February 1991

Monday 04:

The Baseball Hall of Fame votes to ban Pete Rose.

Tuesday 05:

A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.

Thursday 07:

Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

Saturday 09:

Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.

Monday 11:

UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands.

Wednesday 13:

Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy an underground bunker in Baghdad killing hundreds of Iraqis civilians.

Friday 15:

The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.

Saturday 16:

Gulf War: U.S. and U.K. war planes bomb the suburbs of Baghdad, injuring at least 11 civilians and killing three others.

Saturday 23:

Thailand: General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

Monday 25:

Gulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 US Marines.

Tuesday 26:

Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

Wednesday 27:

Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."