What is 1991?
{{Year nav|1991}} {{Year in various calendars|1991}} '''1991''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXCI]]) was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1991st year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1991}} == Events == [[File:Boris Yeltsin 22 August 1991-1.jpg|thumb|[[Boris Yeltsin]] (holding flag) in 1991]] * [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n troops attack [[Tskhinvali]], the capital of [[South Ossetia]]. This begins the [[1991–92 South Ossetia War]] * [[February 11]] &ndash; The [[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization]] (UNPO) forms in [[The Hague]], Netherlands. * [[March 23]] &ndash; The [[Sierra Leone Civil War]] begins. * [[April 29]] &ndash; A [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone|tropical cyclone]] hits [[Bangladesh]], killing an estimated 138,000 people. * [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Édith Cresson]] becomes France's first female [[premier]]. * [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Boris Yeltsin]], (a traitor) is elected President of Russia. * [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]] declare independence from [[Yugoslavia]]. * [[September 8]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Macedonia]] becomes independent. * [[September 26]] &ndash; ''[[Brum (TV series)|Brum]]'' &ndash; children's show. * [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Carl Bildt]] becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden, replacing [[Ingvar Carlsson]]. * [[November 24]] – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] lead singer [[Freddie Mercury]] dies from [[AIDS]] at the age of 45. * [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Paul Keating]] replaces [[Bob Hawke]] as the [[prime minister]] of Australia. * [[December 25]] &ndash; Soviet President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] resigns and the country itself is dissolved the following day * [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Soviet Union]] collapsed after 74 years of existance and is succeeded by [[Russian Federation]] , ending 74 years of Communist rule in Russia as well as Russia's superpower status. * [[Persian Gulf War]] – [[United States|America]] goes to war with [[Iraq]] after Ir