Historical Events In 1991

Mar 13   Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska) in the year 1991.  

Mar 14   British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment in the year 1991.  

Mar 14   Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave in the year 1991.  

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

Mar 14   World Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France) in the year 1991.  

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

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

Mar 15   On this day in history sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¼'  

Mar 15   Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil in the year 1991.  

Mar 16   7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash in the year 1991.  

Mar 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1991 former Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr, who dismissed the Whitlam Labor government in 1975, dies in Sydney aged 76.  

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

Mar 17   New Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70% in the year 1991.  

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   On this day in history jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72  

Mar 18   In the year 1991 mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round  

Mar 18   On this day in history more than 70,000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes.  

Mar 19   In the year 1991 john Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies  

Mar 19   In the year 1991 kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers  

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

Mar 19   Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses in the year 1991.  

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

Mar 20   Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in contract violation suit against Disney  

Mar 20   On this day in history michael Jackson signs $65M six album deal with Sony records  

Mar 20   US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland on this day in history.  

Mar 21   27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide in the year 1991.  

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   On this day in history leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies  

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Jan 01   In the year 1991 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 in the year 1991.  

Jan 04   Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78 in the year 1991.  

Jan 05   On this day in history john Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82  

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 in the year 1991.  

Jan 08   On this day in history steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30  

Jan 10   Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 on this day in history.