Page 17: Historical Events In 1991

Aug 15   Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 in the year 1991.   

Aug 16   On this day in history pres Bush declares the recession is near an end   

Aug 16   Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Wade Frankum runs amok with automatic rifle and knife at Strathfield in Sydney, killing seven people and himself on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin   

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 in the year 1991.   

Aug 23   Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 24   On this day in history ukraine declares independence from the USSR   

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

Aug 25   In the year 1991 don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56   

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 in the year 1991.   

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

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   In the year 1991 leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1991 alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1991 dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62