WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened November to December 1991

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union. (25. December 1991)

In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide. (14. November 1991)

Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA. (7. November 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)

In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May. (6. December 1991)

Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia. (22. December 1991)

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union. (26. December 1991)

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

American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103. (14. November 1991)

Paul Keating sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Australia after defeating Bob Hawke in a leadership ballot of the Australian Labor Party. (20. December 1991)

South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia. (28. November 1991)

Kazakhstan gains its independence from the Soviet Union. (16. December 1991)

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina. (20. December 1991)

Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile. (14. November 1991)

After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces. (18. November 1991)

Canada and Poland become the first nations on earth to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. (2. December 1991)

The last Kuwaiti oil field fire is extinguished. (6. November 1991)

The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR. (12. December 1991)

All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved. (31. December 1991)

The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. (8. December 1991)