WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1990
Find out what all happened June to September 1990

Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void. (2. September 1990)

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

Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. (18. September 1990)

Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. (28. August 1990)

Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. (6. August 1990)

The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge. (16. September 1990)

The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. (10. August 1990)

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

1990 Batticaloa massacre, massacre of 184 minority Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka. (9. September 1990)

An earthquake with its epicenter in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak). (13. July 1990)

Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, was discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. (12. August 1990)

Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed. (29. September 1990)

The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time. (29. September 1990)

The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, the largest church in Africa, is consecrated by Pope John Paul II. (10. September 1990)

France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf. (15. September 1990)

Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins. (11. July 1990)

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. (5. September 1990)

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

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

Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. (23. August 1990)