A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites. Date: April 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140. Date: April 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: April 9, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Date: April 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard, including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. Date: April 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. Three of the hostage takers and three hostages are killed. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Warsaw Pact formally disbands. Date: March 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union. Date: March 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)