WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened January to November 1991

In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia. (3. March 1991)

Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. (4. April 1991)

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

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

The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. (13. March 1991)

The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released. (5. October 1991)

A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters. (20. February 1991)

A Nationair Douglas DC-8 on Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes soon after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 on board. (11. July 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)

Dili Massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor. (12. November 1991)

Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest. (7. January 1991)

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

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

Luby's massacre: George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20 in Luby's Cafeteria. (16. October 1991)

Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. (12. January 1991)

Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. (7. February 1991)

The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. (14. April 1991)

Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union (9. April 1991)

The Siege of Dubrovnik begins. (1. October 1991)

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