September 1991

Sunday 01:

Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union

Monday 02:

The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Tuesday 03:

In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.

Friday 06:

The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

Sunday 08:

Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

Monday 09:

Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.

Friday 13:

A concrete beam weighing 55 tons fell in the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada.

Monday 16:

The trial of Panamanian "strongman" Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.

Tuesday 17:

North Korea, South Korea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

Thursday 19:

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.

Saturday 21:

Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.

Sunday 22:

The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time, by the Huntington Library.

Tuesday 24:

Red Hot Chili Peppers releases Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

Thursday 26:

Biosphere 2 opens.

Monday 30:

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.