Page 9: Historical Events In 1991

Apr 05   Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23.   

Apr 05   Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched.   

Apr 05   US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq   

Apr 06   Bill Ponsford, cricketer (Test avg 48 22, 1st-class avg 65 18), dies.   

Apr 06   Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy   

Apr 09   Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 (Windows was gaining popularity)   

Apr 09   Georgia SSR votes to seceede from the USSR   

Apr 09   Georgia votes to seceede from the USSR   

Apr 09   Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73   

Apr 09   Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas.   

Apr 09   Oakland A's stadium is recorded as becoming inaugural outdoor arena to ban smoking   

Apr 10   Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry and Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35   

Apr 11   Ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster   

Apr 11   Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands   

Apr 11   Tom Rosqui, dies at 62.   

Apr 11   UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration   

Apr 12   2500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs.   

Apr 12   James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies   

Apr 12   US announces closing of 31 major US military bases.   

Apr 15   David Lean director (Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 83.   

Apr 15   Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglarly   

Apr 15   Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week.   

Apr 16   David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83.   

Apr 17   Dow Jones closes for inaugural time over 3000   

Apr 17   Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97   

Apr 17   Railroad workers go on strike in the US.   

Apr 18   Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike   

Apr 19   Battle of the Ages-Heavyweight champ Evander Hollyfield beats 42 year old George Foreman   

Apr 19   Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990   

Apr 20   Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78   

Apr 20   Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million   

Apr 21   Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74.   

Apr 22   In this year, Intel releases the 486SX chip   

Apr 22   Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show.   

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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: