Today in History for June 1991

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 90 of 90

1st - Roseanne Arnold & Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later
2nd - 45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers & Will Rogers Follies win
2nd - 4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
2nd - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
2nd - Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
2nd - Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin
3rd - Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history
3rd - NY Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft
3rd - Thomas Hearns captures WBA light-heavyweight title
4th - 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
4th - Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church
4th - Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders
4th - Robert Strauss becomes US ambassador to Soviet Union
5th - Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church
5th - Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
5th - Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
6th - Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
6th - Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store
6th - NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev 6th - Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, v West Indies at Headingley
7th - Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
8th - "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 48 perfs
8th - 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
8th - 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64)
8th - College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
8th - Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
8th - Victory parade held in Wash DC (Persian Gulf War)
8th - Warren Schutte, is 1st non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title
9th - 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
9th - 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
9th - Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
9th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
9th - WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
10th - "Twin Peaks," on ABC-TV
10th - 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton
10th - Mother of All Parades-NYC welcomes desert storm troops
10th - South Florida & Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises
11th - Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
12th - 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
12th - Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
13th - A spectator is killed by lightning at US Open Golf tournament
13th - NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
13th - The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication
14th - "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens
14th - Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in NYC
14th - Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands
15th - Carolyn Tanny & Bob Trischel wed
15th - Climactic eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines
15th - Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois.
16th - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 perfs
16th - -23] NYC Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week"
16th - 91st US Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline Natl GC Minn
Russian President Boris Yeltsin 16th - Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR
16th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
16th - Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
16th - Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day
16th - With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
17th - Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
17th - Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
17th - South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
18th - Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US
18th - Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
18th - SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
18th - Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
19th - 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie
19th - Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
19th - NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
Colombian Drug Lord Pablo Escobar 20th - The German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.
21st - Jirg Haider resigns as premier of Karinthia
21st - NY Islanders Denis Potvin & Mike Bossy, elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
22nd - "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 perfs
22nd - Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft
22nd - Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
23rd - "Odd Couple" opens & closes at Belasco Theater NYC
23rd - "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
23rd - Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
23rd - Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
24th - NHL adopts instant-replay & tenth of second clock in final minute
25th - Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
25th - Slovenia & Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
26th - "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 70 perfs
26th - ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 26th - Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss
26th - Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick
26th - Ky medical examiner announces Zachary Taylor died of natural causes
27th - Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
29th - "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 perfs
29th - 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
29th - Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon
30th - 37th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Meg Mallon

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 6 of 6

9th - Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening
10th - James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)
18th - Willa Holland, American actress
19th - Pontus Ekhem, Swedish hockey player
27th - Madylin Sweeten, American actress
30th - Kaho, Japanese actress

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 3 of 3

7th - Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
9th - Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa
21st - Eleanor Mondale marries Greg "Thunder" Malban (Minn DJ)

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

1st - Roseanne Arnold & Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 38 of 38

1st - David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50
3rd - Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62
3rd - Eva La Gailliene, Brit/US actress/director (Resurrection), dies at 92
3rd - Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan
3rd - Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
3rd - Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
6th - Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60
6th - Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64
6th - Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
7th - Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies
8th - Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies
8th - Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
9th - Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
9th - Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
9th - Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88
9th - Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
10th - Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Silence of Mer), dies
11th - Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
14th - Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies at 84
14th - Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83
15th - Happy Chandler, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (b. 1898)
16th - Vicky Brown, US singer (Power of Love), dies
18th - Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
19th - Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], US actress (Shane), dies at 90
22nd - Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
22nd - Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56
23rd - Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66
23rd - Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
24th - Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74
24th - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies at 91
24th - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (b. 1917)
26th - Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80
26th - Paul Andor, actor (Mad Lover, Enemy of Women), dies
27th - Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
27th - Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister), dies
27th - Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
28th - Ernie McCormick, cricketer (12 Tests for Australia), dies
28th - Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies