WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO APRIL 1991
Find out what all happened March to April 1991

A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. (10. April 1991)

Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved. (26. March 1991)

Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. (4. April 1991)

The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. (15. March 1991)

The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. (14. April 1991)

Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak). (26. April 1991)

Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returns to his country for the first time since Iraq's invasion. (4. March 1991)

Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union (9. April 1991)

United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25. (3. March 1991)

An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. (3. March 1991)

Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia. (2. April 1991)

Georgian independence referendum, 1991: nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union. (31. March 1991)

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless. (29. April 1991)

The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress . (4. April 1991)

Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. (9. March 1991)

Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140. (10. April 1991)

Local self-government was revived in 3 decades in South Korea. (26. March 1991)

The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. (13. March 1991)

Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War. (2. March 1991)

Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market. (26. March 1991)

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