Today in History for November 1991

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 75 of 75

1st - New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules & Traffic signs enforced
1st - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
2nd - Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song
2nd - Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter & rallying to beat Weber State 55-49
2nd - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou
2nd - Bartholomew I becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
3rd - 21st NYC Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27
3rd - 22nd NYC Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28
3rd - Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)
4th - Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain
5th - Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan
5th - Richard J Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA
6th - "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin NYC for 32 perfs
6th - Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
6th - Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii
6th - Maximus 2.0 BBS released
6th - Robert M Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA
6th - Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party
7th - "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 12 performances
7th - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
7th - 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95
7th - Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers
8th - Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV
8th - Paul Coffey sets NHL defensman soring mark with 311th goal
9th - Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts
10th - Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception
10th - Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Phila 32-30
10th - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
Tennis Player Martina Navratilova 10th - Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins
10th - Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game
10th - South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India
12th - "Full House" 100th episode-twins are born
12th - Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award
12th - Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die
12th - Dili Massacre, Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
13th - Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state
13th - Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
14th - Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV
14th - Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal & is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
14th - American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
14th - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
15th - Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
15th - Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
King of Pop Michael Jackson 17th - "Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances
17th - 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
17th - Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
18th - France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
18th - Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
18th - Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations & is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
19th - Balt Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken wins his 2nd AL MVP
20th - Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
21st - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
22nd - NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension
23rd - A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS
23rd - Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
23rd - Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)
23rd - Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games
23rd - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols
Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield 23rd - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season & 15,031 for career
24th - 1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
24th - 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
24th - After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
24th - Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
24th - Rachmon Nabijev elected pres of Tadzjikistan
24th - US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched
26th - Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
27th - "Peter Pan" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
27th - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba)
27th - Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ
29th - TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
29th - Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
30th - 1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1
30th - 93 cars & 11 truck accident near SF during a dust storm, 17 die
WWF Wrestler Hulk Hogan 30th - Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide
30th - San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing & scoring titles

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5

10th - Inseong Cho, South Korean actor
11th - Christa B. Allen, American actress
15th - Shailene Woodley, American Actress
23rd - Anurag Kashyap, 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
27th - Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean Gymnast

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 52 of 52

1st - Joseph Papp, US theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70
2nd - Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72
2nd - Irwin Allen, dir (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure), dies at 75
5th - Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83
5th - Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68
6th - Andre Vandernoot, Flemish fluitist/conductor, dies at 64
6th - Gene Tierney, actress (Laura, Whirlpool), dies of emphysema at 70
7th - Gene Tierney, US actress (Laura/Heaven can wait), dies at 70
7th - Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (b. 1920)
8th - Christine Felsmann, dies
8th - Frances Faye, singer/actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes
8th - John Kirckpatrick, US musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies
8th - Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45
9th - Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies
9th - Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70
10th - Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Ital Colonies (1931-38), dies
10th - Franco Malfatti, president of Commission of Europe (1970-1972), dies
10th - Tutte Lemkow, dancer/dir (Capt Paradise, I am a Camera), dies at 73
10th - William Afflis, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
12th - Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack
12th - Diane Brewster, actress (Courage of Black Beauty), dies at 60
12th - Howard Brunner, dies of AIDS at 51
12th - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, cardinal/archbishop of Montreal, dies at 87
13th - Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb
13th - Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80
13th - Hanson Baldwin, US military historian, dies at 88
14th - Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
16th - Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
17th - John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80
17th - Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33
17th - Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
18th - Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
19th - Reggie Nalder, actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
20th - Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
21st - Daniel Mann, US director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
21st - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
21st - Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
21st - Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
22nd - Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies
23rd - Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
23rd - Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
24th - Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47
24th - Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
24th - Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
25th - Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86
26th - Bob Johnson, US hockey coach (Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 60
26th - Dehl Berti, actor (Bullies), dies of heart attack at 70
26th - Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Phila
26th - Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft; b. 1908)
29th - Frank Yerby, US writer (Health Card, The Dahomean), dies at 75
29th - Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87
30th - P G Z (Zin) Harris, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ 1962-65), dies