Space Shuttle Endeavour Rollout, 1991 "NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly addresses the audience in attendance at the rollout ceremonies of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour which occured on April 25, 1991, at the Rockwell International facility, Palmdale, Calif. Endeavour, the fourth Orbiter to join the fleet, replacing the lost Challenger, can be seen in the background."
Source: NASA on The Commons.
ON THIS DAY: 24th August 1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
Burial ceremony of January Events victims in Vilnius, 1991 The January Events (Lithuanian: Sausio įvykiai) took place in Lithuania between January 11 and 13, 1991 in the aftermath of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. As a result of Soviet military actions, 13 civilians were killed and around 140 injured. The events were centered in its capital, Vilnius, along with related actions in its suburbs and in the cities of Alytus, Šiauliai, Varėna, and Kaunas.
Barricade in Riga to prevent the Soviet Army from reaching the Latvian Parliament, July 1991 In January 1991, however, pro-communist political forces attempted to restore Soviet power with the use of force. Latvian demonstrators managed to stop the Soviet troops from re-occupying strategic positions (January 1991 events in Latvia). On August 21, after unsuccessful attempt at a coup d'état in Moscow, parliament voted for an end to the transition period, thus restoring Latvia's pre-war independence. On September 6, 1991 Latvian independence was once again recognised by the Soviet Union.
President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Boris Yeltsin, standing on top of a tank in front of the building of the RSFSR’s Council of Ministers, Moscow, 1991 Boris Yeltsin reading a statement urging people to resist the attempted coup d’état. Two days later, following extensive civil resistance, the coup, which had been aimed at restoring the old-style communist system, collapsed. The Soviet Union itself dissolved in December 1991.
Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit video casting call, 1991
