1991, Year OTT Union Time Line

Civilian Events
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) dissolves. USA/USSR “Cold War” ends.

36th Soviet Antarctic Expedition begins.

Harald V formally takes the throne as King of Norway, succeeding his father, Olav V of Norway.

Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off to launch a gamma ray observatory.

Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off to study instruments related to the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Space Shuttle Columbia carries the Spacelab into orbit.

British astronomers announce they have found what appears to be an extrasolar planet.

Tim Berners-Lee announces the World Wide Web project and software on the alt.hypertext newsgroup. The first website, "info.cern.ch" is created.

The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first Earth probe to visit an asteroid.

The British JET fusion reactor generates 1.5 MW output power.

Military Events
Operation Solomon, a covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

The First Gulf War Gulf War occurs (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991).