Page 22: Historical Events In 1991

Dec 10   Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at 93.   

Dec 11   Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies.   

Dec 11   William Kennedy Smith are discovered not guilty of rape.   

Dec 12   Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford   

Dec 12   Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93   

Dec 12   Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection   

Dec 12   Salman Rushdie faces new death threats, after a paperback edition of 'The Satanic Verses' is published.   

Dec 13   Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation.   

Dec 13   New York assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud   

Dec 14   476 die when the ferry boat Salem Express sinks in the Red Sea   

Dec 14   In this year, Desmond Howard of Michigan claims the Heisman trophy   

Dec 14   John Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies.   

Dec 15   Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90.   

Dec 16   Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies   

Dec 16   UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote   

Dec 17   John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

Dec 17   Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6000th episode   

Dec 18   DeForest Kelly, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek, gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame   

Dec 18   General Motors announces the closing of 21 plants.   

Dec 18   June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73.   

Dec 19   6000th episode of One Life To Live   

Dec 19   Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin.   

Dec 19   Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81.   

Dec 20   Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies.   

Dec 21   95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)   

Dec 21   El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane   

Dec 21   Ted Turner and Jane Fonda wed.   

Dec 22   Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91.   

Dec 23   Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73.   

Dec 23   New York Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell steps down.   

Dec 24   Mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's inaugural female senators.   

Dec 24   Mikhail Gorbachev steps down as head of the Soviet Union.   

Dec 24   Walter Hudson, 1025 lb man, dies at 46.   

Dec 25   Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90.   

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Jan 01   Charles b timmer: Dutch writer (russia black on white),    

Jan 02   Renato rascel: Actor (7 hills of rome),    

Jan 04   Berry kroeger: Actor (demon seed),   

Jan 05   John eckhardt: Actor born without legs (freaks),    

Jan 06   Ada moore: Entertainer,    

Jan 07   Joe hicks: Baseball coach,    

Jan 08   Steve clark: Guitarist (def leppard-hysteria),    

Jan 10   Dimitris myrat: