WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1991
Find out what all happened March to August 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)

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

The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends. (19. June 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)

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)

Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. (21. August 1991)

Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. (26. May 1991)

Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment. (22. July 1991)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. (20. August 1991)

Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union. (21. August 1991)

Édith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister. (15. May 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)

Mount Pinatubo exploded, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high. (7. June 1991)

The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa. (4. August 1991)

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

Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War. (27. June 1991)

Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record. (1. May 1991)

The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. (20. June 1991)

Lauda Air Flight 004, a Boeing 767, crashes in an area of western Thailand after a thrust reverser malfunction. All 223 people aboard are killed. (26. May 1991)

The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. (10. July 1991)

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