Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on STS-44, November 24, 1991

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…

Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise. Date: June 23, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Kyrgyzstan Declares Independence from Soviet Union,…

Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: April 9, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Nursultan Nazarbayev Sworn In as Kazakhstan’s First President, December 10, 1991Visegrád Group Signed to Promote Free-Market Cooperation, February…

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 → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this…

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: August 24, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1991Tim Berners-Lee Releases World Wide Web Files, Public Internet Debut August 6,…

An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard, including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. 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 1991United Airlines Flight 585 Crash…