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)
Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Date: May 24, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 8556 crashes at Pulkovo Airport, killing 13. Date: May 23, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras. Date: May 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Croatians vote for independence in a referendum. Date: May 19, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)