Page 7: Historical Events In 1991

Mar 13   Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska) on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history british Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment   

Mar 14   On this day in history emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave   

Mar 14   Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 in the year 1991.   

Mar 14   On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France)   

Mar 15   On this day in history 4 Los Angeles police are charged with beating Rodney King   

Mar 15   Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¼' in the year 1991.   

Mar 15   On this day in history territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil   

Mar 16   On this day in history 7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash   

Mar 16   In the year 1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash   

Mar 16   New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38) in the year 1991.   

Mar 17   Former Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr, who dismissed the Whitlam Labor government in 1975, dies in Sydney aged 76 in the year 1991.   

Mar 17   Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St Patrick Day parade in the year 1991.   

Mar 17   On this day in history new Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70%   

Mar 17   USSR holds a referendum to determine if they should stay together; 9 of 15 Soviet representatives officially approve new union treaty in the year 1991.   

Mar 18   On this day in history apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell   

Mar 18   Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 in the year 1991.   

Mar 18   Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round on this day in history.   

Mar 18   More than 70,000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes in the year 1991.   

Mar 19   John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies in the year 1991.   

Mar 19   Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers on this day in history.   

Mar 19   NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses   

Mar 19   On this day in history st Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season   

Mar 20   Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5 in the year 1991.   

Mar 20   Consumer and Corporate Affairs reports that personal and business bankruptcies reached their highest level ever; up 68% from 1990 on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1991 court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney   

Mar 20   Michael Jackson signs $65M six album deal with Sony records on this day in history.   

Mar 20   US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland in the year 1991.   

Mar 21   27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide on this day in history.   

Mar 21   A Saudi transport plane trying to land in bad weather and heavy smoke from burning Kuwaiti oil wells crashes, killing 92 Senegalese soldiers and six Saudi crew on this day in history.   

Mar 21   On this day in history largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome   

Mar 21   Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies in the year 1991.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64   

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

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