Date: November 20, 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…
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet. 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…
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. Date: June 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Battle of Vukovar Begins in Croatian War…
Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crashes during takeoff from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, killing both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants. Date: February 17, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Aung San Suu Kyi Wins…
Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia. Date: April 2, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The "Oh-My-God particle", an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measured at 40,000,000 times that of the highest energy protons produced in a particle accelerator, is observed at the University of Utah HiRes observatory in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Date: October 15, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this…