Historical Events in 1991 (Part 6)

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Nov 24 Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year

Nov 27 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ

Nov 27 Third Nigerian population census begins
Nov 29 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
Nov 29 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
Nov 30 1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1
Nov 30 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die
Nov 30 Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide
Nov 30 San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles
Nov 30 56th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 13-6 in Birmingham
Dec 1 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 performances
Dec 1 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 performances
Dec 1 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
Dec 1 Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
Dec 1 Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
Dec 1 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands
Dec 1 Ukrainian people vote for independence
Dec 2 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets
Dec 2 Muslim Shi'ites release American hostage Joseph Cicippio held in Lebanon
Dec 3 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
Dec 3 Muslim Shi'ites release US hostage Alan Steen

Dec 3 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
Dec 4 Judds final concert (Nashville)
Dec 4 Muslim Shi'ites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
Dec 4 Pan American World Airways ceased operations
Dec 4 Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
Dec 5 "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances
Dec 5 Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
Dec 5 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
Dec 6 "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
Dec 6 "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
Dec 7 A J Kitt, US, wins World Skiing Cup
Dec 8 "Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
Dec 8 "Nick & Nora" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 9 performances
Dec 8 Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
Dec 8 Russia, Belorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States
Dec 8 The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.

Dec 9 2nd Billboard Music Awards: Michael Jackson & Whitney Houston win

Dec 10 Howard Spira sentenced to 2½ years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner

Dec 12 Abuja replaces Lagos as the capital city of Nigeria
Dec 13 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
Dec 13 NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
Dec 13 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
Dec 14 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
Dec 14 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
Dec 15 "Nick & Nora" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 9 performances
Dec 15 Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
Dec 16 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
Dec 16 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
Dec 16 Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Dec 17 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts
Dec 17 NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80
Dec 17 Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 17 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode
Dec 18 DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
Dec 18 General Motors announces closing of 21 plants
Dec 19 "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 14 performances
Dec 19 6,000th episode of One Life To Live

Dec 19 Boris Yeltsin takes control of the Kremlin

Dec 19 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
Dec 20 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
Dec 20 Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
Dec 20 A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

Dec 20 "Father of the Bride" film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short, is released

Dec 21 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
Dec 21 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
Dec 21 Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States
Dec 23 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
Dec 25 Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala

Dec 25 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigns as President of USSR in a televised speech

Dec 26 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction

Dec 28 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year

Dec 29 "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 14 performances
Dec 29 12th United Negro College Fund
Dec 29 Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei
Dec 31 CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existence
Dec 31 Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner
Dec 31 Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83
Dec 31 J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner