Year 1991 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1991

The year 1991 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1991 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
16 May	Queen Elizabeth became the first British empress to address the Second US Congress.
18 May	Helen Sherman, Britain's first astronaut, flew to space. 27-year-old Helen departed from Kazakhstan in a Soviet space called Soyuz.
25 May	Israel expelled about 14,000 Jews from Ethiopia.
12 June	Boris Yeltsin became the then President of the Russian Republic.
15 June	The Congress won the tenth Lok Sabha election.
19 June	Hungary was liberated by the Soviet Union from its occupation.
20 June	Parliament approved the proposal to re-create the capital of unified Germany.
23 June	The African country of Moldova declared independence.
29 June	After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Organization of Cooperation of Eastern Countries 'Kamcon' was dissolved.
01 July	The Warsaw Pact was dissolved. The main objective of the Warsaw Pact was to combat the countries involved in NATO in Europe.
09 July	South Africa was allowed to participate in the Olympic Games again.
31 July	US President George HW Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
02 September	The United States formally recognized the independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
05 September	The first black ex-president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, was elected president of the African National Congress.
06 September	Russia's second largest city, located in Eastern Europe and North Asia, got its old name back to St. Petersburg.
08 September	The Republic of Macedonia became independent.
09 September	Tajikistan gained independence from the Soviet Union.
15 September	Macedonia, located in the south eastern region of Europe, declared its independence from Yugoslavia.
21 September	Armenia gained independence from the Soviet Union.
27 October	The High Council of Turkmenistan approved the independence of this country from the Soviet Union.
08 August	The United Nations Security Council approved the membership of North and South Korea.
15 December	Renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray was awarded the Special Oscar for his achievements in cinema.
02 January	Thiruvananthapuram Airport in Kerala was recognized as an international airport.
17 January	The Gulf War started as soon as the forces of America, Britain, France attacked Iraq.
01 February	The earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed around 1200 people.
10 February	Mike Tyson, the most successful boxing player in the world, was convicted of rape and sentenced to 6 years.
13 February	The US bombed Iraq, killing 334 people.
28 February	The 40-day war in the Persian Gulf declared a ceasefire by the then US President George Bush Sr.
02 March	A car bomb blast in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo killed 19 people, including the country's Deputy Minister of Defense Ranjan Vijayaratne.
06 March	Prime Minister Chandrasekhar Rao resigned from his post.
20 March	Begum Khalida Zia elected President of Bangladesh.
05 April	The spacecraft STS 37 Atlantis 8) was launched.
12 April	The Gulf War formally ended.
29 April	A cyclone in Chittagong, Bangladesh killed one lakh 38 thousand people and left one million people homeless.
27 February	President Bush declared victory over Iraq and ordered a cease-fire.
15 March	The United States and Albania resumed diplomatic relations for the first time since 1939.
22 April	The Social Democratic Party of Albania was founded.
24 May	Operation Solomon commissioned by Israeli Prime Minister Itzhac Shamir.
13 June	The us A viewer died of lightning in the open.
16 July	Ukraine celebrated its first independence day.
07 August	Former Prime Minister of Iran Shapore Bakhtiar was assassinated.
24 September	Lebanese hijackers released Jackie Mann after more than two years of imprisonment.
14 October	Bangla opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
05 November	Appointed the United States Senate Robert Gates as director of the Central Intelligence Department.
19 December	Bob Hawke was sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia by Paul Keating.
04 January	Jan Krzystof Bielicki became the premier of Poland.
05 January	The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu was evacuated by helicopter airlift days after violence enveloped Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War.
05 January	Brian Lara of West Indies completed 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG.
08 January	A local farmer reported a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence,France, claimed to be 'perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time'.
09 January	Representatives from the United States and Iraq met at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
12 January	Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
14 January	Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as President of Guatemala.
14 January	USSR decides to launch its new Premier named Valentine Pavlov.
15 January	Elizabeth II, as Queen of Australia, signed letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honours system.
16 January	US and its 27 allied countries have attacked for occupying Kuwait.
17 January	Harald V, the current King of Norway, succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father Olav V.
26 January	Factions led by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and his rebel group, the United Somali Congress, ousted President of Somalia Siad Barre from office.
28 January	The 18th American music award announced HC Hammer and Janet Jackson lacked the award.
29 January	Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, began.
31 January	The shortest NBA player Nugget's Michael Adams got triple double.
04 February	A new world record was made by Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones who made 467 STAND AGAINST Sri Lanka.
13 February	Gulf War: The United States Air Force dropped two laser-guided 'smart bombs' on an air-raid shelter in Baghdad, Iraq, which was believed to be a military command site, killing at least 408 civilians.
14 February	Upon the death of Carrie C. White, French woman Jeanne Calment became the world's oldest living person, and she went on to have the longest confirmed human life span in history, dying in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.
15 February	Troy State Seta NCAA Div II recorded with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute in about 187-117 points.
18 February	Edmonton oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NFL. He was suspended for a long session for substance abuse. On February 18, 1991 he shuts the New Jersey Devils by 4-0.
21 February	US called the plan unacceptable when U.S.S.R Announces that Iraq agrees to proposal to end Persian Gulf War.
26 February	British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.
03 March	Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles policemen, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African American community and the police department over the issues of police brutality and social inequalities in the area.
04 March	Iraq released 6 U.S., 3 British and 1 Italian POW.
08 March	The United States of America has made a nuclear test at ‘Nevada Test Site’
09 March	5th American Comedy Awards has been announced. Dennis Wolfberg has been adjudged as the best comedian.
11 March	Amateur wrestler, John Smith, won the wrestling championship and was honoured with ‘James E Sullivan Award’.
14 March	The 'Birmingham Six', wrongly convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, were released after sixteen years in prison.
17 March	Nearly 70% of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved in the Soviet Union referendum.
21 March	Two anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy collided at sea. Twenty-seven people died in the accident.
23 March	The Sierra Leone Civil War began when the revolutionary UnitedFront invaded Sierra Leone in an attempt by Joseph Said Momoa, with the support of special forces from Charles Taylor's National Democratic Front of Liberia.
07 April	'Shadow Lands' was locked in the theater son of family members in New York City. It lasted houseful for about 5 months.
07 April	Bob Knight, Larry O 'Bryan, Tiny Archball, Dave Consense, Harry Galatin and Larry Flasher were selected for the NBA Hall of Fame.
08 April	I Hate Halmet was released in Walter Cairn Theater in New York City. It lasted houseful for 88 days.
08 April	Bill Shomekar was paralyzed in a terrible car accident. He was injured.
15 April	The Secret Garden for 706 demonstrations opens in St. James Theater New York City.
15 April	20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18
21 April	The 4th marathon was achieved by the World Cup Jones Tostier.
21 April	The biggest additional innings return, the pits with 6 points on the 11th floor 5 runs Cube lead, Pirates also behind 7-2 below 9th place.
23 April	Byrne Borg defeated Jordy Erece 6-2, 6-3 after an interval of 8 years.
27 April	The Firestone was won by the World Bowling Tournament of Champions David Ozian.
29 April	Croatia declared independence.
29 April	Cyclone attack in Bangladesh, 139,000 people killed / 10 lakh homeless
03 May	The Canadian player of the National Hockey League, Came Blue, was injured during the game 3 in the 1991 Prince of Wales Conference final, which was done on 3 May by Ulf Samuelson. After another injury, he developed OS myositis Oscitons 'in the injured area' which left him for only 162 games for the remaining of his NHL career and forced him to retire at the age of 31 only.
05 May	Riots erupted in Washington, DC, a miscreant policeman shot a man from Salvador in the chest.
06 May	Time magazine has published an article called 'The Thriving Cult of Grad and Power', which is very important for the scientific organization, the major factors of the legal conflict, which ended when the recognition of the Church of Scientology joint The case was rejected in the Rit 2001 for the Certificate of the Supreme Court of the nation.
15 May	On 14 May 1991, Edith Cresson was appointed as the Prime Minister of France. She was the first and only woman to become the PM of France, although she had to step down within a year.
16 May	Elizabeth of the United Kingdom became the first monarchy to address the joint session of the US Congress on 17 May 1991.
18 May	Somaliland declared itself an independent state from 18 May 1991, which is not recognized by any other country or organization internationally.
18 May	The Somali National War declared the independence of Somalia, a real kingdom recognized as the autonomous region of Somalia, after the fall of the Central Government during the Somali State Civil War.
19 May	Despite a boycott by the local Serb population, voters in Croatia passed a referendum supporting independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
24 May	Israel defense forces started Operation Solomon, which was a cover to bring the Jews of Ethiopia to Israel.
26 May	Loda Air Flight 004 experienced the deployment of an engine without a engine and separated in mid-hwa, killing all 223 people.
10 June	Eleven -year -old Jessie Lee Dagard was abducted in Taho, South California; She remained a prisoner till 2009.
15 June	The explosion of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines stored the amount of particles in the atmosphere, which is enough to reduce the global temperature by about 0.5 ° C (0.9 ° F).
17 June	The Parliament of South Africa canceled the Population Registration Act, which requires that every resident of South Africa be classified and registered by caste as part of the system of apartheid.
19 June	Soviet's possession of Hungary ended. It was captured by the Soviet Union during World War II and the occupation lasted for 45 years. In the rise of the revolutions of 1989, Sovit soldiers began leaving Hungary and the final group of Soviet soldiers left Hungary on 19 June 1991.
19 June	After the end of the Soviet Union, the last Red Army soldiers left Hungary.
23 June	Video game Sonic The Hedgehog was first released, in which Sega Genesis 16-bit Console was converted into large-scale popularity.
23 June	The first installment of the SEZ the Hedgehog Video Game Series was first released, converting Sega into a leading game company.
25 June	Croatia and Slovenia declared their freedom from Yugoslavia. The socialist federal republic of Yugoslavia was the state of Yugoslav, which existed from its foundation after World War II. It was a socialist state and a union made of six socialist republics: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herjegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.
27 June	Slovenia has attacked on the beginning of a ten-day war by Yugoslav soldiers, tanks and aircraft, after declaring independence two days ago. The battle took place between Slovenia regional defense and Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), after Slovenia declares its independence. This went on when the Brajuni agreement was signed.
01 July	The Warsaw Treaty officially ended at a meeting in Prague. The Warsaw Treaty was a joint defense treaty of eight communist states of Eastern and Central Europe during the Cold War. The Warsaw Treaty was a military complementary for the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON), the regional economic organization of the Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe.
10 July	The South African cricket team was read at the ICC. The team was suspended due to the government's apartheid policy. Colorful players were sent out of the team and only the whites were allowed to play.
11 July	Middle flight caught fire and crashed immediately after the takeoff from King Abdulazes International Arabport, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, killing all 261 passengers.
15 July	The first female Sandi is the first woman to carry out the men's Pro Basketball (USBL) game. The game will be played between New Heaven Skyvox and Philadelphia Spirit.
22 July	American serial killer Jeffrey Dameer was arrested in Wilvayuki, Wisconsin, police discovered human remains in his box.
31 July	The troops of the Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit killed the seventh linear customs officers in Medininki in the most serious attack of the campaign against the Lithuanian border posts.
31 July	The Soviet Union and the United States signed the bilateralstart I Treaty (signed on the picture), which was the largest and most complex weapon treaty in history, which eventually brought 80% of all strategic nuclear weapons to exist.
04 August	An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos broke its fathom and moved away from the east coast of South Africa, but all survived the 571 ship.
06 August	British computer programmer Tim Burner-Li posted his ideas for a system of interlink, hypertext documentable through the Internet for the first time, called the 'World Wide Web '.
11 August	The 911 emergency number, which brings police and paramedics to the side of the sick or injured person, is being led in the fumigation. Other northwestern cities will also participate to test the new system and the number is very easy to remember.
27 August	Disintegration of the Soviet Union-Moldova declared its dependence after the failure of the Soviet coup's effort.
29 August	Italian trader Liber Grassi was killed by Sicilianmafia after publicly taken against his forced recovery demands.
03 September	25 people were killed when a fire broke out inside a burning chicken prolsing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
19 September	Oftzi, a well -protected natural mummy of a person from around 3300 BCE, was discovered by two German tourists.
01 October	The Resource Management Act of New Zealand became effective, so that natural and material resources such as land, airland water could be regulated to ensure their permanent use.
01 October	Croatian freedom struggle: Yugoslav National Army forces launched the city's siege of seven months, attacking the area around Dubrovanic in Croatia.
08 October	President Bush is reaching the decision to relax the federal banking rules to help nations to calm down difficulties with difficult debt conditions.
12 October	Iraq's nuclear program is banned by the United Nations Security Council to prevent exploitation and used as cover of secret weapons laboratories.
14 October	According to scientists of the International Affairs Authority in Australia, the Earth's protective ozone layer has shrunk from 4% in the last ten years, while in the last 10 years it was 2%.
30 October	The Middle East Peace Conference begins in Madrid. This is the first time Israel is discussing a peace plan for the Middle East with Palestinians, including all its Arab neighbors.
30 October	Madrid Conference, attempts to initiate peace process by the international process through negotiations convened in Madrid to include Israel Arab countries.
04 November	Former Philippine First Lady Emailda Marcos was waived by Kowrajon Aquino and allowed to return from exile.
12 November	In Eastern Timor, Indonesian forces opened fire on students to protest against the occupation of Eastern Timor, killing 250 people.
14 November	The US demands that Libya leader Colonel Gaddafi be handed over to the US intelligence officials on 193 charges of bombing PAN M Flight 103 lockerbi in December 1988.
18 November	The Croatian war of the freedom-Yugoslav People's Army ended the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending the 87-day siege.
20 November	Nagorno-Karbakh War-A Azerbaijan military helicopter, a peace guard mission team was shot in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, which disrupted the ongoing peace talks.
01 December	More than 92% of Ukrainian voters approved their country's dependence on 24 August as declared by Ukrainian Parliament.
08 December	Leaders from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed Belvezhacards, agreed to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of independent states.
19 December	Christmas Carol opens in Eugene O "Neil Theater New York City for 14 demonstrations.
25 December	In a national level aired speech, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as a representative of the Soviet Union.
26 December	The highest Soviet officially dissolved itself, fulfilling the thedissolution of the Soviet Union.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
21 May	Former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. The LTTE, an organization of Tamil rebels angry at sending peace forces to Sri Lanka, launched a suicide attack on Rajiv.
21 June	PV Narasimha Rao became the ninth Prime Minister of India.
10 October	India won the team title of the World Carrom Competition.
05 August	Justice Leela Seth became the first Indian woman to become the Chief Justice of the High Court.
21 February	Indian actress and singer Nutan passed away.
18 April	Kerala was declared the first fully literate state of India.
06 January	All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers was established in Udaipur.
21 May	Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, during an election campaign at Sriperumbudur near Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu. The assassinated LTTE suicide bomber was Tomozhi Rajaratnam, also known as Dhanu.
21 May	Former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
24 July	P. V. The government of Narasimha Rao and his Finance Minister Manmohan Singh introduced reforms that were starting the ongoing economicization in India.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
06 August	Hansika Motwani / Actress / India
12 October	Akshara Haas / Actress / India
20 November	Aparna Dikshit / Actress / India
21 June	Nungshi and Tashi / Mountaineer / India
29 August	Manasi Moghe / Model / India
30 September	Bidita Bag / Actress / India

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