Major Events 1991 Your chance to see what was in the news during the year that you were born

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Major Events of 1991 US, Britain, France and allied countries drive Iraq from Kuwait (Operation Desert Storm). Warsaw Pact officially dissolved. Attempted coup in Soviet Union. Break-up of USSR, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) formed. Croatia and Slovenia independent from Yugoslavia after a brief war. Bank of Credit and Commerce (BCCI) collapses. Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated. Helen Sharman is the first Briton in space. Linus Torvalds announces in a newsgroup that he is working on developing his own operating system (later to become Linux). Apple releases the first version of QuickTime. US airline Pan Am, ends operations. Back To Year Index

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