June 1991

Monday 03:

At Hankuk University in Seoul, South Korea, students throw eggs at South Korean prime minister Chung Won Shik.

Tuesday 04:

Britain's Conservative government announces that some British regiments would disappear or be merged into others – the largest armed forces cuts in almost twenty years.

Wednesday 05:

Colo-Colo becomes the first Chilean soccer team to win the Copa Libertadores de América.

Thursday 06:

Former Diff'rent Strokes child star Dana Plato is given a six-year suspended sentence for robbing a Las Vegas video store five weeks earlier.

Sunday 09:

The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party.

Monday 10:

In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm.

Wednesday 12:

Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of their republic.

Monday 17:

Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

Thursday 20:

German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.

Sunday 23:

Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Genesis in North America.

Tuesday 25:

Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

Thursday 27:

Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.