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)
Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland. Date: May 18, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. Date: May 16, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister. Date: May 15, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)