WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JULY 1990
Find out what all happened March to July 1990

A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people. (7. April 1990)

East Germany and West Germany merge their economies. (30. June 1990)

STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. Shuttle mission STS-31 lifts off, carrying Hubble into orbit. (24. April 1990)

The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba. (27. March 1990)

The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3. (27. July 1990)

The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. (16. July 1990)

The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow. (19. June 1990)

The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days. (27. July 1990)

In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph). (18. May 1990)

Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (1. March 1990)

Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position. (25. April 1990)

Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system. (22. May 1990)

Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. (22. June 1990)

Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border. (24. July 1990)

The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. (19. March 1990)

Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation. (4. May 1990)

The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. (29. March 1990)

Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. (20. March 1990)

Asteroid Eureka is discovered. (20. June 1990)

The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines. (1. May 1990)