August 1991 calendar

August 1991
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1991.
The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1991: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1991?

Events

01 Aug 1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida
02 Aug 1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges
03 Aug 1991 Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
04 Aug 1991 1st time Seattle Mariners are 9 games over .500
06 Aug 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
07 Aug 1991 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league HR
08 Aug 1991 Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor
10 Aug 1991 Little Night Music closes at New York State NYC after 7 performances
11 Aug 1991 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
12 Aug 1991 Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan.
13 Aug 1991 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke
14 Aug 1991 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
15 Aug 1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park, New York.
16 Aug 1991 Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants
17 Aug 1991 West of Crescent City, California, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs.
18 Aug 1991 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic
19 Aug 1991 Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
20 Aug 1991 After the attempted coup in the Soviet Union, Estonia declares
21 Aug 1991 Communist coup is crushed in the USSR in 2 days
22 Aug 1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke
23 Aug 1991 The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (or quotSuper Nintendoquot) is released in the United States.
24 Aug 1991 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
25 Aug 1991 Getting Married closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 70 performances
26 Aug 1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
27 Aug 1991 Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
28 Aug 1991 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
29 Aug 1991 JFK Jr wins his 1st battle as an attorney
30 Aug 1991 Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka Poet Selvi
31 Aug 1991 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
09 Aug 1991 The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.