 1991.   

Jan 04   In the year 1991 berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78   

Jan 05   John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82 in the year 1991.   

Jan 06   Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64 in the year 1991.   

Jan 07   In the year 1991 joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64   

Jan 08   Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62