Page 17: Historical Events In 1991

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

Aug 16   In the year 1991 pres Bush declares the recession is near an end   

Aug 16   Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43 in the year 1991.   

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

Aug 17   In the year 1991 wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself.   

Aug 18   In the year 1991 pan Am games closes in Havana   

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   On this day in history coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev   

Aug 20   Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 in the year 1991.   

Aug 21   Attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin in the year 1991.   

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

Aug 21   In the year 1991 oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101   

Aug 22   Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide in the year 1991.   

Aug 23   On this day in history florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93   

Aug 24   Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1991 carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds   

Aug 25   In the year 1991 don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56   

Aug 26   In the year 1991 royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0   

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 in the year 1991.   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1991 dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies   

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   On this day in history the Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR   

Aug 30   On this day in history alan Wheatley   

Aug 30   Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points in the year 1991.   

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

Aug 31   Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 in the year 1991.   

Sep 01   Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30 in the year 1991.   

Sep 02   On this day in history 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 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   John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64 on this day in history.   

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