34 events found for 1991
British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked,…
Hudson Volcano in Chile began to erupt, depositing volcanic ash over 150,000 square kilometres (58,000 sq mi).
The Warsaw radio mast (pictured), then the tallest structure ever built, at 646.38 metres (2,120.7 ft), collapsed due…
Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against…
A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually…
Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the…
The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.
Croatian War of Independence: Yugoslav People's Army forces invaded the area surrounding Dubrovnik, Croatia, beginning…
Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official…
A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people…
An earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.