Unix Timestamp: 648950400
Thursday, July 26. 1990, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Cold War: Belarus declares its sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the USSR.

U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.

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\'état 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).