4th » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
5th » An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
5th » The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
7th » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb kills 1 civilian.
8th » Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, rendering the country fully independent.
9th » Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works or Berne Convention copyright treaty.
18th » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
20th » The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
20th » A 6.8 Moment magnitude scale or Mw earthquake 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake or strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
27th » Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
29th » The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
30th » The Madrid Conference of 1991 named Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.