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U.S. HISTORY
The 1990s
Throughout the decade multiple attempts to solve the conflict between Israel and Palestinian territories were initiated including a near settlement in the mid-1990s with the Oslo accords when Israel allowed the creation of the autonomous Palestinian National Authority. Also, the 165 years of British control over Hong Kong ended with the transfer of jurisdiction to the People's Republic of China. In Europe, the decade was dominated by the Yugoslav wars, which resulted in the dissolution of Yugoslavia as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia declared their independence.
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1990
1991
Otzi, the 5300 year old Iceman from the Alps
Collapse of the Soviet Union--1991
| August 19 | Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is put under house arrest while vacationing in the Crimea during a coup. |
| August 20 | Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union, |
| August 21 | Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. |
| August 24 | Ukraine declares independence from Soviet Union |
| August 25 | Belarus declares independence from Soviet Union. |
| August 27 | Moldova declares independence from the Soviet Union. |
| August 30 | Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union |
| August 31 | Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan declare independence from the Soviet Union. |
| December 25 | Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union, from which most republics have already disbanded; the 73-year-old state is now expected to dissolve completely. |
| December 26 | The Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union. |
| December 31 | The Soviet Union officially ceases to exist. |
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Last updated: January 2009
