WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened April to November 1991

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists. (19. September 1991)

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless. (29. April 1991)

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

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

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. (4. October 1991)

Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak). (26. April 1991)

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

Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War. (27. June 1991)

The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens. (30. October 1991)

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

Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. (25. June 1991)

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

National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names. (26. November 1991)

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

Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, starts "The Great Gage Park Decency Drive" picketing the park, starting their notorious picketing campaign that would later include funerals of AIDS victims and fallen American military. (30. June 1991)

Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era. (26. May 1991)

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

Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic's Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll. (12. October 1991)

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

The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. (18. October 1991)

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