Historical Events In 1991

May 12 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest

May 04 Morris K Udall (Representative-D-AZ), resigns due to Parkinson disease

May 01 Angola's civil war ends

May 15 Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam

May 19 Willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500

May 30 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic

May 14 Robert M Gates becomes head of CIA

May 01 A's Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal (vs Yankees)

May 15 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama"

May 25 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews

May 10 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt

May 04 President Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat

May 09 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer

May 30 64th National Spelling Bee Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic

May 21 Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns

May 01 Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy

May 31 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia

May 15 Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier

May 15 Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns

May 07 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs

May 04 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent

May 06 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands

May 13 South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks

May 08 CIA director William H Webster resigns

May 22 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea

May 28 Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa

May 20 Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad

May 01 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge

May 29 Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I

May 13 Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0

May 23 US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion

May 31 Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war

May 14 World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs

May 14 42 die in a train collision is Japan

May 13 "Michael Jackson: The Magic & the Madness" goes on sale

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