Unix Timestamp: 663206400
Monday, January 7. 1991, 12:00:00 AM UTC

In Haiti, an attempted coup by an associate of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier is thwarted by Loyalist troops.

In Sebokeng, South Africa, gunmen fire on mourners attending the funeral of a leader of the African National Congress, killing 13 people.

United States Secretary of StateJames Baker meets with the Foreign Minister of IraqTariq Aziz, but fails to produce a plan for Iraq to withdraw its troops from Kuwait.