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 on this day in history.   

Aug 16   In the year 1991 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   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   A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union in the year 1991.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party   

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

Aug 25   On this day in history carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds   

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

Aug 26   On this day in history royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0   

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

Aug 28   In the year 1991 christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

Aug 28   In the year 1991 red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher   

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

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« on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93   

Sep 01   Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1991.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1991.