Mount Unzen erupts in Ky?sh?, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
Tag Archives: 1991
28 February 1991
The first Gulf War ends.
4 December 1991
Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
21 August 1991
Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
19 May 1991
Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
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3 March 1991
An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
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28 February 1991
The first Gulf War ends.
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25 February 1991
The Warsaw Pact is abolished.
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16 January 1991
Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
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12 November 1991
Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
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