80 events found for 1991
The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various…
Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand…
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes…
The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October…
Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three…
NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
