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   On this day in history don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63  

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   Pan Am games closes in Havana in the year 1991.  

Aug 18   Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies in the year 1991.  

Aug 19   On this day in history a coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union  

Aug 19   On this day in history coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev  

Aug 20   On this day in history betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86  

Aug 21   Attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days in the year 1991.  

Aug 21   Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 23   On this day in history florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93  

Aug 24   Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99 in the year 1991.  

Aug 24   On this day in history gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party  

Aug 24   Ukraine declares independence from the USSR in the year 1991.  

Aug 25   Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds in the year 1991.  

Aug 25   Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 in the year 1991.  

Aug 26   On this day in history royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0  

Aug 28   5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident on this day in history.  

Aug 28   Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher  

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   The Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR in the year 1991.  

Aug 29   On this day in history the Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR  

Aug 30   In the year 1991 alan Wheatley  

Aug 30   Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points in the year 1991.  

Aug 30   In the year 1991 france beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13«  

Aug 31   Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   On this day in history mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30  

Sep 02   Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1991 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   Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62