Gulf War - The First coalition force to breach the Saudi Arabian border
Time: Friday Feb 15, 1991
Place: Saudi Arabia
Details: Task Force 1-41 Infantry was a U.S. Army heavy battalion task force from the 2nd Armored Division. It was the spearhead of VII Corps, consisting primarily of the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, and the 4th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. Task Force 1–41 was the first coalition force to breach the Saudi Arabian border on 15 February 1991, and to conduct ground combat operations in Iraq engaging in direct and indirect fire fights with the enemy on 17 February 1991.
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Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)-Chong of Han died
Monday Feb 15, 145 - Han, China


Galileo Galilei-Birth
Saturday Feb 15, 1564 - Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence), Italy


Simón Bolívar-Venezuelan Second National Congress
Monday Feb 15, 1819 - Angostura, Venezuela


Xinhai Revolution-The Huaxinghui (China Revival Society)
Monday Feb 15, 1904 - Hunan, China


The Wright brothers-More public flights in france
Monday Feb 15, 1909 - Pau, France

World War 1-British naval blockade began
Thursday Feb 15, 1917 - Germany


Walt Disney-His Studio's First animated feature In Eight Years
Wednesday Feb 15, 1950 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.


Edward VIII-Edward attended George's funeral in 1952
Friday Feb 15, 1952 - London, England, United Kingdom


Sony Corporation-Founding SCA
Monday Feb 15, 1960 - 25 Madison Avenue, New York City, New York, U.S.


Akio Morita-Establishing The Sony Corporation of America
Monday Feb 15, 1960 - New York City, New York, U.S.


Ted Bundy-Ted was stopped by Pensacola police officer David Lee
Wednesday Feb 15, 1978 at 01 AM - Florida, U.S.


Nicaraguan Revolution-Costa Rican President Submitted a Peace Plan
Sunday Feb 15, 1987 - Guatemala City, Guatemala


Galileo Galilei-Speech delivered at the Sapienza University of Rome
Thursday Feb 15, 1990 - Rome, Italy


Gulf War-Few trucks fired
Friday Feb 15, 1991 - Iraq and Kuwait


Dwayne Johnson-Feud Ended
Monday Feb 15, 1999 - U.S.


Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Funeral
Friday Feb 15, 2002 - St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom


Hugo Chávez-Referendum to abolish The Two-term Limit For all Public Offices
Sunday Feb 15, 2009 - Caracas, Venzuela


Muhammad Yunus-The Finance Minister of Bangladesh declaration
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New York Stock Exchange-NYSE and Deutsche Börse announced their merger to form a new company
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Uber-Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, the two biggest players in the low-cost app-based taxi hailing market in China
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Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre-Pearl Fernandez plead guilty
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Nancy Pelosi-President Trump declared a national emergency in order to bypass the United States Congress
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Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-First case in Africa
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15 February 1991


Gulf War-Few trucks fired
Friday Feb 15, 1991 - Iraq and Kuwait
February 1991


Zinedine Zidane-First Goal
Sunday Feb 10, 1991 - Cannes, France


Gulf War-Few trucks fired
Friday Feb 15, 1991 - Iraq and Kuwait


Gulf War-Iraqi vehicles appeared to be performing reconnaissance
Saturday Feb 16, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-The Task Force took enemy mortar fire
Sunday Feb 17, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement
Friday Feb 22, 1991 - Iraq


Gulf War-The Capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers
Saturday Feb 23, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-the US VII Corps, in full strength and spearheaded by the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, launched an armored attack into Iraq
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Iraq


Gulf War-The 1st Cavalry Division conducted a couple artillery missions
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-1st Infantry Division rolled through the breach in the Iraqi defense
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-British and American armored forces crossed the Iraq–Kuwait border
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Iraq


Gulf War-Scud missile hit a US Army barracks
Monday Feb 25, 1991 - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia


Gulf War-Saddam ordered a retreat from Kuwait
Wednesday Feb 27, 1991 - Kuwait
1991


Ancient Egypt-Amenemhat I
1991 BC - Egypt


Garry Kasparov-The Keeper of the Flame award
1991 - Russia


Mobile Phones-The First GSM Network
1991 - Finland


Rwandan genocide-Kagame restarted the war
Jan, 1991 - Rwanda


Ayman al-Zawahiri-The Egyptian Islamic Jihadleader Leader
1991 - Egypt


David Cameron-Head of the political section of the Conservative Research Department
1991 - Downing Street, London, England


Nokia-Selling its Computer Division
1991 - Espoo, Finland


Christmas Island-Reopening The Phosphate Mine
1991 - Christmas Island


Pablo Escobar: Narcos-La Catedral prison
1991 - Medellín, Colombia


Linux-The Beginning of Linux
1991 - Helsinki, Finland


First Chechen War-Tens of thousands of people of non-Chechen ethnicity left the republic
1991 - Chechnya, Russia


Slobodan Milošević-Milošević Rejected The Independence of Croatia
1991 - Croatia


Cameras-Kodak DCS
1991 - U.S.


World Bank-The bank announced that to protect against deforestation
1991 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Virtual reality-The Cave automatic virtual environment
1991 - U.S.


Computer animation-Breakout Year
1991 - U.S.


Cinnabon-The First Cinnabon Store In SeaTac Mall
1991 - SeaTac, Washington, U.S.


Slobodan Milošević-The 1st President of The Republic of Serbia
Friday Jan 11, 1991 - Serbia


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Vilnius TV Tower stormed
Sunday Jan 13, 1991 - Lithuania


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Chairman of the Council of Ministers resigned
Monday Jan 14, 1991 - Moscow, Russia


Gulf War-France propose
Monday Jan 14, 1991 - France


Gulf War-Extensive aerial bombing campaign
Wednesday Jan 16, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-The initial conflict to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait began
Thursday Jan 17, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-The First shots of the war
Thursday Jan 17, 1991 - Kuwait


Harald V-His Father's Death
Thursday Jan 17, 1991 - Oslo, Norway


Gulf War-the Scud attacks
Tuesday Jan 22, 1991 - Ramat Gan, Israel


Gulf War-The Battle of Khafji
Tuesday Jan 29, 1991 - Khafji, Saudi Arabia


Zinedine Zidane-First Goal
Sunday Feb 10, 1991 - Cannes, France


Internet-People's Republic of China saw its first TCP/IP college network
1991 - Tsinghua University, Beijing, China


Internet-NSFNET was upgraded to 45 Mbit/s
1991 - U.S.


Gulf War-Few trucks fired
Friday Feb 15, 1991 - Iraq and Kuwait


Gulf War-Iraqi vehicles appeared to be performing reconnaissance
Saturday Feb 16, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-The Task Force took enemy mortar fire
Sunday Feb 17, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement
Friday Feb 22, 1991 - Iraq


Gulf War-The Capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers
Saturday Feb 23, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-The 1st Cavalry Division conducted a couple artillery missions
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-the US VII Corps, in full strength and spearheaded by the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, launched an armored attack into Iraq
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Iraq


Gulf War-British and American armored forces crossed the Iraq–Kuwait border
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Iraq


Gulf War-1st Infantry Division rolled through the breach in the Iraqi defense
Sunday Feb 24, 1991 - Kuwait


Gulf War-Scud missile hit a US Army barracks
Monday Feb 25, 1991 - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia


Gulf War-Saddam ordered a retreat from Kuwait
Wednesday Feb 27, 1991 - Kuwait


United Nations-UN authorized a US-led coalition that repulsed the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
1991 - Kuwait


Croatian War of Independence-Plitvice Lakes incident
Mar, 1991 - Croatia


Croatian War of Independence-The Serbs attacked Croatian police units
Mar, 1991 - Pakrac, Croatia


Slobodan Milošević-A 36-hour Blackout of Two Independent Media Stations
Mar, 1991 - Serbia


Prince William-First public appearance
Friday Mar 1, 1991 - Cardiff, United Kingdom


Gulf War-US troops began moving out of the Persian Gulf
Saturday Mar 9, 1991 - Persian Gulf


Croatian War of Independence-Attempt to convince them to declare a state of emergency
Tuesday Mar 12, 1991 - Serbia (Yugoslavia)


Gulf War-The US-led coalition restored to power Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah
Friday Mar 15, 1991 - Kuwait


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Union-wide referendum
Sunday Mar 17, 1991 - Russia


Audrey Hepburn-Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Mar, 1991 - U.S.


United Nations-Sierra Leone Civil War
Saturday Mar 23, 1991 - Sierra Leone


Bosnian War-Karađorđevo meeting
Monday Mar 25, 1991 - Karađorđevo, Serbia


Slobodan Milošević-The Secret Karađorđevo agreement
Monday Mar 25, 1991 - Karađorđevo, Serbia


Croatian War of Independence-Croatian Army
Thursday Apr 11, 1991 - Croatia


Bart Millard-Millard's father death
1991 - U.S.


Popeyes-Company filed for bankruptcy protection
Apr, 1991 - U.S.


Garry Kasparov-Kasparov left the party
Sunday Apr 28, 1991 - Russia


Disasters with highest death tolls-1991 Bangladesh Cyclone
Monday Apr 29, 1991 - Bangladesh


Croatian War of Independence-A Croat policeman was killed
Thursday May 2, 1991 - Tovarnik, Croatia


Croatian War of Independence-A Serb civilian was killed
Sunday May 5, 1991 - Sotin, Croatia


Croatian War of Independence-The 1991 protest
Monday May 6, 1991 - Split, Croatia


Apple Inc.-System 7
Monday May 13, 1991 - U.S.


Croatian War of Independence-Blocked appointment
Wednesday May 15, 1991 - Yugoslavia


Croatian War of Independence-The Croatian authorities held a referendum on independence
Sunday May 19, 1991 - Croatia


Plane Accidents-Lauda Air Flight 004
Sunday May 26, 1991 - Phu Toei National Park, Suphan Buri, Thailand


Croatian War of Independence-A Military Parade and Review
Tuesday May 28, 1991 - Zagreb, Croatia


Michael Jordan-Bulls in the first Place
Thursday May 30, 1991 - U.S.


Prince William-Depressed fracture of the skull
Monday Jun 3, 1991 - Reading, England, United Kingdom


Bosnian War-A Weak Confederation
Thursday Jun 6, 1991 - Croatia


Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Russia's President Boris Yeltsin
Wednesday Jun 12, 1991 - Russia


Java (programming language)-Oak
Jun, 1991 - Canada


Joe Biden-Biden co-taught a seminar on constitutional law at Widener University School of Law
1991 - Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.


Harald V-The consecration
Sunday Jun 23, 1991 - Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway


Shakira-Shakira's debut Album
Monday Jun 24, 1991 - Colombia


Croatian War of Independence-Croatia's independence
Tuesday Jun 25, 1991 - Croatia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Independence day
Tuesday Jun 25, 1991 - Slovenia


Bosnian War-Slovenia and Croatia declared independence
Tuesday Jun 25, 1991 - Croatia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Yugoslav People's Army's 13th Corps moved towards Slovenia's borders with Italy
Wednesday Jun 26, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Further YPA troop movements took place in the early hours
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 - Metlika, Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The YPA nonetheless successfully accomplished much of its military mission
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-A meeting of the Slovene presidency was hastily convened
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Shot down two YPA helicopters
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 - Slovenia


Croatian War of Independence-Slovenian Independence War
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-a column of tanks and armoured personnel carriers of the YPA 1st Armoured Brigade left heading for the airport at Brnik
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 - Brnik, Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The First shot
Thursday Jun 27, 1991 at 02:30:00 PM - Divača, Slovenia


Vladimir Putin-Head of the Committee for External Relations of the Mayor's Office
Friday Jun 28, 1991 - Saint Petersburg, Russia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The border crossing at Holmec was captured by Slovenian TO forces
Friday Jun 28, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Rapidly losing ground
Friday Jun 28, 1991 - Slovenia


Freddie Mercury-Mercury retired to his home
Jun, 1991 - Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Skirmishing continued
Sunday Jun 30, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The YPA's first plan failed
Monday Jul 1, 1991 - Slovenia


Bosnian War-The Zulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement
Jul, 1991 - Serbia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Slovenian TO forces taking over a YPA facility
Monday Jul 1, 1991 - Nova vas, Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The YPA's ammunition dump caught fire
Monday Jul 1, 1991 - Črni Vrh, Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The Slovenians successfully captured depots
Monday Jul 1, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The YPA 306th Light Air Defence Artillery Regiment's column retreated
Monday Jul 1, 1991 - Krško, Slovenia


Nokia-The World's First GSM Call
Monday Jul 1, 1991 - Finland


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-TO mounted successful attacks on border crossings
Tuesday Jul 2, 1991 - Slovenia


Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-Domžale radio transmitter was attacked
Tuesday Jul 2, 1991 at 11:37:00 AM - Domžale, Slovenia