February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
Day of death January 18, 1991
The temperature on January 18, 1991 was between -2.5 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
January 26 » Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
August 21 » Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
November 18 » Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
November 28 » South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
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