Editing 1991 (section)

=== March ===
*[[March 3]]
** The [[1991 São Toméan presidential election|first presidential election]] in the [[history of São Tomé and Príncipe]] is won by [[Miguel Trovoada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sao Tome and Principe (10/24/11)|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/saotomeandprincipe/182234.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=U.S. Department of State|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801133600/https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/saotomeandprincipe/182234.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=São Tomé and Príncipe: Freedom in the World 2020 Country Report|url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/sao-tome-and-principe/freedom-world/2020|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Freedom House|archive-date=June 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606122031/https://freedomhouse.org/country/sao-tome-and-principe/freedom-world/2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
**A video captures the beating of motorist [[Rodney King]] by [[Los Angeles]] police officers. Four [[Los Angeles police]] officers are indicted on March 15 for the beating.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Holliday Videotape, George Holliday Video of King Beating|url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/kingvideo.html|publisher=University of Missouri Kansas City Law School|access-date=2021-06-12|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224184149/http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/kingvideo.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYT_19920306">{{cite news|last=Mydans|first=Seth|date=March 6, 1992|title=Police Beating Trial Opens With Replay of Videotape|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/06/us/police-beating-trial-opens-with-replay-of-videotape.html|access-date=April 20, 2010|archive-date=July 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717123022/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/06/us/police-beating-trial-opens-with-replay-of-videotape.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 6]] – [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Chandra Shekhar]] resigns following a dispute with former Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]], whose support had kept him in power.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 7, 1991|title=India's Prime Minister Resigns|work=The Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0307/ofill07.html|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0882-7729|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002020/https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0307/ofill07.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Joshi|first=Vijay|title=India's Prime Minister Resigns|url=https://apnews.com/article/7466ecc67afb7635076ea9723ffb999f|date=March 6, 1991|access-date=June 12, 2021|work=Associated Press News|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043154/https://apnews.com/article/7466ecc67afb7635076ea9723ffb999f|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Chandra Shekhar {{!}} prime minister of India|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandra-Shekhar|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713012656/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chandra-Shekhar|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] – [[1991 protests in Belgrade|Massive demonstrations]] are held against [[Slobodan Milošević]] in [[Belgrade]]; two people are killed, and [[tank]]s are deployed in the streets.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SczBzxA6-IC&pg=PR26|title=The "Yugoslav" Crisis in International Law: General Issues|volume=1|first1=D. Daniel L.|last1=Bethlehem|first2=Marc|last2=Weller|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1997|isbn=9780521463041|page=XXVI|access-date=March 9, 2013|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101319/https://books.google.com/books?id=7SczBzxA6-IC&pg=PR26#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – Salvadoran Civil War: In the [[1991 Salvadoran legislative election|Salvadoran legislative election]], the [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]] wins 39 of the 48 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|legislative assembly]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Reuters|date=March 24, 1991|title=Governing Salvadoran Party Wins Legislative Vote|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/24/world/governing-salvadoran-party-wins-legislative-vote.html|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029101157/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/24/world/governing-salvadoran-party-wins-legislative-vote.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Nohlen|editor-first=Dieter|editor-link=Dieter Nohlen|title=Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-19-928357-6|page=284}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] 
** The [[U.S. Department of Justice]] announces that [[Exxon]] has agreed to pay $1&nbsp;billion for the clean-up of the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]] in [[Alaska]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rowley|first=James|title=Exxon Agrees to $1 Billion Settlement of Oil Spill|url=https://apnews.com/article/e2ceb29859cbab2950defd40bdc0e772|date=March 14, 1991|access-date=June 12, 2021|work=Associated Press News|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002019/https://apnews.com/article/e2ceb29859cbab2950defd40bdc0e772|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** The [[Air Quality Agreement|Acid Rain Treaty of 1991]] is signed between the [[Federal government of the United States|American]] and [[Canadian government]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author=Canada|title=Transboundary Air Pollution: Agreement Between the United States of America and Canada, Signed at Ottawa March 13, 1991 with Annexes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=om1RhTvdrVUC&pg=PA18|year=1993|publisher=Department of State|pages=18|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101344/https://books.google.com/books?id=om1RhTvdrVUC&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 14]]
**Gulf War: [[Emir of Kuwait]] [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]] returns to [[Kuwait]] after seven months of exile in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ {{!}} emir of Kuwait|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheikh-Jabir-al-Ahmad-al-Jabir-al-Sabah|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=May 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523120102/http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheikh-Jabir-al-Ahmad-al-Jabir-al-Sabah|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[The Troubles]]: After 16 years in prison for allegedly bombing a [[public house]] in a [[Provisional IRA]] attack, the "[[Birmingham Six]]" are freed when a court determines that the police fabricated evidence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peirce|first=Gareth|date=March 12, 2011|title=The Birmingham Six: Have we learned from our disgraceful past?|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/12/gareth-peirce-birmingham-six|access-date=November 15, 2018|archive-date=November 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124141842/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/12/gareth-peirce-birmingham-six|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>R v McIlkenney (1991) 93 Cr.App.R. 287–318.</ref>
* [[March 15]]
**[[Germany]] formally regains complete independence after the four [[post-World War II]] [[Occupation of Germany|occupying powers]] ([[France]], the [[U.K.]], the [[U.S.]] and the [[U.S.S.R.]]) relinquish all remaining rights to the country.
** The [[Albania–United States relations|U.S. and Albania]] resume diplomatic relations for the first time [[Italian invasion of Albania|since 1939]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the U.S. and Albania|url=https://al.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/io/|access-date=February 2, 2021|website=U.S. Embassy in Albania|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319022854/https://al.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/io/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 17]]
** Dissolution of the Soviet Union: In [[1991 Soviet Union referendum|a national referendum]], 77% of voters in the [[Soviet Union]] vote in favor of keeping the 15 [[Soviet republics]] together; six Union Republics effectively boycott the referendum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Confused Soviet Referendum|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-03-15-1991074066-story.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=The Baltimore Sun|date=March 15, 1991|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713020501/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-03-15-1991074066-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 29, 2015|title=March Referendum|url=http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1991-2/march-referendum/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Seventeen Moments in Soviet History|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517052306/http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1991-2/march-referendum/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** In the [[1991 Finnish parliamentary election|Finnish parliamentary election]], the [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] wins 55 of 200 seats in the [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]], ending 25 years of dominance by the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=March 20, 1991|title=Finnish Parliament: Average Age Under 40|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/20/world/finnish-parliament-average-age-under-40.html|access-date=2021-06-12|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029101127/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/20/world/finnish-parliament-average-age-under-40.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – The [[Sierra Leone Civil War]] begins when the [[Revolutionary United Front]] attempts a coup against the [[Politics of Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone government]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Varisco|first=Andrea Edoardo|title=Research in Security Sector Reform Policy: The Case of Sierra Leone|date=July 19, 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-58675-9|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4otDwAAQBAJ|access-date=September 10, 2023|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005160247/https://books.google.com/books?id=h4otDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sierra Leone War begins|url=https://aaregistry.org/story/the-sierra-leone-war-begins/|access-date=February 2, 2021|website=African American Registry|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411002152/https://aaregistry.org/story/the-sierra-leone-war-begins/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – The [[1991 Beninese presidential election|Beninese presidential election]], Benin's first presidential election [[1970 Dahomeyan presidential election|since 1970]], is won by [[Nicéphore Soglo]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=March 26, 1991|title=Official Result in Benin Vote Shows Big Loss for Kerekou (Published 1991)|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/26/world/official-result-in-benin-vote-shows-big-loss-for-kerekou.html|access-date=February 2, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601223719/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/26/world/official-result-in-benin-vote-shows-big-loss-for-kerekou.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 26]]
** In [[Mali]], military officers led by [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] arrest [[President of Mali|President]] [[Moussa Traoré]] and suspend the [[Constitution of Mali|constitution]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 26, 1991|title=Military Leader of Mali Overthrown, Arrested|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/03/27/military-leader-of-mali-overthrown-arrested/4e046a11-622d-4149-8c81-3314a67d32e2/|access-date=June 12, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|agency=Associated Press|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125092455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/03/27/military-leader-of-mali-overthrown-arrested/4e046a11-622d-4149-8c81-3314a67d32e2/|archive-date=November 25, 2024}}</ref>
** [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Paraguay]] sign the [[Treaty of Asunción]], establishing [[Mercosur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Treaty of Asunción {{!}} South America [1991]|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treaty-of-Asuncion|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801174555/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treaty-of-Asuncion|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SICE: Trade Agreements: Treaty of Asuncion|url=http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/mrcsr/mrcsrtoc.asp|access-date=2021-06-12|website=sice.oas.org|archive-date=April 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425145807/http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/MRCSR/MRCSRTOC.ASP|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 31]]
**[[Albania]] holds its [[1991 Albanian Constitutional Assembly election|first multi-party elections]] since [[1923 Albanian parliamentary election|1923]]. The socialist ruling [[Party of Labour of Albania]] won a landslide victory with 169 of the 250 seats in the [[Parliament of Albania|parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2001_91.htm|title=Albania: Elections held in 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612120711/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2001_91.htm|archive-date=2011-06-12|url-status=live|work=Inter-Parliamentary Union|year=1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Nohlen|editor1-first=Dieter|editor2-last=Stöver|editor2-first=Philip|editor1-link=Dieter Nohlen|title=Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook|publisher=Nomos Publishers|year=2010|isbn=978-3-8329-5609-7|page=137}}</ref>
**Dissolution of the Soviet Union: [[1991 Georgian independence referendum|Georgia votes for independence]] from the [[Soviet Union]] while on April 9, the [[Supreme Council of Georgia|Supreme Council]] declares the independent [[Republic of Georgia]].