WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened July to September 1991

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

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

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

Estonia, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of historical continuity of its pre-World War II statehood. (20. August 1991)

Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union (25. August 1991)

Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union. (1. September 1991)

The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States. (16. September 1991)

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

The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (6. September 1991)

Tajikstan declares independence from the Soviet Union. (9. September 1991)

Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union. (31. August 1991)

Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union. (21. September 1991)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. (19. August 1991)

Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. (29. August 1991)

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

The Medininkai Massacre in Lithuania. Soviet OMON attacks Lithuanian customs post in Medininkai, killing 7 officers and severely wounding one other. (31. July 1991)

Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux. (25. August 1991)

The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad since 1924. (6. September 1991)

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists. (19. September 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)