Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-43 to Deploy TDRS-5 Satellite, August 2, 1991

Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed. Date: February 13, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1991…

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. Date: September 17, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991George Hennard Killeen Texas Shooting Kills 23, Wounds 20…

Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. Date: July 1, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Mikhail Gorbachev Resigns as Soviet Union President, December 25, 1991Yugoslav People’s Army…

All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date, five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved. Date: December 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Operation Desert Storm Begins; F-117…

Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union. Date: March 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Boris Yeltsin Becomes First Elected President of Russia,…

Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. Date: August 29, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Kazakh Soviet Republic…