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Battle and Vukovar
* 1991 The Battle of Vukovar begins.
The border city of Vukovar underwent a three month siege the Battle of Vukovar — during which most of the city was destroyed and a majority of the population was forced to flee.
RPGs were used with great effect in the famous Battle of Vukovar by the Croatian army, during which more than 300 tanks, APCs and vehicles were put out of action.
During the Croatian War of Independence, Slavonia saw fierce fighting — including the Battle of Vukovar.
Eltz Manor was heavily damaged during the Battle of Vukovar and rebuilt since.
Armed conflict in the eastern Slavonia, culminating in the Battle of Vukovar and a subsequent massacre, also included heavy fighting and the successful defence of Osijek and Vinkovci.
The city was close to the front lines between the Republic of Croatia and the rebel Serbs, but it managed to avoid the fate of Vukovar ( in the infamous Battle of Vukovar ).
The city of Vukovar that warded off JNA attacks for months eventually fell, ending the Battle of Vukovar.
At the end of the Battle of Vukovar, it ran the fabricated story of the Vukovar children massacre.
During the Battle of Vukovar, the Eltz Manor in Vukovar was destroyed by intense shelling and the bodies in the Eltz tomb desecrated by Serbian forces.
In late 1991, during the Battle of Vukovar, Šešelj went to Borovo Selo to meet with a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop and publicly described Croats as a genocidal and perverted people.
A notable example of modern hedgehog defence is the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of independence, in which a small, ill-armed but determined Croatian resistance kept a larger, heavily equipped — but less-motivated-Yugoslav army at hold ; buying precious time for the fledgling Republic of Croatia to organize their own armed forces.
During the Battle of Vukovar in 1991, the Vučedol site was destroyed by being used as a firing base for the Serbian Yugoslav People's Army artillery and tanks in the three-month bombardment of Vukovar.
* Battle of Vukovar ( 1991 )
The Battle of Vukovar (, ) was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army ( JNA ), supported by various paramilitary forces from Serbia, between August and November 1991.
The plan was abandoned after the Battle of Vukovar exhausted the JNA's ability to prosecute the war further in Croatia.
The Battle of Vukovar took place in two phases over about 90 days: from August to September 1991, before the town was fully surrounded, and from early October to mid-November, when the town was encircled then taken by the JNA.

Battle and 1991
* 1991 Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
* 1991 Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
* The Somali Civil War ( 1991 present ) and the Battle of Mogadishu.
In 1991, The Battle of San Pietro was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".
In 1991, South Yorkshire police were forced to pay out half a million pounds to 39 miners who were arrested in the events at the Battle of Orgreave.
Ned Overend Appears in " The Great Mountain Biking Video ," Big Bear Lakes, California, 1988-Photo by Patty Mooney Ned Overend, John Tomac and Tinker Juarez Compete in the Cindy Whitehead Desert Classic, Palm Springs, California, 1989-Photo by Patty Mooney He also appeared in a mountain-bike race video entitled " Battle At Durango: The First-Ever World Mountain Biking Championships " videotaped in Durango, Colorado in 1990, and released by New & Unique Videos in 1991.
Bobbejaanland contains about 50 attractions, such as the Waterslide ( 1980 ), the Giant wheel ( 1976 ), Indiana River ( indoor waterslide, 1991 ), the Revolution ( a dark Rollercoaster, 1989, Now named Evolution ), the Speedy Bob ( roller coaster, 1999 ), the Air Race ( suspended roller coaster, 1987, now named Dreamcatcher ), the longest junior roller coaster in the world, ' Okidoki ' ( i. e. ' that's all right ', 2003 / 04 ), and the world's second Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster, " Typhoon " ( 2003 / 04 ), with a drop angle of over 97 °( a roller coaster with a fourfold loop and a free fall ) and the Splash Battle ( 2007 ) made by Preston & Barbieri.
In 1991 that day was changed to 21 May ( the date of the recapture of Buda at the Battle of Buda ( 1849 )).
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (; March 23, 1915 December 15, 1991 ) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad.
* " The Battle of Sherwood Forest ", a 1991 Entertainment Weekly cover story about the film's tumultuous production.
In 1991, brothers Brian Hickey, a New York City firefighter and his brother Raymond produced a documentary entitled Firefighters: Brothers in Battle.
For Doing Daily Battle: Interviews with Moroccan Women ( 1991 ), she interviewed peasant women, women labourers, clairvoyants and maidservants.
His Britten motorcycles won races and set numerous speed records on the international circuits, and astounded the motorcycle world in 1991 when they came a remarkable second and third against the factory machines in the Battle of the Twins at Daytona, United States Of America.
Since appearing in the widely-popular Sound of Music, Plummer has appeared in a vast number of notable films, including Inside Daisy Clover ( 1965 ), The Night of the Generals ( cameo as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel ) ( 1967 ), Oedipus the King ( 1968 ), The Royal Hunt of the Sun ( 1969 ), Battle of Britain ( 1970 ), Waterloo ( 1970 ), The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ), The Return of the Pink Panther ( 1975 ), The Silent Partner ( 1978 ), International Velvet ( 1978 ), Murder by Decree ( 1979 ), Somewhere in Time ( 1980 ), Eyewitness ( 1981 ), Dragnet ( 1987 ), Shadow Dancing ( 1988 ), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ( 1991 ), Malcolm X ( 1992 ), Wolf ( 1994 ), Dolores Claiborne ( 1995 ), 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ), Syriana ( 2005 ), The New World ( 2005 ), and The Lake House ( 2006 ).
* 1991 The Battle for Christabel ( Chatto & Windus )
* Cash, William, Against a Federal Europe-The Battle for Britain, London, 1991.
* Caldwell, David H., ' The Battle of Pinkie ,' in Macdougall, Norman, ed., Scotland and War, AD79-1918, Edinburgh ( 1991 ), pp. 61-94
There are three other unofficial OutRun sequels that were only released for home systems: OutRun Europa ( started in 1989, and completed in 1991 ), Battle OutRun ( 1989 ), and OutRun 2019 ( 1993 ).
The Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation ( VX-4 ), National Defense Service Medal, Battle " E " Award ( VF-32 ), the Rear Admiral Thurston James Award ( 1973 ), the NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1984, 1989, 1992 ), the NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992 ), and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ( 1993, 1994 ).
* Tim's very last race was the Battle of the NASCAR Legends race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1991.
Blue Byte's first big success in Germany and Europe was the turn-based strategy game Battle Isle, completed in 1991.
* Battle Isle ( 1991 )-Strategy

Battle and
* 1914 1918, the First Battle of the Atlantic took place.
* 1939 1945, the Second Battle of the Atlantic.
* 402 Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
* 1250 Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.
* 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
* 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.
* 1911 During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ( Skenderbeg ).
* 1945 World War II: the Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
* 238 Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed.
* 1395 Tokhtamysh Timur war: Battle of the Terek River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Volga.
* 1450 Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years ' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
* 1632 Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years ' War.
* 1642 Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of the British Army.
* 313 Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
* 1557 Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
* 851 Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
* 1138 Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
* 1485 The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
* 479 BC Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
* 1776 The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
* 1798 Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
* 1813 French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.

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