Historical Events In 1991

Aug 15   Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 in the year 1991.   

Aug 16   Pres Bush declares the recession is near an end in the year 1991.   

Aug 16   On this day in history robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43   

Aug 17   Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 in the year 1991.   

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

Aug 18   Pan Am games closes in Havana in the year 1991.   

Aug 18   Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 19   A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

Aug 19   On this day in history coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev   

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

Aug 21   On this day in history attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin   

Aug 21   Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1991 florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1991 don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56   

Aug 26   Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   In the year 1991 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident   

Aug 28   On this day in history christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

Aug 28   Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher in the year 1991.   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1991 john F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case   

Aug 29   The Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR on this day in history.   

Aug 29   The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR in the year 1991.   

Aug 30   Alan Wheatley in the year 1991.   

Aug 30   Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history france beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13«   

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

Sep 01   In the year 1991 mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30   

Sep 02   Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78   

Jan 05   In the year 1991 john Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82   

Jan 06   On this day in history ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64   

Jan 07   Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64 in the year 1991.   

Jan 08   In the year 1991 steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30   

Jan 10   Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.