Here you go.....
The DOW gapped up BIG that day...... a gap that remains today....
Persian Gulf War TimeLine library.thinkquest.org
1990 (First chart = 8/2/90 - 1/15/91 >>> DOW - stockcharts.com[l,a]dhcayymy[d19900802,19910115][pb20!b50!b200!d20,2][vc60][iUb14!Ul14!Uc20!La12,26,9!Li14,3!Lh14,3!Lk14!Lf] NAZ - stockcharts.com[l,a]dhcayymy[d19900802,19910115][pb20!b50!b200!d20,2][vc60][iUb14!Ul14!Uc20!La12,26,9!Li14,3!Lh14,3!Lk14!Lf]
August 2 Iraq invades Kuwait
August 3 The United Nations condemns the invasion and calls for immediate Iraqi removal from Kuwait.
August 4 The European Community, an alliance of 12 nations, ban imports of Iraqi oil.
August 6 The UN Security Council votes to impose economic sanctions on Iraq.
August 7 President George Bush initiates "Operation Desert Shield", sending American troops to discourage an Iraqi attack
August 10 The Arab League, a coalition of Middle Eastern nations, votes to send troops to aid the U.S. operation.
Mid-August Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein announces that the 9,000 North American, European, and Australian citizens in Kuwait are now prisoners of Iraq.
August 22 President Bush activates Reserve forces, the first such call-up since the Vietnam War.
August 25 The UN Security Council authorizes American naval forces in the Persian Gulf to enforce the trade embargo.
November 29 The UN Security Council issues an ultimatum threatening the use of force if Iraq does not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991
December 6 Hussein frees the 9,000 hostages.
1991
January 9 Peace talks between U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III and Iraqi representative Tariq Aziz end in a stalemate.
January 10 Congress begins debate on a resolution authorizing President Bush to use force to expel the Iraqis from Kuwait.
January 12 The resolution passes in both houses of Congress by narrow margins.
January 16-17 The Coalition air war begins. Bombers and cruise missiles strike at power plants, munitions factories, and other strategic targets. The bombardment will last 42 days. (Second chart = 1/15/91 - 4/6/91 >>> DOW - stockcharts.com[l,a]dhcayymy[d19910115,19910406][pb20!b50!b200!d20,2][vc60][iUb14!Ul14!Uc20!La12,26,9!Li14,3!Lh14,3!Lk14!Lf] NAZ - stockcharts.com[l,a]dhcayymy[d19910115,19910406][pb20!b50!b200!d20,2][vc60][iUb14!Ul14!Uc20!La12,26,9!Li14,3!Lh14,3!Lk14!Lf]
February 15 Hussein offers a peace plan loaded with conditions. Bush calls the proposal "a cruel hoax."
February 21 Iraq and the Soviet Union present a peace treaty. Bush rejects it as inadequate.
February 22 President Bush issues an ultimatum: Accept all UN conditions by noon tomorrow or a massive ground campaign will be launched.
February 24 Diversionary forces lure Iraqi forces to the east as the main Coalition force moves in on the Iraqi western flank, taking the Iraqi army by surprise. Within two days the Coalition takes 30,000 Iraqi prisoners.
February 25 An Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Saudi Arabia, killing 28 soldiers and injuring 97 more.
February 26 Iraqi troops try to take the main road out of Kuwait City, causing a huge traffic jam. Coalition aircraft bomb the road, killing 10,000 Iraqi troops.
February 27 Allies take Kuwait City.
February 27-28 The largest tank battle since World War II takes place. Hundreds of Coalition tanks, armored infantry vehicles, and combat helicopters destroy 200 Iraqi tanks. No Coalition losses are reported.
February 28 Hussein agrees to end the fighting.
April 3 The UN Security Council orders Iraq to cancel its annexation of Kuwait, assume liability for war damages, and disclose all stocks of nuclear and chemical weapons.
April 6 Iraq submits to the terms of the UN order. |
