Indian Airlines Flight 257 Crashes Near Imphal, 69 Killed August 16, 1991
Date: August 16, 1991
Date: August 16, 1991
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 β π Other events on May 31 π Events on this day in 1991 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Azerbaijan Declares Independence…
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 β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1991 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Coalition Forces Begin Gulf War Against Iraq,…
The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War. Date: March 23, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 23 π Events on this…
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 β π Other events on July 7 π Events on this day in 1991 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Ryan International Airlines…
The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1. Date: September 6, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 6 π Events on this day in 1991 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Γtzi the Iceman Discovered in the…
Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union. Date: September 21, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 21 π Events on this day in 1991 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Haitian Coup d’Γtat September 29, 1991Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-37 to Deploy Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, April 5,…