Unix Timestamp: 678844800
Sunday, July 7. 1991, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Canadian airline Nolisair, catches fire and crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 people on board.

A solar Eclipse of record totality occurs, seen first in Hawaii then enters Mexico with the path directly crosses Cabo San Lucas and Mexico City seen by 20 million inhabitants, and finally ends in Colombia in South America.

Iran–Contra affair: Alan Fiers agrees to plead guilty to two charges of having lied to the U.S. Congress.

The Brioni Agreement ends the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

President Bush announces the U.S. is ending its sanctions on South Africa.

Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected president of Russia.

In response to the end of apartheid, the International Olympic Committee readmits South Africa to the Olympics.