What Happened on January 3, 1991

Historical Events

8 Iraqi embassy officials are expelled from the UK
Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years

Gretsky Youngest to 700

Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest and youngest player in NHL history to score 700 goals (886 games at age 29 years, 342 days) in LA Kings’ 6-3 win over the NY Islanders at the Nassau Veteran Memorial Coliseum

Events in 1991

Famous Deaths

Luke Appling, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop, (7 x MLB All Star; AL batting champion 1936, 43; Chicago White Sox), dies of abdominal aortic aneurysm at 83

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