1990
July 16 An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills over 1,600 in the Philippines.
July 25 George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
July 25 The Serbian Democratic Party declares the sovereignty of the Serbs in Croatia.
July 26 U.S. President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.
July 27 The parliament building and a government television house in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago are stormed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen in a coup d'ιtat attempt which lasts 5 days. Approximately 26 to 30 people are killed and several wounded (including then Prime Minister, A.N.R. Robinson, who is shot in the leg).
July 27 Belarus declares its sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the USSR.
July 28 Alberto Fujimori becomes president of Peru.
July 30 A Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb kills British M.P. Ian Gow, a staunch unionist.
August 2 Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
August 6 Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.
August 16 I'm born.
August 19 Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
August 23 East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3.
August 24 Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly 5 years.
August 28 Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) struck the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, in Illinois, killing 29 people. Strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago Metropolitan Area
September 2 Transnistria declares its independence from the Moldavian SSR; however, the declaration is not recognized by any government.
September 9 Liberian Civil War: Liberian president Samuel Doe is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution.
September 11 Gulf War: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
September 12 The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German re-unification.
I think August 2 is a wee bit important 
August 2, 1990 is my first political memory.
