Timeline June 1990

Events in June 1990 14

• 1908 – 1990 Rex Harrison (1908-1990) Died 2 June 1990, aged 82 Rex Harrison was an English actor best known for playing Professor Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" on stage and screen, winning an Academy Award for the film role. He had a long career on both the London and Broadway stage. He died in New York City on 2 June 1990.
• 1927 – 1990 Robert Noyce (1927-1990) Died 3 June 1990, aged 62 Robert Noyce was an American engineer who co-invented the integrated circuit and co-founded both Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. His work laid the technical foundation for the modern computer industry. He died of a heart attack in Austin, Texas.
• 1990 French Open 1990 Men: Andrés Gómez · Women: Monica Seles Monica Seles, 16, won the first of three consecutive French Opens.
• 1990 Human Genome Project begins International effort to map DNA The Human Genome Project officially began in June 1990, a landmark international scientific collaboration to sequence and map all human genes — the complete set of human DNA.
• 1990 Pretty Woman released Julia Roberts becomes a star Pretty Woman was released in March 1990, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. It became the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time up to that point.
• 1990 1990 FIFA World Cup Notti Magiche A defensive-minded tournament that saw West Germany win their third title. Winner: West Germany.
• 1990 1990 FIFA World Cup begins Italy hosts the tournament The 1990 FIFA World Cup opened in Italy on June 8, 1990. West Germany won the tournament, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final — their third World Cup title.
• 1990 Czechoslovakia holds first free elections since 1946 Civic Forum and Public Against Violence win Czechoslovakia held its first free parliamentary elections since 1946 on 8-9 June 1990. The Civic Forum and its Slovak counterpart Public Against Violence, both born of the Velvet Revolution, won commanding majorities. Václav Havel's government gained a democratic mandate.
• 1990 Bulgaria holds first free elections Former communists win under new party name Bulgaria held its first multi-party elections since 1931 on 10 and 17 June 1990. The renamed Bulgarian Socialist Party, successor to the communists, won the largest bloc of seats. Opposition parties disputed the result but the vote set Bulgaria on a path to democratic government.
• 1990 Russia declares sovereignty Congress of People's Deputies vote The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia formally declared Russian sovereignty from the USSR on June 12, 1990, an early step toward the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union.
• 1990 Berlin Wall demolition begins Official destruction starts East Germany officially began demolishing the Berlin Wall on June 13, 1990, seven months after crowds first broke through it on November 9, 1989.
• 1990 Iran earthquake 50,000 killed in Gilan A devastating earthquake measuring 7.4 struck the Gilan and Zanjan provinces of Iran on June 21, 1990, killing approximately 50,000 people and leaving 500,000 homeless.
• 1990 Bush breaks tax pledge "Read my lips" promise broken President Bush announced on June 26, 1990 that new taxes would be needed to reduce the federal deficit, breaking his famous "Read my lips: no new taxes" campaign pledge.
• 1990 Nations strengthen ozone treaty in London London Amendment tightens CFC phase-out Parties to the Montreal Protocol meeting in London on 29 June 1990 agreed to a complete phase-out of ozone-depleting CFCs by 2000. The London Amendment strengthened the original 1987 treaty and added funding to help developing nations comply. It became a landmark in international environmental cooperation.