Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-37 to Deploy Gamma Ray Observatory, April 5, 1991

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the Alma-Ata Protocol establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in place of the collapsing Soviet Union. Date: December 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On…

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. 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 1991Elizabeth II Signs Australia’s Victoria Cross Letters Patent, January 15, 1991Hindu…

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 1991Mohamed Siad Barre…

Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries. Date: January 19, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Cold War Treaty Grants Germany Full Sovereignty – March 15, 1991Dead Sea…

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. Date: July 11, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Georgian Independence Referendum Supports Soviet Union Breakaway March…