WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1991
Find out what all happened January to August 1991

Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War. (5. January 1991)

Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic. (12. June 1991)

In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die. (15. June 1991)

The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. (15. March 1991)

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

Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua. (16. February 1991)

The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. (20. June 1991)

Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. (17. January 1991)

Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. (9. March 1991)

The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. (28. May 1991)

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

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

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

The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress . (4. April 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)

Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000. (13. January 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)

Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. (9. January 1991)

Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140. (10. April 1991)

A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. (10. April 1991)