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   Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Aug 17   In the year 1991 don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63  

Aug 17   Wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself in the year 1991.  

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   A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union on this day in history.  

Aug 19   In the year 1991 coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev  

Aug 20   In the year 1991 betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86  

Aug 21   Attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin in the year 1991.  

Aug 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1991.  

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1991 gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party  

Aug 24   Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 in the year 1991.  

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

Aug 28   In the year 1991 christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies  

Aug 28   Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1991 john F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case  

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

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

Aug 30   In the year 1991 alan Wheatley  

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

Aug 30   In the year 1991 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 in the year 1991.  

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   Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1991 berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78  

Jan 05   In the year 1991 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   On this day in history joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64  

Jan 08   In the year 1991 steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30  

Jan 10   On this day in history dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62