UPI Almanac for Friday, Aug. 19, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016 - 02:31
in Earth & Climate
By United Press International On Aug. 19, 1991, a coup orchestrated by hard-line Communists removed Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union. The coup would lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991.