Historical Events In 1991

Jan 16 Operation 'Desert Storm' begins against Iraq, for its invasion of Kuwait

Jan 07 The TV series Blossom debuts

Jan 14 Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys CA

Jan 17 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that Florida dentist David Acer had infected three patients with the AIDS virus.

Jan 28 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule

Jan 21 CBS News correspondent Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf

Jan 17 Operation Desert Storm begins-US led allies vs Iraq - first US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)

Jan 31 An earthquake measuring 6.6 occurs in the Hindu Kush Region . Estimated 200-400 people killed, many injured and many homes destroyed or damaged in Konar, Nangarhar and Badakhshan Provinces, Afghanistan.

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

Jan 09 Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse the gulf crisis

Jan 29 Yasushi Inoue Japanese historian, dies

Jan 13 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die

Jan 20 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles

Jan 01 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR

Jan 19 Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt

Jan 16 Operation Desert Storm begins - US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times)

Jan 01 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak

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

Jan 17 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title

Jan 07 Soviet paratroopers sent to Baltic Republics

Jan 17 Operation Desert Storm begins-US led allies vs Iraq - first US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)

Jan 11 Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title

Jan 01 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR

Jan 23 "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV

Jan 21 Iraq announced that it would use hostages as human shields against allied warplanes.

Jan 17 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 114.60, the second highest one-day point-gain ever.

Jan 17 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title

Jan 13 President Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected

Feb 23 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested

Feb 13 US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334

Feb 14 Air raid shelter at Baghdad bombed killing 300

Feb 16 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands

Feb 11 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Organization forms in Hague Netherlands

Feb 02 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs New Zealand at Wellington

Feb 04 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose

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