In the year 1991, Gulf War’s Operation Desert Storm begins in Iraq (Jan 16), Latvia and Estonia vote for independence from the Soviet Union (Mar 3), Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Soviet republic Russia (Jun 12), Berlin becomes the capital of the unified Germany (Jun 20), the Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved (Jul 1), The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic States (Sep 6), the Soviet Union is dissolved (Dec 26), and officially ceases to exist (Dec 31) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

In the year 1989, George H. W. Bush becomes the 41st U.S. president (Jan 20), the Soviet army leaves Afghanistan (Feb 2), Rain Man wins the Academy Award for the best picture (Mar 29), the first McDonald’s restaurant begins construction in Moscow (May 3), Mikhail Gorbachev visits China (May 14), the Tiananmen Square massacre takes place in Beijing (Jun 4), France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution (Jul 14), two million people join hands in the Baltic Way to demonstrate against Soviet rule of the Baltic republics (Aug 23), **Berlin Wall falls **(Nov 9) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading