Historical Events for May 1991

Months in 1991: January February March April June July August September October November December

Events 1 - 78 of 78

1st - "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
1st - A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks
1st - Angola's civil war ends
1st - Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
1st - Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings
1st - Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
1st - Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)
1st - Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbian, homosexual & hetrosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC
2nd - Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus
3rd - 356th & final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
3rd - The Declaration of Windhoek is signed.
4th - 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03
4th - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
4th - Actress Sharon Gless & producer Barney Rosenzeig wed
4th - Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9)
4th - Morris K Udall, (Rep-D-Ariz), resigns due to Parkinson disease
4th - NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
4th - Pres Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat
5th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
264th Pope John Paul II 5th - A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after a Salvadoran man is shot by police.
6th - Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
6th - Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
6th - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
7th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
7th - Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
8th - CIA director William H Webster resigns
9th - Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
9th - Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
10th - Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
12th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
12th - A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
13th - "Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale
13th - Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
13th - South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
King of Pop Michael Jackson 13th - Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
14th - 42 die in a train collision is Japan
14th - Robert M Gates becomes head of CIA
14th - World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs
14th - Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping & beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal
15th - Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama"
15th - Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier
15th - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
15th - Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns
15th - Pres Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Balt Oriole game
15th - Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
16th - Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character)
16th - Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress
17th - Lupita Jones, 23, of Mexico, crowned 40th Miss Universe
18th - 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
18th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
18th - USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
19th - "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert NYC after 225 perfs
19th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
19th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
19th - Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan 20th - Chic Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP
20th - Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save
20th - Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad
21st - Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
22nd - Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome
22nd - NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
22nd - Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea
23rd - Last Cubans troops leave Angola
23rd - Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0
23rd - San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship
23rd - US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion
25th - "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35
25th - Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
25th - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minn North Star, 4 games to 2
26th - Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
27th - Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
28th - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
29th - "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland NZ
29th - Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I
30th - 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic
30th - Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)
30th - Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable
31st - Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war