Cease-fire ends Persian Gulf War (April 3); UN forces are victorious. Background: The Persian Gulf War
Europeans end sanctions on South Africa (April 15). South African Parliament repeals apartheid laws (June 5).
Communist Government of Albania resigns (June 4).
Warsaw Pact dissolved (July 1).
Boris Yeltsin becomes first freely elected president of Russian Republic (July 10). Yeltsin's stock increases when he takes a prominent role in suppressing an anti-Gorbachev coup by communist hardliners (Aug. 18-22). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia win independence from USSR (Aug. 25); US recognizes them (Sept. 2).
Haitian troops seize president in uprising (Sept. 30). US suspends assistance to Haiti (Oct. 1).
US indicts two Libyans in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland (Nov. 15).
Soviet Union breaks up after President Gorbachev's resignation; constituent republics form Commonwealth of Independent States (Dec. 25). Background: Dissolution of the USSR

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