Date: February 17, 1991
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Date: April 5, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Mount Pinatubo Eruption Kills 800 in Philippines June 15, 1991USAir Flight…
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…
Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon. Date: May 1, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Soviet Troops Attack Lithuanian…
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Soviet…
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) More events from 1991Kazakh Soviet Republic Renamed Republic of Kazakhstan, December 10,…
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". Date: February 27, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Boris Yeltsin Becomes First Elected President of Russia, July 10, 1991Bangladesh Chittagong…