Historical Events for October 1991
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Months in 1991: January February March April May June July August September November December
Results 1 - 84 of 84
1st - Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
1st - New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 commences.
2nd - Eric Lindros, refused to sign with Quebec Nordiques
2nd - Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches
2nd - Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title & becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans
3rd - 25th Country Music Assn Award:
4th - Delta Center in Salt Lake City Utah
4th - NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier
4th - San Jose Sharks lose 4-3 to Vancouver Canucks in their 1st NHL game
4th - Whiteland Janice, driven by Mike Lachance, wins Kentucky Futurity
4th - The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
5th - Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
5th - Military transport plane crashes at Djakarta, 133 dies
5th - NJ Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues
5th - USSR reduces nuclear weapons arsenal
5th - Carlos Huerta's NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157
5th - Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17
5th - The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
6th - Elizabeth Taylor weds for 8th time (Larry Fortensky)
6th - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Daikyo World Golf Championship
6th - NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
6th - Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
7th - Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics
7th - Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
7th - Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her
8th - The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia
9th - "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 99 perfs
9th - Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas
9th - San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
9th - Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
10th - Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
10th - Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
10th - US cuts all foreign aid to Haiti
11th - Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrased her
11th - Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59
11th - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
12th - Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
12th - Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
12th - Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
12th - Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw
12th - Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
12th - Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime
13th - Actress Katey Segal suffers a miscarriage
13th - Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
13th - Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
14th - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
14th - NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th NHL goal
15th - Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48)
16th - George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas
16th - US Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case
16th - Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
16th - Jharkhand Chhatra Yuva Morcha is founded at a conference in Ranchi, India.
17th - Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
17th - Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games
17th - News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
17th - Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)
18th - "Most Happy Fella" closes at NY State Theater NYC
18th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
19th - Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)
19th - Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
20th - "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 9 perfs
20th - 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die
20th - Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black
20th - Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
21st - 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif
21st - Former Calif gov Jerry Brown announce run for presidency
21st - US hostage Jesse Turner released from 5 years in captivity in Beirut
22nd - General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
23rd - "Les Miserables," opens at Mogador Theatre, Paris
23rd - Clarence Thomas, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
23rd - Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women
24th - "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 421 perfs
24th - Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
25th - Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah
27th - "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 9 perfs
27th - "Homecoming" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 49 performances
27th - John Brodie wins Security Pacific Senior Golf Classic
27th - Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7
29th - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
30th - Colombian govt negotiate with M-19-guerrilla
30th - Mark Sauer becomes CEO of Pitts Pirates
30th - Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
30th - Singer Clint Black (34) weds actress Lisa Hartman (29)
31st - Palestinians attend US mideast peace talks in Madrid

