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Info only 90 Apr 1 Su Chronology Key [Chronology] Strangeways prison siege (ended 25 Apr); disturbances in other gaols
Info only 90 Apr 10 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Customs seized components of Iraqi `supergun’
Info only 90 Apr 13 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-US summit in Bermuda
Info only 90 Apr 28 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (informal): welcomed German reunification
Info only 90 May 3 Th Chronology Minor [Chronology] Local elections
Info only 90 May 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Latvia declared independence of USSR (Estonia followed 8 May)
Info only 90 May 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit at Waddesdon Manor
Info only 90 May 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Reshuffle: David Hunt joined Cabinet in place of Peter Walker
Info only 90 Jun 7 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] MT visited USSR (returned 10 Jun)
Info only 90 Jun 25 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Dublin European Council (ended 26 Jun)
Info only 90 Jul 1 Su Chronology Major [Chronology] German economic union
Info only 90 Jul 5 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] NATO summit in London (ended 6 Jly)
Info only 90 Jul 9 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Houston G7 summit (ended 11 Jly)
Info only 90 Jul 14 Sa Chronology Key [Chronology] Ridley resigned over comments on Germany; Lilley joined Cabinet to succeed him at DTI
Info only 90 Jul 16 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Kohl-Gorbachev talks: Gorbachev agreed united Germany in NATO
Info only 90 Jul 17 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Saddam accuses Kuwait and other Gulf states of forcing down oil price and stealing oil from disputed Rumaila oilfield
Info only 90 Jul 23 Mo Chronology Minor [Chronology] Reshuffle of junior ministers
Info only 90 Jul 24 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Iraq sends 30,000 heavily armed troops to the Kuwait border
Info only 90 Jul 30 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Ian Gow murdered by IRA bomb
Info only 90 Jul 31 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegations meet for talks in Saudi Arabia

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