Date: May 16, 1991
Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. Date: December 2, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Apartheid Ends: South Africa Repeals Population Registration Act…
Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Date: October 23, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Warsaw Pact Disbanded in Budapest – February 25, 1991Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-37 to…
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…
The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Date: October 18, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991George Hennard Killeen Texas Shooting Kills 23, Wounds 20 – October…
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Date: October 14, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Gulf War: Bush Announces Kuwait Liberated, February 27, 1991Nursultan Nazarbayev Sworn In…
A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless. Date: April 29, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On…