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1991 - Four Los Angeles police officers are charged with beating Rodney King.

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1991 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at age 84.

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1991 - Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at age 93.

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1991 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20.25 feet.

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1991 - Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil.

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1991 - Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union) relinquish all remaining rights.

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1992 - Birth of Sosie Bacon, American actress.

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1992 - Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship.

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1992 - Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes.

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1992 - Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at age 64.

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