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   In the year 1991 pres Bush declares the recession is near an end   

Aug 16   In the year 1991 robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43   

Aug 17   Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 in the year 1991.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 in the year 1991.   

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 in the year 1991.   

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   In the year 1991 abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99   

Aug 24   Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party in the year 1991.   

Aug 24   In the year 1991 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   Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   In the year 1991 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   On this day in history red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher   

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   In the year 1991 the Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR   

Aug 30   Alan Wheatley on this day in history.   

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

Sep 01   In the year 1991 mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30   

Sep 02   Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies in the year 1991.   

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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   In the year 1991 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 in the year 1991.   

Jan 05   In the year 1991 john Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82   

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   Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 in the year 1991.