WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1991
Find out what all happened June to July 1991

Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. (10. July 1991)

Ten-Day War: the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia. (26. June 1991)

The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles. (31. July 1991)

Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War. (27. June 1991)

Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. (17. June 1991)

Sonic the Hedgehog , the first game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series is released for the Sega Genesis in North America. (23. June 1991)

Manmohan Singh presents his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India (24. July 1991)

A Nationair Douglas DC-8 on Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes soon after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 on board. (11. July 1991)

Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment. (22. July 1991)

Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic. (12. June 1991)

Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (7. July 1991)

The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends. (19. June 1991)

1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. (12. June 1991)

Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. (25. June 1991)

The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. (10. July 1991)

Mount Pinatubo exploded, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high. (7. June 1991)

Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. (3. June 1991)

The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. (1. July 1991)

The German Bundestag votes to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin. (20. June 1991)

In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die. (15. June 1991)

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