In the U.S., Time magazine publishes "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power," an article highly critical of the Scientology movement. May 12 – Nepal holds its first multiparty legislative election since 1959. May 15 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister. May 16 – Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress during a 13-day royal visit in Washington, D.C. May 18 – Somaliland secedes from Somalia; its independence is not recognised by the international community. May 19 – Dissolution of Yugoslavia: In the Croatian independence referendum, voters in the Socialist Republic of Croatia vote to leave SFR Yugoslavia. May 21 At Sriperumbudur, India, a suicide bomber from LTTE attacks a political meeting, killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and at least 14 others. Ethiopian Civil War: Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia to Zimbabwe, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end. May 22 – Acting Prime Minister of South Korea Ro Jai-bong resigns in the wake of rioting following the beating to death of a student by police on April 26. He is succeeded by Chung Won-shik two days later. May 24 – Following authorisation by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Operation Solomon commences to airlift most of the remaining Beta Israel community from Ethiopia to Israel. May 25 – The Surinamese general election is won by the military-backed New Front for Democracy and Development. May 26 – Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashes near Bangkok, Thailand, killing all 223 people on board. May 28 – Ethiopian Civil War: The forces of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front seize the capital Addis Ababa. June June 3 – Mount Unzen in Japan erupts, killing 46 people as a result of pyroclastic flow. June 4 Fatos Nano resigns as Prime Minister of Albania following a nationwide strike. President of Albania Ramiz Alia appoints Ylli Bufi as his successor. A large solar flare triggers an anomalously large aurora as far south as Pennsylvania. June 5 President of Algeria Chadli Bendjedid dismisses Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche following 11 days of protests against the government and replaces him with Sid Ahmed Ghozali. End of Apartheid: South Africa repeals the last legal foundations of apartheid. June 7 – Approximately 200,000 people attend a parade of 8,800 returning Persian Gulf War troops in Washington, D.C. June 9 – A major collapse