Konrad Hurrell

August 5 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1991Konrad Hurrell
2. 20102010 Copiapó mining accident
3. 2011Juno (spacecraft)
4. 2012Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
5. 2012Implosion of Radio Network House
6. 2012White supremacy
7. 2015United States Environmental Protection Agency
8. 20152015 Gold King Mine waste water spill
9. 2019Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
10. 2021Australia
11. 2024Non-cooperation movement (2024)

Also in 1991

• September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
• September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
• March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
• September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
• September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
• September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
• September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
• October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.

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