Date: November 26, 1991
Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. Date: August 20, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence. 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 1991Mengistu Haile Mariam Flees Ethiopia, Ending Civil War, May 21, 1991RUF Invades…
Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. Date: December 1, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Vukovar Falls After 87-Day Siege, Croatian City Capitulates November 18, 1991Visegrád…
The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses. Date: August 8, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Missouri Court Sentences Zein Isa and Wife to Death for Honor Killing, December 20,…
Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others. Date: January 13, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Warsaw Pact Disbanded in Budapest – February 25,…
A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless. Date: April 29, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On…