The SAS Operations | Gulf-war | Britain's Small Wars". britains-smallwars.com . Retrieved 2020-08-18. [ permanent dead link] Estonia, Latvia Vote Overwhelmingly for Independence: Baltics: Secession from the Soviet Union passes by wide margins in both republics. The next test is a countrywide referendum on Gorbachev's plan". Los Angeles Times. 1991-03-04 . Retrieved 2021-06-12. Jun 25 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, beating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the 1st round May 18 – Somaliland secedes from Somalia; its independence is not recognised by the international community. [127] [128]

Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd in the Santa Cruz cemetery killing an estimated 250 East Timorese protesters. Typhoon Kinna Jun 18"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" single released by Bryan Adams (Billboard Song of the Year, 1991) He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

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Former U.S. postal worker Joseph Harris kills his former girlfriend and her fiance and two former co workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey which resulted in the phrase "going postal" . Poland Lech Walesa Aug 19 Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian football player (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), born in Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia Since we cannot return to that era, and some (including, it seems, Freedman) would not want us to, it is not implausible to look into the future with misgiving. Those who do so, like myself, hope we are mistaken. July 16 – Soviet President Gorbachev arrives in London to ask for aid from the leaders of the G7. [179] [180]

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March 9 – Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade; two people are killed and tanks are deployed in the streets. [65] Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p137 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 September 22 – The Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls available to the public for the first time. [234] [235] [236]

The leaders of the Baltic States, Arnold Rüütel of Estonia, Anatolijs Gorbunovs of Latvia and the Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, signed the OSCE Final Act in Helsinki, Finland. [263] Gulf War: U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz but fails to produce a plan for the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. [9] [10] History of the U.S. and Albania". U.S. Embassy in Albania. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021 . Retrieved 2021-02-02. A South Atlantic tropical cyclone develops in the Southern Hemisphere off the coast of Angola, the first of its kind to be documented by weather satellites. [95] United States. National Transportation Safety Board (1995). Aircraft Accident Report. U.S. Government. p.107.January 18 – Eastern Air Lines shuts down after 62 years of operations, citing financial problems. Later on December 4, Pan American World Airways ceases its operations. [24] [25] The 1991 Census was the first to include an ethnicity question (in both censuses in England and Wales, and in Scotland). The question included 9 boxes, 7 labelled with pre-coded categories and 2 allowing people to write in their ethnicity.