Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-37 to Deploy Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, April 5, 1991

Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras. Date: May 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Elizabeth II Signs Australia’s Victoria Cross Letters Patent, January 15,…

Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union. Date: October 27, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Zviad Gamsakhurdia Elected First Post-Soviet President of Georgia May 26, 1991Sudan Imposes Islamic Law Nationwide, Escalating Civil War,…

Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan. Date: December 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Soviet Union Recognizes Baltic States Independence September 6, 1991Israel Conducts Operation Solomon, Evacuating Ethiopian…

United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board. Date: March 3, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Rare South Atlantic Tropical Storm Near Angola Documented by…

Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated. Date: March 14, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991U.S. Congress Authorizes Gulf War…