Cold War: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ukraine">Ukrainian</a> voters overwhelmingly approve a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1991 Ukrainian independence referendum">referendum for independence</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.