| Event | Answer |
|---|
| January 7th - This tourist attraction in Italy is closed to the public | |
| January 11th - 300,000 people in this present day country protest for independence | |
| February 11th - This south african leader is released from prison | |
| February 15th - These two countries restore diplomatic relations 8 years after the end of war between them | |
| March 15th - This man is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union | |
| March 21st - This country declares independence from South Africa | |
| April 1st - Strangeways prison in this city becomes the sight of Britains longest running prison riot | |
| April 24th - The space shuttle Discovery places this item into orbit | |
| May 4th - This country becomes independent from the USSR | |
| May 16th - This inventor of the Muppets and Sesame Street dies aged 53 | |
| June 1st - This terrorist organisation kill 2 British Soldiers in Germany and England | |
| June 7th - This film making organisation opens its studio to the public in Florida | |
| July 7th - This classical trio perform together for the first time in Rome | |
| July 27th - An attempted coup in the country lasts for five days | |
| August 2nd - Iraq invades this country triggering events leading to the Persian Gulf War | |
| August 18th - This leading psychologist dies from leukemia | |
| September 2nd - This unrecognized country declares independence from Moldova | |
| September 18th - The International Olympic Committee award the 1996 olympics to this city | |
| October 3rd - The two halfs of this country reunify to form a new state | |
| October 15th - Mikhail Gorbachev wins this award for his work to reduce cold war tension | |
| November 1st - This lady becomes the first female president of Ireland | |
| November 28th - This prime minister resigns their post in the UK | |
| December 1st - The United Kingdom is reconnected to this continent by work on the channel tunnel | |
| December 16th - Military rule in this country is ceased following the election of Jean-Bertrand Aristide | |
Who was Monarch? 
1991 
1941
