A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people. Date: October 20, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Date: October 18, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people. Date: October 17, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20. Date: October 16, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland. Date: October 15, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Date: October 14, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination. Date: October 11, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia. Date: October 8, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of the Banski Dvori in Zagreb, Croatia. Date: October 7, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)