Editing 1991 (section)

===June===
[[File:Pinatubo91eruption clark air base.jpg|upright=0.75|thumb|[[Mount Pinatubo]]]]
* [[June 3]] – [[Mount Unzen]] in [[List of volcanoes in Japan|Japan]] erupts, killing 46 people as a result of [[pyroclastic flow]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mount Unzen {{!}} volcano, Japan|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Unzen|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730221820/https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Unzen|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 4]] 
**[[Fatos Nano]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Albania]] following a nationwide strike. [[President of Albania]] [[Ramiz Alia]] appoints [[Ylli Bufi]] as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Communist government resigned Tuesday under an agreement by...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/04/The-Communist-government-resigned-Tuesday-under-an-agreement-by/5766676008000/|access-date=June 12, 2021|work=[[United Press International]]|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612003244/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/04/The-Communist-government-resigned-Tuesday-under-an-agreement-by/5766676008000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hard-line Communist picked as Albanian prime minister|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/06/Hard-line-Communist-picked-as-Albanian-prime-minister/6582676180800/|access-date=June 12, 2021|work=United Press International|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612002855/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/06/Hard-line-Communist-picked-as-Albanian-prime-minister/6582676180800/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** A large [[solar flare]] triggers an unusually large [[aurora]] as far south as [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wald|first=Matthew|title=Severe Sun Storm Threatens Utilities|journal=The New York Times|date=June 6, 1991|page=16|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/06/us/severe-sun-storm-threatens-utilities.html|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118091204/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/06/us/severe-sun-storm-threatens-utilities.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Large Solar Flares Since 1976|url=http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Educational/2/3/9|work=[[Australian Bureau of Meteorology]]|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624075042/http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Educational/2/3/9|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 5]]
**[[President of Algeria]] [[Chadli Bendjedid]] declares a state of emergency as [[Prime Minister of Algeria|Prime Minister]] [[Mouloud Hamrouche]] resigns after 11 days of protests against the government; Hamrouche is replaced by [[Sid Ahmed Ghozali]].<ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 1991|title=Algeria Puts Off Elections; Premier Quits : North Africa: The president declares a state of siege after rioting by Muslim fundamentalists. The army moves in.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-05-mn-227-story.html|access-date=November 20, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120134435/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-05-mn-227-story.html|archive-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 1991|title=Algerian government resigns amid violence|url=https://tampabay.com/archive/1991/06/05/algerian-government-resigns-amid-violence/|access-date=November 20, 2024|website=Tampa Bay Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124153139/https://tampabay.com/archive/1991/06/05/algerian-government-resigns-amid-violence/|archive-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref>
** End of Apartheid: The [[South African Parliament]] votes to repeal laws banning Black ownership of land.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 6, 1991|title=S. Africa Abolishes Laws Banning Black Land Ownership|url=https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-06-mn-255-story.html|access-date=November 20, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121122736/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-06-mn-255-story.html|archive-date=November 21, 2024}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] – Approximately [[National Victory Celebration|200,000 people attend a parade]] of 8,800 returning Persian Gulf War troops in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Fitzgerald|first=David|date=March 2019|title=Support the Troops: Gulf War Homecomings and a New Politics of Military Celebration|journal=Modern American History|volume=2|issue=1|pages=1–22|doi=10.1017/mah.2019.1|s2cid=159284106|issn=2515-0456|doi-access=free|hdl=10468/9737|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last2=Brown|first2=DeNeen L.|last1=Jordan|first1=Mary|author-link1=Mary Jordan (journalist)|date=June 10, 1991|title=On The Mall, The Celebration Lingers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/10/on-the-mall-the-celebration-lingers/89f330fe-462e-457f-b8c4-c8162d82c6d5/|access-date=June 12, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026131915/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/10/on-the-mall-the-celebration-lingers/89f330fe-462e-457f-b8c4-c8162d82c6d5/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 9]] – A major collapse at the [[Mining industry of Eswatini|Emaswati Colliery]] in [[Swaziland]] traps 26 miners 65 meters below the surface; they are rescued 30 hours later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa. {{!}} South African History Online|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/twenty-six-miners-trapped-swaziland-coal-mine-are-rescued-help-south-africa|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=sahistory.org.za|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730144513/https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/twenty-six-miners-trapped-swaziland-coal-mine-are-rescued-help-south-africa|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] 
**[[Boris Yeltsin]] is elected [[President of Russia|President]] of the [[Russian SFSR]]; he officially begins his term on July 10.<ref>{{cite book|title=FBIS Report: Central Eurasia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0ZjcgSaaiUC|year=1992|publisher=The Service|page=7|access-date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101919/https://books.google.com/books?id=R0ZjcgSaaiUC|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Sri Lankan civil war]]: [[Sri Lankan Army]] soldiers [[1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre|kill 152 civilians]] in [[Kokkadichcholai]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=June 14, 1991|title=Sri Lankans Accuse Army of Massacre|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/14/world/sri-lankans-accuse-army-of-massacre.html|access-date=June 12, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029103516/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/14/world/sri-lankans-accuse-army-of-massacre.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[Party of Labour of Albania]] is dissolved and succeeded by the [[Socialist Party of Albania]], marking the end of [[Communist Albania|communist rule in Albania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Albanian Socialist Party {{!}} political party, Albania|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Albanian-Socialist-Party|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623221816/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Albanian-Socialist-Party|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sudetic|first=Chuck|date=June 12, 1991|title=Albania's Communists in Upheaval|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/12/world/albania-s-communists-in-upheaval.html|access-date=June 12, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029103434/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/12/world/albania-s-communists-in-upheaval.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 15]]
** In the Philippines, [[Mount Pinatubo]] erupts in the [[1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo|second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century]]; the final death toll exceeds 800. The eruption causes a global cooling of around 0.4&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mount Pinatubo: The June 1991 Eruptions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeUKAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Commerce]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]], [[National Geophysical Data Center]]|access-date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207101821/https://books.google.com/books?id=SeUKAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hoppe|first=K.|date=July 18, 1992|title=Mt. Pinatubo's Cloud Shades Global Climate|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3976864|journal=Science News|volume=142|issue=3|pages=37|doi=10.2307/3976864|jstor=3976864|issn=0036-8423|access-date=August 4, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207102336/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3976864?origin=crossref|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[1991 Indian general election|Indian general elections]] end; the [[Indian National Congress]] wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority. Six days later, Congress leader [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] becomes [[Prime Minister of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIA: parliamentary elections Lok Sabha, 1991|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2145_91.htm|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=archive.ipu.org|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613002021/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2145_91.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=P.V. Narasimha Rao {{!}} prime minister of India|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-V-Narasimha-Rao|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=June 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602181221/https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-V-Narasimha-Rao|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] – [[Father's Day Bank Massacre]]: Four [[security guard]]s are shot to death during a [[bank robbery]] at the United Bank Tower in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], United States. The person subsequently charged with the crime was acquitted, and the case remains unsolved.<ref>{{cite news|last=Romero|first=John|url=http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-fathers-day-massacre-mystery-txt,0,2862251.story|title=19 years later, Denver bank massacre still a mystery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716234552/http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-fathers-day-massacre-mystery-txt,0,2862251.story|archive-date=July 16, 2011|url-status=dead|work=[[KDVR]]|location=Denver|date=May 24, 2010}}</ref>
* [[June 17]]
** End of Apartheid: The [[South African parliament]] repeals the [[Population Registration Act]], which has required [[Apartheid|racial classification]] of all South Africans at birth.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wren|first=Christopher S.|date=June 18, 1991|title=South Africa Scraps Law Defining People by Race|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/18/world/south-africa-scraps-law-defining-people-by-race.html|access-date=June 12, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029103557/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/18/world/south-africa-scraps-law-defining-people-by-race.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kraft|first=Scott|date=June 18, 1991|title=South Africa Abolishes Race Registration Law|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/18/south-africa-abolishes-race-registration-law/defbe86b-3085-49d9-8fd7-ae1254b5100e/|access-date=June 12, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121122816/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/18/south-africa-abolishes-race-registration-law/defbe86b-3085-49d9-8fd7-ae1254b5100e/|archive-date=November 21, 2024}}</ref>
**[[President of Turkey]] [[Turgut Özal]] appoints [[Mesut Yılmaz]] as [[Prime Minister of Turkey|Prime Minister]] following [[Yıldırım Akbulut]]'s resignation. Yılmaz forms a new government on June 23, which lasts until November when it is replaced by the government of [[Süleyman Demirel]].<ref name="75.Yıl">''Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı'', Tempo yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998</ref><ref>{{cite journal|year=1997|title=Appendix|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26726878|journal=[[Insight Turkey]]|issue=7|pages=179–190|jstor=26726878|issn=1302-177X|access-date=June 12, 2021|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104231232/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26726878|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Süleyman Demirel {{!}} president of Turkey|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suleyman-Demirel|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617110531/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suleyman-Demirel|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 20]]
** In [[West Germany]], the [[Bundestag]] [[Decision on the Capital of Germany|votes to move]] the capital from [[Bonn]] to [[Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=On This Day: Germany votes to move capital to Berlin|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/06/20/On-This-Day-Germany-votes-to-move-capital-to-Berlin/5661529425096/|access-date=June 12, 2021|work=United Press International|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724064754/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/06/20/On-This-Day-Germany-votes-to-move-capital-to-Berlin/5661529425096/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fisher|first=Marc|author-link=Marc Fisher|date=June 20, 1991|title=Berlin Voted New Seat of Government|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/21/berlin-voted-new-seat-of-government/d26089a2-faf4-4cfd-b481-ca67d9ee2f45/|access-date=June 12, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121122940/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/21/berlin-voted-new-seat-of-government/d26089a2-faf4-4cfd-b481-ca67d9ee2f45/|archive-date=November 21, 2024}}</ref>
** [[Harry Collinson]], the planning officer for [[Derwentside]] District Council, is shot dead at [[Butsfield]], [[County Durham]], England, and the incident is caught on camera by a [[BBC]] regional news crew.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15576202.albert-dryden-shooting-still-haunted-day-saw-man-killed-cold-blood/|title=Albert Dryden Shooting: 'Still haunted by day I saw a man killed in cold blood'|date=September 17, 2018|access-date=November 21, 2024|last=Summers|first=Mark|work=[[The Northern Echo]]|url-status=live|archive-date=April 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430123537/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15576202.albert-dryden-shooting-still-haunted-day-saw-man-killed-cold-blood/}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – [[June 28|28]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: UN inspection teams attempt to intercept Iraqi vehicles carrying nuclear related equipment. Iraqi soldiers fire warning shots in the air to prevent inspectors from approaching the vehicles.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
* [[June 25]] – Dissolution of Yugoslavia: [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]] declare their independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Milestones: 1989–1992 – Office of the Historian|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/breakup-yugoslavia|access-date=June 12, 2021|website=history.state.gov|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609125535/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/breakup-yugoslavia|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: [[Comecon]] is dissolved in [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shepherd|first=Leslie|title=Soviet-Led Comecon Trading Bloc To Disband|url=https://apnews.com/article/ea422353d454637df6e14349b1854165|date=May 19, 1991|access-date=June 12, 2021|work=Associated Press News|archive-date=March 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319223114/https://apnews.com/article/ea422353d454637df6e14349b1854165|url-status=dead}}</ref>