Historical Events In 1991

Aug 15   Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Pres Bush declares the recession is near an end in the year 1991.  

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

Aug 17   Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history 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   Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin  

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

Aug 21   Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101 in the year 1991.  

Aug 22   Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93 in the year 1991.  

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

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

Aug 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1991.  

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   John F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case in the year 1991.  

Aug 29   In the year 1991 the Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR.  

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

Aug 30   Alan Wheatley in the year 1991.  

Aug 30   Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points on this day in history.  

Aug 30   On this day in history france beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13«  

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   In the year 1991 alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies  

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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   On this day in history renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78  

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   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