November 26 – The National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and renames several cities to their Azeri names. [ citation needed] October 13 – In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, the Union of Democratic Forces defeats the Bulgarian Socialist Party, leaving no remaining Communist governments in Eastern Europe. [258] [259] [260] In November of 1990 the U.N. authorizes the use of force against Iraq if they did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991.

Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Axerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Estonia. May 28 – Ethiopian Civil War: The forces of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front seize the capital Addis Ababa. [137] Finnish Parliament: Average Age Under 40". The New York Times. AP. 1991-03-20. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-06-12. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia and the start of the Balkan War Russia Attempted communist coup October 21 – Lebanon Hostage Crisis: Jesse Turner, a mathematics professor who has been held hostage for more than four years, is released. [268] [269] February 11 – The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is formed in The Hague, Netherlands. [40] A solar eclipse of record totality occurs in the Northern hemisphere. It is seen by 20million people in Hawaii, Mexico, and Colombia. [ citation needed]

Taylor, Alan. "Operation Desert Storm: 25 Years Since the First Gulf War – The Atlantic". www.theatlantic.com . Retrieved 2021-02-02. The most substantial attempt to demonstrate just what might be achieved by a determined political elite in full command of the state apparatus, came once the Bolsheviks established themselves in Russia after the revolution in 1917. Communist rule had its achievements. It took Russia through civil war and famine and then a bitter, bloody war with the Nazis. It raised living standards and introduced heavy industry. Yet the achievements came at an enormous cost. Whether or not the Great Terror was an inevitable consequence of a vanguard party, a proposition Hobsbawm dismisses, it certainly provided the opportunity for Stalin. In Mali, military officers led by Amadou Toumani Touré arrest President Moussa Traoré and suspend the constitution. [80]Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p137 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7