Date: June 12, 1991
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense. Date: April 28, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Kokkadichcholai Massacre: Sri Lankan Army Kills 152…
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991RUF…
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. Date: August 19, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War. Date: January 16, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991UN Deadline for Iraq to Withdraw from Kuwait Expires, January 15, 1991Fifty-Five Tornadoes Strike…
Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. Three of the hostage takers and three hostages are killed. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Sharon…