WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1991
Find out what all happened September to October 1991

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

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

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

Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities. (18. September 1991)

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

The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad since 1924. (6. September 1991)

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

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. (17. September 1991)

Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, rendering the country fully independent. (8. October 1991)

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

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

Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union. (1. September 1991)

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

A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people. (20. 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 trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States. (16. September 1991)

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

The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage. (20. October 1991)

Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (9. October 1991)

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