WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened May to November 1991

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

The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends. (19. June 1991)

Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb kills 1 civilian. (7. October 1991)

Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission. (31. May 1991)

Édith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister. (15. May 1991)

An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan. (20. November 1991)

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. (4. October 1991)

Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. (25. June 1991)

The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens. (30. October 1991)

Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. (28. August 1991)

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. (17. September 1991)

Moldova declares independence from the USSR. (27. August 1991)

History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. (25. October 1991)

Croatians vote for independence in a referendum. (19. May 1991)

Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union. (24. August 1991)

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. (29. August 1991)

Crown Heights riot: Black groups target Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights in New York, New York for three days, after two black children were hit by a car driven by a Hasidic man. (19. August 1991)

Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (9. October 1991)

Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland. (18. November 1991)

Manmohan Singh presents his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India (24. July 1991)