77 events found for 1991
The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a…
Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia…
Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.
Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots and kills seven people…
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house…
Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament…
Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of…
Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.