Timeline (New Union)
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1991[edit | edit source]
- Moscow, Soviet Union: 18 August – While taking off, the aircraft carrying Oleg Baklanov, Valery Boldin, Oleg Shenin, and Valentin Varennikov suffers a fatal engine fire, killing everyone on board.
- Moscow, Soviet Union: 20 August – The New Union Treaty is signed into effect by President Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet Union is renamed the "Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics" and the republics of Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldava are recognized as independent. Most autonomous Soviet republics are elevated as full constituent republics.
- Moscow, Soviet Union: 21 August – Vice President Gennady Yanayev and KGB Chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov resign in disgrace. Nikolai Golushko replaces Kryuchkov as KGB Chairman and the Vice Presidency would remain empty until 1995.
1992[edit | edit source]
- United States, 3 November – Incumbent Republican President George Bush defeats Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and independent businessman Ross Perot.
1993[edit | edit source]
- Somalia, 3 October – American special forces successfully capture several of Aidid's henchment in Mogadishu.
1994[edit | edit source]
- Amran, Republic of Yemen, 27 April – A major tank battle erupts between northern and southern Yemeni forces in the city of Amran.
1996[edit | edit source]
1997[edit | edit source]
- Tokyo, Japan: 7 July – The Tokyo Accords are ratified by the Soviet Union and Japan, ceding Shikotan and the Habomai Islands to the Japanese and improving trade between the two nations. In return, the Japanese relinquish all claims on Iturup and Kunashir.
2001[edit | edit source]
- New York City, United States: 11 September – The World Trade Center and parts of the Pentagon are destroyed by al-Qaeda. Roughly 3,000 civilians are killed in the terrorist attacks. President Daschle vows retribution against terrorism.