WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened July to December 1991

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

Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (7. July 1991)

The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses. (8. August 1991)

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

The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum. (8. December 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)

The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library. (22. September 1991)

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

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)

An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137. (5. October 1991)

History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. (25. October 1991)

The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. (10. July 1991)

Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union. (27. October 1991)

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

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

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

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

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