Editing 1991 (section)

===September===
[[Image:Baltic states flag map.svg|thumb|232x232px|Map of the three Baltic states, in their flag colours.]]
* [[September 3]] – In [[Hamlet, North Carolina|Hamlet]], [[North Carolina]], [[Hamlet chicken processing plant fire|a grease fire breaks out]] at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 4, 1991|title=Food Plant Fire Kills 25; Exits Blocked : Disaster: Chicken workers in North Carolina are trapped in a facility that had never been inspected for safety. Another 40 workers hurt.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-04-mn-1427-story.html|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002021/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-04-mn-1427-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Tragic Story of the Hamlet Fire|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=984823229|access-date=June 13, 2021|publisher=NPR|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043309/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=984823229|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 4]] – [[Sverdlovsk, Russia|Sverdlovsk]]'s name is restored to its [[De-Communisation|pre-communist–era name]] [[Yekaterinburg]]. Two days later, [[Leningrad]] is renamed [[St. Petersburg]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Reuters|date=September 24, 1991|title=Reverting to Original Name, Sverdlovsk Is Yekaterinburg|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/world/reverting-to-original-name-sverdlovsk-is-yekaterinburg.html|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029111642/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/24/world/reverting-to-original-name-sverdlovsk-is-yekaterinburg.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Leningrad changes its name back to St Petersburg|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-45411151|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=June 12, 2021|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511115117/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-45411151|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The [[Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union]] self-dissolves, being replaced by [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] and [[State Council of the Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schmemann|first=Serge|date=September 6, 1991|title=Soviet turmoil; Soviet congress yields rule to Republics to avoid political and economic collapse|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/06/world/soviet-turmoil-soviet-congress-yields-rule-republics-avoid-political-economic.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623001222/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/06/world/soviet-turmoil-soviet-congress-yields-rule-republics-avoid-political-economic.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 8]] – Dissolution of Yugoslavia: The [[North Macedonia|Republic of Macedonia]] becomes independent, beginning a [[Macedonia naming dispute|name dispute]] with [[Greece–North Macedonia relations|Greece]].
* [[September 11]]
**Lebanon Hostage Crisis: [[Israel]] releases [[Palestinian prisoners of Israel|51 Arab prisoners]] and the bodies of nine guerrillas, paving the way for the release of the last [[Lebanon hostage crisis|western hostages in Lebanon]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Robin|date=September 12, 1991|title=Israel Frees 51 Arab Prisoners : Mideast: Officials act after receiving proof that a soldier captured in Lebanon is dead. The U.N. mediation success raises U.S. hopes for release of Western hostages.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-mn-2961-story.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=October 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015190311/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-mn-2961-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hostage Talks Advance As Israel Frees Arab Prisoners|url=https://apnews.com/article/8e59e14746e4d17097ff537cbb1e3af8|access-date=June 16, 2021|work=Associated Press News}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
**The [[Soviet Union]] announces plans to withdraw [[Cuba–Soviet Union relations|military and economic aid]] to [[Cuba]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McManus|first=Doyle|date=September 12, 1991|title=Soviet Troops to Leave Cuba, Gorbachev Says|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-mn-2964-story.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=April 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405152550/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-mn-2964-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuba – National evolution and Soviet influence|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823081846/https://www.britannica.com/place/Cuba|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] – In the [[1991 Swedish general election|Swedish general election]], the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]] suffer their worst election results in 60 years, leading to the resignation of [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] [[Ingvar Carlsson]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sweden: parliamentary elections Riksdagen, 1991|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2303_91.htm|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=archive.ipu.org|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002022/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2303_91.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rapp|first=Johan|title=Ingvar Carlsson: A Leader Who Put the Team Above Himself With PM-Sweden Election, Bjt|url=https://apnews.com/article/5f949132139314c8efa02c6faffdf4e8|date=September 16, 1991|access-date=June 13, 2021|work=Associated Press News|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002020/https://apnews.com/article/5f949132139314c8efa02c6faffdf4e8|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], the [[Marshall Islands]], and [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]] join the [[United Nations|UN]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nations|first=United|title=Member States|url=https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states|access-date=2021-06-12|publisher=United Nations|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629090000/https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[Ötzi|Ötzi the Iceman]] is found in the [[Alps]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Stephanie|last=Pappas|title=Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps|url=https://www.livescience.com/otzi-iceman-lived-in-ice-free-alpine.html|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=livescience.com|date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002021/https://www.livescience.com/otzi-iceman-lived-in-ice-free-alpine.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 30, 2019|title=Scientists reconstruct Ötzi the Iceman's frantic final climb|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/scientists-reconstruct-otzi-iceman-final-climb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227235442/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/scientists-reconstruct-otzi-iceman-final-climb|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2021|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Otzi {{!}} Discovery & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Otzi|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624172716/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Otzi|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: [[Armenia]] declares independence from the Soviet Union. Nearly a month later on October 27, [[Turkmenistan]] declares its independence. [[Kazakhstan]] follows suit on [[December 16]].
* [[September 21]] – [[September 30|30]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]] inspectors discover files on [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Iraq's hidden nuclear weapons program]]. Iraqi officials refuse to let them leave with the documents, prompting a standoff that continues until the [[U.N. Security Council|UN Security Council]] threatens enforcement actions on Iraq.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lewis|first=Paul|date=September 28, 1991|title=44 U.N. Inspectors Freed by Iraq With Secret Nuclear Documents|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/28/world/44-un-inspectors-freed-by-iraq-with-secret-nuclear-documents.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909143618/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/28/world/44-un-inspectors-freed-by-iraq-with-secret-nuclear-documents.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Iraqi breach of international obligations|url=https://www.congress.gov/105/plaws/publ235/PLAW-105publ235.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205010012/https://www.congress.gov/105/plaws/publ235/PLAW-105publ235.pdf|archive-date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=March 6, 2022|website=congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[September 22]] – The [[Huntington Library]] makes the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] available to the public for the first time.<ref>{{Cite journal|collaboration=American Library Association|title=The Dead Sea Scrolls are opened to the public {{!}} Library Association|journal=College & Research Libraries News|date=July 18, 2019|url=https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/19723|doi=10.5860/crln.52.10.629|doi-access=free|access-date=June 12, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726022100/https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/19723|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilford|first=John Noble|date=September 22, 1991|title=Monopoly Over Dead Sea Scrolls Is Ended|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/22/us/monopoly-over-dead-sea-scrolls-is-ended.html|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122183023/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/22/us/monopoly-over-dead-sea-scrolls-is-ended.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandler|first=Russell|date=September 22, 1991|title=Library Lifts Veil on Dead Sea Scrolls : Antiquities: The Huntington breaks four decades of secrecy surrounding biblical texts.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-22-mn-4145-story.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=October 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015214110/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-22-mn-4145-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 24]] – Lebanon Hostage Crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release [[Jackie Mann]] after more than two years of captivity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 13, 2015|last=Fisk|first=Robert|title=Beirut hostage war hero dies|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/beirut-hostage-war-hero-dies-1581687.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204061741/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/beirut-hostage-war-hero-dies-1581687.html|archive-date=February 4, 2024|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=November 14, 1995|title=Jack Mann 81; Was Beirut Hostage|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/14/world/jack-mann-81-was-beirut-hostage.html|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002022/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/14/world/jack-mann-81-was-beirut-hostage.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] – Salvadoran Civil War: Representatives of the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]] reach an agreement with [[President of El Salvador]] [[Alfredo Cristiani]], setting the stage for the end of the war.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 13, 1991|title=Bush Praises Salvadoran Leader's Peace Efforts|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-13-mn-898-story.html|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002023/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-13-mn-898-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gruson|first1=Lindsey|date=March 22, 1990|title=El Salvador and Rebels Reportedly Agree to Talks|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/22/world/el-salvador-and-rebels-reportedly-agree-to-talks.html|access-date=June 13, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002020/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/22/world/el-salvador-and-rebels-reportedly-agree-to-talks.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front {{!}} political party, El Salvador|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farabundo-Marti-National-Liberation-Front|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514084047/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farabundo-Marti-National-Liberation-Front|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] announces unilateral reductions in short-range nuclear weapons and calls off 24-hour alerts for long-range bombers. The [[Soviet Union]] responds with similar unilateral reductions on October 5.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives (PNIs) on Tactical Nuclear Weapons at a Glance {{!}} Arms Control Association|url=https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/pniglance|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=armscontrol.org|archive-date=May 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529221813/https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/pniglance|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – Salvadoran Civil War: An army colonel of the [[Atlácatl Battalion]] is found guilty of the [[1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador|1989 murders of six Jesuits]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Conviction over murder of Jesuit priests must break the chain of impunity|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/el-salvador-condena-asesinato-sacerdotes-jesuitas/|access-date=2021-06-12|publisher=Amnesty International|date=September 11, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630145412/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/el-salvador-condena-asesinato-sacerdotes-jesuitas/|url-status=live}}</ref>