Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu. Date: January 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War. Date: January 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia. Date: January 2, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date, five days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved. Date: December 31, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 crashes in Gottröra in the Norrtälje Municipality in Sweden, injuring 92. Date: December 27, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War. Date: December 26, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union. Date: December 25, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the Alma-Ata Protocol establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in place of the collapsing Soviet Union. Date: December 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On…
A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina. Date: December 20, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan. Date: December 10, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)