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  • Pakrac, Croatia
    Mar, 1991
    Croatian War of Independence

    The Serbs attacked Croatian police units

    Pakrac, Croatia
    Mar, 1991

    The conflict escalated into armed incidents in the majority-Serb populated areas. The Serbs attacked Croatian police units in Pakrac in early March.




  • Croatia
    Mar, 1991
    Croatian War of Independence

    Plitvice Lakes incident

    Croatia
    Mar, 1991

    Josip Jović is widely reported as the first police officer killed by Serb forces as part of the war, during the Plitvice Lakes incident in late March 1991.




  • Serbia
    Mar, 1991
    Slobodan Milošević

    A 36-hour Blackout of Two Independent Media Stations

    Serbia
    Mar, 1991

    Milošević's government exercised influence and censorship in the media. An example was in March 1991, when Serbia's Public Prosecutor ordered a 36-hour blackout of two independent media stations, B92 Radio and Studio B television to prevent the broadcast of a demonstration against the Serbian government taking place in Belgrade. The two media stations appealed to the Public Prosecutor against the ban but the Public Prosecutor failed to respond.




  • Cardiff, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 1, 1991
    Prince William

    First public appearance

    Cardiff, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 1, 1991

    His first public appearance was on 1 March 1991—Saint David's Day—during an official visit of his parents to Cardiff. After arriving by airplane, William was taken to Llandaff Cathedral where he signed the visitors' book, showing he is left-handed.




  • Persian Gulf
    Saturday Mar 9, 1991
    Gulf War

    US troops began moving out of the Persian Gulf

    Persian Gulf
    Saturday Mar 9, 1991

    On 10 March 1991, 540,000 US troops began moving out of the Persian Gulf.




  • Serbia (Yugoslavia)
    Tuesday Mar 12, 1991
    Croatian War of Independence

    Attempt to convince them to declare a state of emergency

    Serbia (Yugoslavia)
    Tuesday Mar 12, 1991

    On 12 March 1991, the leadership of the Army met with the Presidency of the SFRY in an attempt to convince them to declare a state of emergency which would allow for the army to take control of the country.




  • Kuwait
    Friday Mar 15, 1991
    Gulf War

    The US-led coalition restored to power Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah

    Kuwait
    Friday Mar 15, 1991

    On March 15, 1991, the US-led coalition restored to power Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the unelected authoritarian ruler of Kuwait. Kuwaiti democracy advocates had been calling for restoration of Parliament that the Emir had suspended in 1986.


  • Russia
    Sunday Mar 17, 1991
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Union-wide referendum

    Russia
    Sunday Mar 17, 1991

    On March 17, 1991, in a Union-wide referendum 76.4 percent of voters endorsed retention of a reformed Soviet Union.


  • U.S.
    Mar, 1991
    Audrey Hepburn

    Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn

    U.S.
    Mar, 1991

    Hepburn completed only two more entertainment-related projects, both critically acclaimed. Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn was a PBS documentary series, which was filmed on location in seven countries in the spring and summer of 1990. A one-hour special preceded it in March 1991, and the series itself began airing the day after her death, 21 January 1993. For the debut episode, Hepburn was posthumously awarded the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming.


  • Sierra Leone
    Saturday Mar 23, 1991
    United Nations

    Sierra Leone Civil War

    Sierra Leone
    Saturday Mar 23, 1991

    The UN mission in the Sierra Leone Civil War of 1991–2002 was supplemented by British Royal Marines.


  • Karađorđevo, Serbia
    Monday Mar 25, 1991
    Bosnian War

    Karađorđevo meeting

    Karađorđevo, Serbia
    Monday Mar 25, 1991

    On 25 March, Franjo Tuđman and Serbian President Slobodan Milošević held a meeting in Karađorđevo. The meeting became controversial in later months due to claims by some Yugoslav politicians that the two presidents agreed to the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


  • Karađorđevo, Serbia
    Monday Mar 25, 1991
    Slobodan Milošević

    The Secret Karađorđevo agreement

    Karađorđevo, Serbia
    Monday Mar 25, 1991

    According to testimony by Krajina's former President Milan Babić, Milošević had abandoned plans of having "all Serbs in one state" by March 1991 in the secret Karađorđevo agreement with Croatian President Franjo Tuđman that discussed the partition of Bosnia.


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