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)
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)
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite. Date: August 2, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles. Date: July 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board. Date: July 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. Date: July 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. Date: July 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Date: July 7, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Finnish operator Radiolinja is launched as the world's first GSM network. Date: July 1, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)