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The coup in the U.S.S.R. collapses following widespread resistance led by Boris Yeltsin.
24 Aug.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Five days later the Parliament suspends the Communist Party and seizes its assets.
27 Aug.
Serbian forces take the Croatian city of Vukovar after an eighty-six-day siege.
30 Aug.
Azerbaijan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
6 Sept.
The Soviet Union officially recognizes the independence of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
8 Sept.
Macedonia votes to declare independence from Yugoslavia.
22 Sept.
Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
25 Sept.
The eleven-year civil war in El Salvador ends with the signing of a peace accord.
19 Oct.
Albanian legislators declare Kosovo independent from Yugoslavia.
24 Nov.
The Green Party and Flemish extremists make considerable gains in the Belgian elections.
5 Dec.
The business empire of Robert Maxwell collapses with huge debts and rumors of...
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