Historical Events in 1991 (Part 6)

Events 1001 - 1,074 of 1,074

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 11 William Kennedy Smith found not guilty of rape
Dec 12 NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
Dec 12 Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection
Dec 12 Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test
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