NASA Launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48, Deploys UARS September 12, 1991

Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end. 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 1991Gulf War Ground…

Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states. Date: August 22, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991World Wide Web Opens to the Public August 23,…

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 1991Ryan…

Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Date: May 24, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Crown Heights Riot Begins in New York City, August 19, 1991Moldova Declares Independence from the USSR…

Croatians vote for independence in a referendum. Date: May 19, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Belarus Gains Independence from Soviet Union on August 25, 199155 Tornadoes Strike Central U.S.; Andover, Kansas F5 Tornado…

Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Date: July 7, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Crown Heights Riot…