Date: December 8, 1991
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) More events from 1991Sharon Pratt Dixon Becomes First Black Woman Mayor of D.C….
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 → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991ASA EMB 120 Crash in Brunswick,…
An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people. Date: October 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Georgian Independence Referendum: 99% Vote for Soviet Union Exit, March 31, 1991Baltic Leaders Sign OSCE Final…
Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. Date: February 7, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Iraq Uprisings Against Saddam Hussein Begin, 25,000+ Dead – March 1, 1991Warsaw Pact Formally Disbands…
Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed. Date: February 13, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1991…
Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into…