Page 17: 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   On this day in history 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   Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev in the year 1991.   

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 in the year 1991.   

Aug 21   Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history ukraine declares independence from the USSR   

Aug 25   On this day in history carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13« in the year 1991.   

Aug 31   Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 in the year 1991.   

Sep 01   Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1991 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   Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1991.