WHAT HAPPENED IN 1991.
Look what happened the 1991.

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

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

The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November, during the Croatian War of Independence (25. August 1991)

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

The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (27. August 1991)

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

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

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

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

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

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force. (5. September 1991)

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

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

The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent. (8. September 1991)

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

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

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

The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. (17. September 1991)

Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities. (18. September 1991)