Page 17: Historical Events In 1991

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

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

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

Aug 17   On this day in history don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63   

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   On this day in history pan Am games closes in Havana   

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

Aug 19   In the year 1991 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   On this day in history betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86   

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

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

Aug 21   On this day in history oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101   

Aug 22   On this day in history boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide   

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 in the year 1991.   

Aug 24   Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Ukraine declares independence from the USSR in the year 1991.   

Aug 25   Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds in the year 1991.   

Aug 25   Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher   

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

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1991 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   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 in the year 1991.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1991 charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83   

Jan 02   Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1991 ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30   

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