Page 17: Historical Events In 1991

Aug 19   A coup attempts to remove President Gorbachev from power in the Soviet Union.   

Aug 19   Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev   

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

Aug 21   Attempted coup against Mikial Gorbachev stopped by Boris Yeltsin.   

Aug 21   Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days   

Aug 21   Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101   

Aug 22   Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide   

Aug 23   Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93   

Aug 24   Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99.   

Aug 24   Gorbachev steps down as head of USSR Communist Party.   

Aug 24   Ukraine declares independence from the USSR.   

Aug 25   Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds.   

Aug 25   Don Nute, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56   

Aug 26   Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0   

Aug 28   5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident.   

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

Aug 28   Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher   

Aug 29   Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies.   

Aug 29   In this year, John F Kennedy Jr claims his inaugural law case   

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

Aug 29   The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR.   

Aug 30   Alan Wheatley   

Aug 30   Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8812 points.   

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

Aug 31   Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93   

Sep 01   Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30   

Sep 02   Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies.   

Sep 03   Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94.   

Sep 04   Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77   

Sep 04   Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, the last drive-in in NJ, closes   

Sep 05   Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston   

Sep 05   The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), wound up by the Congress of Peoples Deputies.   

Sep 05   US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins   

Sep 06   USSR recognizes independence of the 3 baltic republics.   

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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 in the year 1991.   

Jan 04   Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82 in the year 1991.   

Jan 06   In the year 1991 ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64   

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   In the year 1991 dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62