Historical Events In 1991

Apr 22 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens

Apr 28 Ken Curtis actor (Gunsmoke), dies at 74

Apr 11 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration

Apr 17 Railroad workers go on strike in the US

Apr 09 Georgia votes to seceede from the USSR

Apr 01 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour

Apr 29 Denison Mines to close uranium plant in Elliot Lake, putting 1000 out of work yup I owned the stock not a plan

Apr 01 Warsaw Pact officially disolves

Apr 04 Graham Green english novelist, dies at 86

Apr 17 Dow Jones closes for first time over 3,000

Apr 03 Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3 65.16)

Apr 22 Intel releases the 486SX chip

Apr 01 Richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95

Apr 30 Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh

Apr 28 The birth of Ken Curtis, American actor

Apr 03 UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution

Apr 29 Environment Minister Jean Charest announces $100 million program to clean up toxic sites and contaminated waste dumps in the Arctic, most are from the US and Canadian military

Apr 09 Georgia SSR votes to seceede from the USSR

Apr 03 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox

Apr 28 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched

Apr 05 US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq

Apr 11 Ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster

Apr 12 US announces closing of 31 major US military bases

Apr 09 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas

Apr 08 US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour

Apr 03 "Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC

Apr 25 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment

Apr 19 Battle of the Ages-Heavyweight champ Evander Hollyfield beats 42 year old George Foreman

Apr 26 Vice-Admiral Charles Thomas resigns, warns defense cuts will threaten sovereignty and endanger lives of military personnel

Apr 05 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched

Apr 03 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation

Apr 15 Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglarly

Apr 15 David Lean director (Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 83

Nov 24 The first international flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)

Nov 23 Evander Hollyfield retains HW boxing title, KOs Bert Cooper in 7

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