Date: December 8, 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…
Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua. Date: February 16, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Battle at Rumaila Oil Field Ends Gulf War, March 2, 1991Latvia Declares Full Independence from Soviet…
Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. Date: June 3, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Bicesse Accords Advance Angola Multi-Party Democracy Under UNAVEM II,…
Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew. Date: September 11, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Boris Yeltsin Becomes First Elected President of…
The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War. Date: March 23, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this…
Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives. Date: August 6, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19911991 Salvadoran Legislative Election: ARENA Wins 39…