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June 1990 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in June 1990

• June 1, 1990: Cold War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks, promoting nuclear disarmament.
• June 2, 1990: The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974. The outbreak caused significant damage and loss of life.
• June 4, 1990: Violence breaks out in the Kirghiz SSR between the majority Kyrgyz people and minority Uzbeks over the distribution of homestead land. The violence resulted in numerous casualties and heightened ethnic tensions in the region.
• June 7, 1990: Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad is elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. His election marked a significant event in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, as he led the church through a period of transition and renewal following the fall of the Soviet Union.
• June 8, 1990: The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy. This was the first broadcast of digital HDTV in history; Europe would not begin HDTV broadcasting en masse until 2004. The World Cup is a major international soccer tournament that takes place every four years, bringing together teams from around the world to compete for the championship title.
• June 9, 1990: Mega Borg oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas. The spill caused significant environmental damage and highlighted the need for stricter regulations on offshore oil drilling.
• June 10, 1990: Alberto Fujimori is elected President of Peru; he takes office on July 28. Fujimori's presidency was marked by both economic reforms and human rights abuses, and he eventually faced corruption charges and was sentenced to prison.
• June 11, 1990: Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam massacre over 600 unarmed police officers in the Eastern Province. The massacre was a major escalation in the ongoing civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers, and it drew international condemnation.
• June 12, 1990: Cold War: The Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. This declaration marked a significant step towards the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which occurred later that year.
• June 13, 1990: The destruction of the Berlin Wall by East Germany officially starts, 7 months after it was opened the previous November. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a pivotal moment in the Cold War and symbolized the end of the division between East and West Germany.
• June 14, 1990: 1990 Panay earthquake: An earthquake measuring 7.1 Ms struck Panay Island in the Philippines, killing 8 and injuring 41. The earthquake caused significant damage to infrastructure and buildings.
• June 15, 1990: Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law agreed (comes into force 1997). The Dublin Regulation established a common system for determining which EU member state is responsible for examining an asylum application, aiming to prevent asylum seekers from submitting multiple applications in different countries.
• June 17, 1990: Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting 3 Canadian and 8 U.S. cities. Mandela's tour was a significant moment in the international campaign to end apartheid in South Africa and raise awareness about the struggle for racial equality.
• June 19, 1990: The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic holds its inaugural conference in Moscow. The conference marked the formal establishment of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which would later become the dominant political party in post-Soviet Russia.
• June 21, 1990: The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000. The earthquake caused widespread destruction and loss of life, and it remains one of the deadliest earthquakes in Iranian history.
• June 22, 1990: Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled. The dismantling of Checkpoint Charlie, a famous border crossing between East and West Berlin, symbolized the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany.
• June 23, 1990: In Canada, the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 dies after the Manitoba and Newfoundland legislatures fail to approve it ahead of the deadline. The failure of the Meech Lake Accord, which aimed to address concerns of Quebec and other provinces, led to a constitutional crisis and contributed to the rise of the Bloc Québécois.
• June 24, 1990: Kathleen Margaret Brown and Irene Templeton are ordained as priests in St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, becoming the first female Anglican priests in the United Kingdom. This ordination marked a significant step towards gender equality in the Anglican Church.