Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the Eastern Province town of Batticaloa. Date: June 12, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia. Date: June 12, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high. Date: June 7, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission. Date: June 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission. Date: May 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. Date: May 28, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board. Date: May 26, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day…
Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. Date: May 26, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)