Page 17: Historical Events In 1991

Aug 15   On this day in history marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74   

Aug 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies on this day in history.   

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   Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 21   In the year 1991 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   In the year 1991 royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0   

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

Aug 28   Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies in the year 1991.   

Aug 28   Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher in the year 1991.   

Aug 29   On this day in history dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies   

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   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   On this day in history dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points   

Aug 30   France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13« in the year 1991.   

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 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   On this day in history renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64 in the year 1991.   

Jan 07   Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64 in the year 1991.   

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