WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1990
Find out what all happened June to July 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)

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

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

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

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

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

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George Bush. (26. July 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)

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

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

George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to "get dirt" on Dave Winfield. (30. July 1990)

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

Asteroid Eureka is discovered. (20. June 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)

The Luzon Earthquake strikes in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. (16. July 1990)

German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany. (1. July 1990)