Historical Events In 1991

Feb 22 Iraq begins setting fire to Kuwait's oil installations

Feb 27 An allied ceasefire in the Gulf War begins, Iraqi forces withdraw from Kuwait.

Feb 28 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire

Feb 22 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs New Zealand at Hamilton

Feb 01 Craig McDermott takes 8-97 vs England at the WACA

Feb 23 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open

Feb 09 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration

Feb 01 President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws

Feb 22 Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal

Feb 21 Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York NY for 780 performances

Feb 24 In its first free elections since the collapse of communism, Lithuania rejects the Communist Party

Feb 25 28 Americans are killed in the Gulf War when an Iraqi Scud missile hits their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Feb 12 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence

Feb 23 US insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST

Feb 01 Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die

Feb 09 Voters in Lithuania vote for independence

Feb 12 North &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition

Feb 01 South African president F W de Klerk says he would repeal all apartheid laws

Feb 28 The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting

Feb 24 "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 126 performances

Feb 07 Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's first elected president

Feb 01 35 people die when a USAir jetliner crashes atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport.

Feb 04 US postage raises from 25¢ to 29¢

Feb 06 Debris from the Soviet space station 'Salyut 7' fall into the Atlantic as it breaks up

Feb 23 North Carolina is first NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games

Feb 23 Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho

Feb 24 US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops

Feb 10 Lithuania votes for independence from USSR

Feb 26 During the Gulf War, Kuwait City is liberated and Iraq begins its withdrawl

Feb 02 US postage is raised from 25¢ to 29¢

Feb 15 Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die

Feb 27 Ben Elton's "Silly Cow," premieres in London

Feb 27 Singer James Brown is released from prison

Feb 22 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32)

Feb 13 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel

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