Swaggie events in 1991

By omar7

  • taxes come into effect

    the goods and services taxes come into effect

  • The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Israel's treatment of the Palestinians

  • Georgian troops attack Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War

  • Soviet forces storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence. January Events (Lithuania).

  • A fight and stampede at a pre-season exhibition match between South African football teams Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in the town of Orkney near Johannesburg, South Africa leaves 42 dead.

  • U.S. serial killer Aileen Wuornos confesses to the murders of six men

  • A SCUD attack on Tel Aviv injures 15 people

  • - The New York Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills in the NFL's Super Bowl XXV by the score of 20 - 19.

  • gluf war

    a candadian CF-18 hornet attacks and causes irreparable damage to an iraqi warship

  • tristen thompson was born <3

  • Rita Johnston becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Vander Zalm. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government of British Columbia

  • In the Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth $500 million from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum.

  • George Erasmus, leader of the Assembly of First Nations, resigns and is succeeded by Ovide Mercredi

  • The process leading to the privatization of Petro-Canada is begun

  • Greg Welch (AUS) and Sue Schlatter (CAN) win the 1991 ITU Triathlon World Cup race (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run) in Vancouver

  • Brad Beven (AUS) and Karen Smyers (USA) win the 1991 ITU Triathlon World Cup race (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run) in Toronto

  • The Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a majority, defeating Grant Devine's PCs

  • Dobbie-Castonguay Commission recommends an elected Senate and recognizing Quebec as a distinct society

  • Michael Harcourt becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Rita Johnston

  • Nellie Cournoyea becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Dennis Patterson, the first woman to do so.