WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1990
Find out what all happened May to June 1990

Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. (22. 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)

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

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

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

North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen. (22. May 1990)

The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. (17. May 1990)

The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. (29. May 1990)

Asteroid Eureka is discovered. (20. June 1990)

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

The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana, is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with 6 deaths. (2. June 1990)

Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. (12. June 1990)

The Democratic Republic of Yemen and North Yemen agree to merge into the Republic of Yemen. (21. May 1990)

George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. (1. June 1990)

The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania. (20. May 1990)

The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway. (19. June 1990)

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

British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities (10. June 1990)

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