WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1991
Find out what all happened September to December 1991

Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations. (4. December 1991)

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

The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia. (27. November 1991)

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

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

American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103. (14. November 1991)

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

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union. (26. December 1991)

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

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

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

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

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

The last Kuwaiti oil field fire is extinguished. (6. November 1991)

In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide. (14. November 1991)

Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland. (18. November 1991)

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

Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile. (14. November 1991)

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

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