Historical Events In 1991

Jan 28 18th American Music Award M C Hammer &Janet Jackson

Jan 03 Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years

Jan 28 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV

Jan 06 Jorge Serrano Elías elected President of Guatemala

Jan 12 US Congress authorises military strikes against Iraq, for its invasion of Kuwait

Jan 11 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence

Jan 19 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title

Jan 11 Ben Johnson first race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd

Jan 23 High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR

Jan 07 Soviet paratroopers sent to Baltic Republics

Jan 04 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th

Jan 18 US acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career

Jan 03 Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years

Jan 20 Seven men identified as allied airmen captured during the Persian Gulf War were put on Iraqi television in Baghdad.

Jan 01 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak

Jan 06 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds)

Jan 18 Eastern Airlines stopped flying and said it would liquidate its assets. The announcement followed a two-year effort to escape bankruptcy.

Jan 31 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days)

Jan 18 Eastern Airlines goes out of business after 62 years

Jan 30 The Hudson's Bay Company announces it is selling its fur business due to declining sales

Jan 16 The White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

Jan 22 Iraq launched the third and bloodiest Scud missile attack against Israel, injuring 98 people. Three others died of heart attacks.

Jan 14 Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR

Jan 04 AT"T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable everyone wonders what happened

Jan 31 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days)

Jan 31 Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude

Jan 25 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government

Jan 20 Iraq pardes captured Allied airmen on TV

Jan 20 "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City NY after 72 performances

Jan 04 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland

Jan 17 Iraq fires 8 SCUD missiles on Israel

Jan 10 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis

Jan 20 "Les Miserables," opens at Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles

Jan 03 Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders

Jan 10 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans

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