Timeline Monday 2 July 1990

Events on Monday 2 July 1990 2

• 1909 – 1990 Andrei Gromyko (1909-1990) Died 2 July 1990, aged 80 Andrei Gromyko was the Soviet Union's foreign minister for nearly three decades and later served as head of state. He was a central figure in Soviet diplomacy throughout the Cold War, including arms control negotiations with the United States. He died in Moscow on 2 July 1990.
• 1990 Mecca stampede 1,426 pilgrims killed A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel near Mecca during the Hajj pilgrimage on July 2, 1990 killed 1,426 people, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the history of the pilgrimage.