WHAT HAPPENED IN 1991.
Look what happened the 1991.

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

Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA. (7. November 1991)

Dili Massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor. (12. November 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)

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

After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces. (18. November 1991)

An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan. (20. November 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)

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

South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia. (28. November 1991)

Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. (1. December 1991)

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

Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon. (4. 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)

In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May. (6. December 1991)

The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. (8. December 1991)

The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum. (8. December 1991)

The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR. (12. December 1991)