The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) During this time, the widespread adoption of personal computers, the Internet and the increased economic productivity led to the equity market booms around the world, and made many Americans, Asians, and Western Europeans very wealthy. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Productivity in Economics refers to measures of output from production processes per unit of input

This decade starting with the breakup of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, as well as the cementation of free-market capitalism as the dominant economic system worldwide. The Soviet Union 's collapse into independent nations began early in 1985 Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the A free market is a Market in which property rights are voluntarily exchanged at a price arranged completely by the mutual consent of sellers and buyers During this decade, racial prejudice lost moral acceptance, and the gender roles for women began to increase dramatically in many industrialized countries. The word prejudice refers to prejudgment making a decision before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case or event The term developed country, or advanced country, is used to categorize countries with developed Economies in which the tertiary and quaternary sectors

Economics

The Dow Jones Index of 1990's

Despite economic prosperity and democracy, there were problems in the 1990s that became more visible after the decade ended. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several In Africa a rapid increase in incidence of AIDS contributed to falling life expectancy and zero or negative growth rates. Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age In the former Soviet Union GDP decreased as their economies restructured to produce goods they needed and some capital flight occurred. The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent nations that split off from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Capital flight, in Economics, occurs when Assets and/or Money rapidly flow out of a Country, due to an economic event that disturbs Investors Financial crises in the developing world after 1994 (i. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) e. the Asian economic crises of 1997) began to undermine some support for a global economy.

Many countries, institutions, companies, and organizations experienced the 1990s as a prosperous time. High-income countries such as the United States, Ireland, Western Europe, and South Korea experienced steady economic growth for much of the decade. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː

In many continents, political stability and decreased militarization due to the winding down of the Cold War led to economic development and higher standards of living for many citizens. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the These trends were also fueled by inexpensive fossil energy, with low petroleum prices caused by a glut of oil. Oil and gas were discovered in many countries in the former Soviet bloc, leading to economic growth and wider adoption of trade between nations, but the 15 new nations of the old USSR, plus Russia, struggled to adjust to the new economic reality. Trade is the willing exchange of goods, services, or both Trade is also called Commerce. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

• US economy ended the decade with a 4% unemployment rate, personal incomes doubled from the recession in 1990, and there was higher productivity overall. The Economy of the United States is the largest national economy in the world Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. After the 1996 Welfare Reform act there was a great reduction of poverty rates, and the Wall Street stock exchange stayed over the 10,000 mark from 1999 to 2001. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Welfare reform is a movement for policy change in countries with a state-administered social welfare systems
• After 1992 the booming of the US stock market, in reference to which Alan Greenspan coined the memorable phrase "irrational exuberance". Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A stock market, or (equity market is a private or public market for the trading of company Stock and derivatives of company Alan Greenspan (born March 6 1926 in New York City) is an American Economist and was from 1987 to 2006 the Chairman of the Federal Reserve of For other uses of the term Irrational exuberance, see the Irrational exuberance (disambiguation article
• GATT update and creation of the World Trade Organization and other global economic institutions, but opposition by anti-globalization activists showed up in nearly every GATT summit, like the demonstrations in Seattle in December 1999. The 'General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade' (typically abbreviated 'GATT' was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO
• With the creation of the E.U. there is free movement of labor between member states, such as the 1992 and 1995 free trade agreements. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The EU agreed to have a single currency, and the Euro began circulation in March 1999 in 12 member states. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e
• Philippines shown a great economic development after The People Power revolt. The economy gains 5% from its deficit until the Asian financial crisis of 1997. The Asian Financial Crisis was a period of Financial crisis that gripped much of Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown (
• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which phases out trade barriers between the United States, Mexico and Canada is signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
• From 1990 until 1998 inclusive, the economy of Russia and some former USSR states was in a severe depression. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Eastern European economies struggled after the fall of communism, but Poland, Hungary, Estonia and Lithuania saw healthy economic growth rates in the late 1990s. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the
• Except for the United Kingdom and Ireland, much of Europe had serious economic problems, such as the massive 1995 general strikes in France during its worst recession since World War II. Celtic Tiger (Tíogar Ceilteach is a name for the period of rapid Economic growth in the Republic of Ireland that began in the 1990s and slowed in 2001 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The French economy mildly rebounds at the end of the decade.
• Democracy, economic reform and peace arrive in Latin America, while the sluggish economies of Brazil, by a new emphasis on free markets for all their citizens, and Mexico, under economist president Ernesto Zedillo elected in 1994, were their best shape by the late 1990s. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born December 27, 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician
• Financial crisis hits East and Southeast Asia in 1997 and 1998 after a long period of phenomenal economic development. The Asian Financial Crisis was a period of Financial crisis that gripped much of Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown ( Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Japan was heavily affected, as was Indonesia when the 30-year rule of President Suharto ended in his resignation after widespread protests in May 1998. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Suharto, also spelled Soeharto (June 8 1921 &ndash January 27 2008 was an Indonesian military leader and the second President of Indonesia, holding See East Asian Tigers. The term Four Asian Tigers or East Asian Tigers refers to the Economies of South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore

World-changing events

Significant events that occurred during or after 1990 which would influence the course of history and character of the decade, include:

• The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 2, 1990. The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait which resulted Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
• The German reunification in October 3, 1990 as a result of the fall of the Berlin Wall
• The resignation of Margaret Thatcher as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the UK followed by the election and appointment of John Major as her successor on November 28, 1990. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Sir John Major KG CH ACIB (born 29 March 1943 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events
• The Moscow Coup and subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union on December 21, 1991. The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt ( August 19 - August 21, 1991) also known as the August Putsch or August Coup was a three-day The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.

Significant events that marked the passing of the decade include:

• The resignation of President Boris Yeltsin on December 31, 1999 resulting in Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's succession to the position
• World-wide New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 1999. The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin () (1 February 1931 23 April 2007 was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999 Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, (Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации unofficially called the Prime-Minister Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
• Worldwide concern about possible widespread computer malfunctions resulting from the Year 2000 problem. The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a notable Computer bug resulting

Science

Hubble Space Telescope

• Physicists develop string theory and M-theory. The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into String theory is a still-developing scientific approach to Theoretical physics, whose original building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings In Theoretical physics, M-theory is a new limit of String theory in which 11 dimensions of Spacetime may be identified
• Detection of extrasolar planets orbiting stars other than the sun. An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a Planet beyond the Solar System, orbiting around other Stars As of September 2008 312 A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth
• Dolly the sheep is cloned. Dolly was a ewe ( July 5, 1996 – February 14, 2003) that was the first Animal to be cloned from an adult Cloning in Biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as Bacteria, Insects
• Human Genome Project begins. The Human Genome Project (HGP was an international Scientific research project with a primary goal to determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA
• DNA identification of individuals finds wide application in criminal law. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different Jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential
• Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990; revolutionizes astronomy. The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study
• Protease inhibitors introduced allowing HAART therapy against HIV; drastically reduces AIDS mortality. For natural protease inhibitors please see Protease inhibitor (biology Protease inhibitors (PIs are a class of Medications used Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• NASA's spacecraft Pathfinder lands on Mars and deploys a small roving vehicle, Sojourner, which analyzes the planet's geology and atmosphere. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Mars Pathfinder was launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II just a month after the Mars Global Surveyor The Mars Pathfinder was launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II just a month after the Mars Global Surveyor
• The Hale-Bopp comet swings past the sun for the first time in 4,200 years in April 1997. Comet Hale-Bopp ( formally designated C/1995 O1) was probably the most widely observed Comet of the twentieth century and one of the brightest Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
• Development of biodegradable products, replacing products made from Styrofoam; advances in methods for recycling of waste products (such as paper, glass, aluminum). Polystyrene ˌpɒliˈstaɪriːn ( IUPAC Polyphenylethene is an aromatic Polymer made from the aromatic Monomer Styrene Recycling involves processing used materials into new products in order to prevent the waste of potentially useful materials reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials reduce
• Genetically engineered crops are developed for commercial use. Genetically modified (GM foods are food items that have had their DNA changed through Genetic engineering.
• Discovery of dark matter, dark energy, brown dwarfs, and first confirmation of black holes. In Physics and cosmology, dark matter is hypothetical Matter that does not interact with the electromagnetic force but whose presence can be inferred from In Physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical exotic form of Energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe Brown dwarfs are sub- stellar objects with a mass below that necessary to maintain Hydrogen -burning Nuclear fusion reactions in their cores as do stars A black hole is a theoretical region of space in which the Gravitational field is so powerful that nothing not even Electromagnetic radiation (e
• The Galileo probe orbits Jupiter, studying the planet and its moons extensively. Galileo was an Unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study the Planet Jupiter and its moons Named after the Astronomer
• The Global Positioning System (GPS) becomes fully operational. Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth
• Proof of Fermat's last theorem is discovered by Andrew Wiles. Fermat's Last Theorem is the name of the statement in Number theory that It is impossible to separate any power higher than the second into two like Sir Andrew John Wiles KBE FRS (born 11 April 1953 is a British Mathematician and a professor at Princeton University
• Construction starts on the International Space Station - 1996

Technology

Some technologies invented and improved during the 1990s:

Graphic representation of the WWW. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.

Hardware

• The Pentium processor is developed by Intel. The Pentium brand refers to Intel 's single-core x86 Microprocessor based on the P5 fifth-generation Microarchitecture.
• Explosive growth of the Internet, perhaps caused by a decrease in the cost of computers and other technology. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
• Advancements in computer modems, ISDN, cable modems and DSL lead to faster connection to the Internet. Modem (from mo dulator- dem odulator is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode Digital information A cable modem is a type of Modem that provides access to a data signal sent over the Cable television infrastructure
• Pagers are initially popular but ultimately are replaced by mobile phones toward the end of the decade. A pager (sometimes called a beeper) is a simple personal Telecommunications device for short messages
• Hand-held satellite phones are introduced towards the end of the decade. A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of Mobile phone that connects to orbiting Satellites instead of terrestrial
• CD burner drives are introduced. In Computing, an optical disc drive ( ODD) is a Disk drive that uses Laser light or electromagnetic waves near the Light spectrum
• Digital SLRs and regular Digital cameras become commercially available. A digital single-lens reflex camera ( digital SLR or DSLR) is a Digital camera that uses an automatic mirror system and Pentaprism Many compact digital still cameras can record Sound and moving Video as well as still Photograph.
• The DVD media format is developed and popularized along with a plethora of Flash memory card standards. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is A memory card or flash memory card is a solid-state electronic Flash memory Data storage device used with Digital
• Apple introduces the iMac computer, initiating a trend in computer design towards translucent plastics and multicolor case design, discontinuing many legacy technologies like serial ports, and beginning a resurgence in the company's fortunes that continues unabated to this day. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics The iMac is a desktop Macintosh computer designed and built by Apple Inc A legacy system is an old Computer system or Application program that continues to be used because the user (typically an organization does not want to replace or In Computing, a serial port is a Serial communication physical interface through which information transfers in or out one Bit at a time (contrast
• IBM introduces the 1-inch wide Microdrive hard drive in 170 MB and 340 MB capacities. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology The Microdrive is a Brand name for a miniature 1-inch Hard disk designed to fit in a CompactFlash (CF Type II slot
• The first GSM network is launched in Finland in 1991
• The first MP3 Player, the MPMan, is released in late spring of 1998. GSM ( Global System for Mobile communications: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for Mobile phones in the Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The MPMan F10 was the first portable solid state Digital audio player sold in the North American Market developed by SaeHan It came with 32Mb of flash memory expandable to 64Mb.
• The introduction of affordable, smaller satellite dishes and the DVB-S standard in the mid-1990s expanded satellite television services that carried up to 500 television channels. A satellite dish is a type of Parabolic antenna that receives or transmits electromagnetic signals to and from another location typically a satellite DVB-S is the original Digital Video Broadcasting forward error coding and modulation standard for Satellite television and dates from 1995 Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic

Software

• The World Wide Web and HTML are created by Tim Berners-Lee and eventually displace the Gopher protocol. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA (born 8 June 1955 is an English computer scientist who is credited For other uses see Gopher. Gopher is a distributed Document search and retrieval Network protocol designed
• Microsoft introduces Windows 95 and later Windows 98 to the market, which gain immediate popularity. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented Graphical user interface -based Operating system. Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95
• The development of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer makes surfing the World Wide Web easier and more user friendly. A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.
• The Java programming language is developed by Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems Inc ( is a multinational vendor of Computers computer components Computer software, and Information technology services
• Businesses start to build E-commerce websites; E-commerce-only companies such as Amazon.com, eBay, AOL, and Yahoo! grow rapidly. Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce' or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and
• E-mail becomes popular; as a result Microsoft acquires the popular Hotmail.com webmail service. Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free Webmail service of the Windows Live
• Instant Messaging and the Buddy list becomes popular. AIM and ICQ are two early protocols. ICQ is an Instant messaging Computer program, which was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis, now owned by Time Warner 's
• The Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K), the computer glitch disaster expected to happen on January 1, 2000. The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a notable Computer bug resulting New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
• Microsoft Windows operating systems become virtually ubiquitous on IBM PCs. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft.
• Development of the free Linux kernel is started by Linus Torvalds in Finland. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Linus Benedict Torvalds ( ˈtuːrvalds born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.

Computer and video games

• 3-D graphics become the standard by end of decade. 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer Although FPSs had long since seen the transition to full 3D, other genres begin to copy this trend by the end of the decade. A first-person shooter ( FPS) is an action Video game from the Shooter game The initial development of Maze War
• Lara Croft became the first video game sex symbol, becoming a recognisable figure in the entertainment industry throughout the late 1990s. Lara Croft is a Fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive 's Tomb Raider video game series
• The console wars, primarily between Sega (Sega Mega Drive (marketed as the Sega Genesis in North America), introduced in 1988) and Nintendo (Super NES, introduced in 1990), sees the entrance of Sony with the PlayStation in 1994, which becomes the first successful CD-based console (as opposed to cartridges). " Console wars " is a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between Video game console manufacturers is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) By the end of the decade, Sega's hold on the market becomes tenuous after the end of the Saturn in 1994 and the Dreamcast in 2001. The is a 32-bit Video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The is Sega 's most recent Video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
• Mario finds a rival in Sonic the Hedgehog with the release of the original game on the Genesis in 1991. is a Fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a Video game character and the Protagonist of the video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous is a Platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Mega Drive/Genesis system
• Arcade games rapidly decrease in popularity. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment
• Fighting games like Capcom's Street Fighter II, Sega's futuristic Virtua Fighter and the more violent Mortal Kombat from Acclaim prompted the video game industry to adopt a game rating system, and hundreds of knock-offs are widely popular in mid-to-late1990s. For the original NASA meaning see capsule communicator. is a leading Japanese International developer is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. It is widely credited with launching the fighting game genre into the mainstream and extending the life of the worldwide arcade is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer Virtua Fighter is a 1993 Fighting game developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group This article concerns the first entry of the fighting game series
• Sony's PlayStation becomes the top selling game console and changes the standard media storage type from cartridges to compact discs in consoles. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console In various types of electronic equipment a cartridge can refer one method of adding different functionality or content (e A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio
• Doom (1993) bursts onto the world scene and instantly popularizes the FPS genre, and even how games are played, as Doom is among the first games to feature multiplayer capabilities. Doom (officially cased DOOM) is a 1993 Computer game by Id Software that is a landmark title in the First-person shooter Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) A first-person shooter ( FPS) is an action Video game from the Shooter game The initial development of Maze War It is not until Quake (1996), however, that game developers begin to take multiplayer features into serious consideration when making games. Quake is a First-person shooter Computer game that was released by Id Software on June 22, 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Half-Life (1998) features the next evolutionary step in the genre with continual progression of the game (no levels in the traditional sense) and an entirely in-person view, and becomes one of the most popular computer games in history. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
• The real-time strategy (RTS) genre is introduced in 1992 with the release of Dune II. A real-time strategy ( RTS) Video game is a strategic game that is distinctly not turn-based. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Dune II The Building of a Dynasty (retitled Dune II Battle for Arrakis in Europe and for the Mega Drive/Genesis port is a ''Dune'' computer Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) popularizes the genre, with Command & Conquer and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness in 1995 sets up the first major real-time strategy competition and popularizes multiplayer capabilities in RTS games. Warcraft Orcs & Humans is a Real-time strategy game, developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994 Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Command & Conquer (often abbreviated as C&C or CNC) is a Video game franchise, mostly of the Warcraft II Tides of Darkness is the sequel to the popular Real-time strategy game Warcraft Orcs & Humans, developed by Blizzard Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 StarCraft in 1998 becomes the second best-selling computer game of all time. StarCraft is a Military science fiction Real-time strategy Video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) It remains among the most popular multiplayer RTS games to this day, especially in South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Homeworld in 1999 becomes the first successful 3d RTS game. Homeworld is a Real-time strategy (RTS Computer game released in 1999 developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The rise of the RTS genre is often credited with the fall of the turn-based strategy (TBS) genre, popularized with Civilization in 1991. A turn-based strategy ( TBS) game is a Strategy game (usually some type of wargame, especially a strategic-level wargame that is Sid Meier's Civilization is a Turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Civilization franchise is the only TBS franchise that remains popular.
• Final Fantasy first debuted (in North America) in 1990 for the NES, and remains among the most popular video game franchises, with 12 new titles to date, with another in development, plus numerous spin-offs, sequels, movies and related titles. Final Fantasy VII, released in 1997, especially popularized the series. is a Console role-playing game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
• Zelda continues its massive popularity with a series of groundbreaking games, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released in 1998, which is considered one of the best and most groundbreaking games of all time. is a High fantasy action-adventure Video game series created by Game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published is an action-adventure Video game developed by Nintendo 's Entertainment Analysis and Development division for the Nintendo 64 Video game Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
• Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing games (MMORPGs) see their entrance into the computer game world with Ultima Online in 1997, although they don't gain widespread popularity until EverQuest and Asheron's Call in 1999. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) is a genre of Computer role-playing games (CRPGs in which a large number of players interact with Ultima Online ( UO) is a graphical Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG released on September 25 1997 As of Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar EverQuest, often called EQ, is a 3D fantasy -themed Massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) that was released Asheron's Call (AC is a Fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows -based PCs released on November 2 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) MMORPGs go on to become among the most popular genres in the 2000s.
• Pokémon entered the world scene with the release of the original Game Boy Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green games in Japan in 1996, later changed to Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue for worldwide release in 1998. If you came here to express your personal opinion about Pokémon please go somewhere else The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. and, released in Japan as Pocket Monster Red and, are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing Video games and, released in Japan as Pocket Monster Red and, are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing Video games For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) and, released in Japan as Pocket Monster Red and, are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing Video games and, released in Japan as Pocket Monster Red and, are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing Video games It soon becomes popular in the U. S. and is adapted into a popular children's anime series and trading card game, among other media forms. (anime in Japanese, A trading card (or collectible card) is a small Card, usually made out of Cardboard or thick Paper, which usually contains an image of a Its popularity remains well into the 2000s with several new games and spin-offs.

Culture

Cultural Trends

• Youth culture in the 1990s was characterized by environmentalism and entrepreneurship. A youth subculture is a Youth -based Subculture with distinct styles behaviours and interests Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new Organizations or revitalizing mature Organizations particularly new Businesses generally in response to identified Fashions were often individualistic, tattoos and body piercing gained popularity, and "retro" styles inspired by fashions of the 1960s and 1970s were also prevalent. Some young people became increasingly involved in outdoor activities that combined embracing athletics with the appreciation of nature (such as kayaking, rock climbing, windsurfing and snowboarding). Kayaking is the use of a Kayak for moving across water Kayaking is generally differentiated from Canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of Rock climbing is a Sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls with the goal of reaching the Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board also commonly called a sailboard usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a Snow -covered slope on a Snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding
• Jam bands grew in popularity, the most famous were Phish and Dave Matthews Band. Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initials DMB) is a United States -based rock band originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia Along with these Jam bands came a new popularity of 1960's counter-culture.
• Following the 1980s media counter-culture lead by tabloid talk shows popularized by Oprah Winfrey in 1986, which provided high-impact media visibility for gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, and transgender people [1] the 1990s saw a further increase in gay visibility in the mainstream media and the introduction of outing. Tabloid talk shows are a genre of American television talk-shows that achieved peak viewership during the late 20th century Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American In the late twentieth century outing became a common term for taking someone "out of The closet "—that is publicising that someone is Gay. In 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. US TV shows like Will and Grace, Friends, Thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, Roseanne, Dawson's Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Melrose Place and Ellen featured gay characters. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 Friends was an Thirtysomething is an American Television drama about a group of Baby boomers in their thirties My So-Called Life was an American Television Teen drama created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne Dawson's Creek was an American Primetime Television Drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998 Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999 created by Darren Star for the FOX network and executive produced Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for season one is a U Movies like The Birdcage, In and Out and Kiss Me, Guido saw mainstream success, and celebrities like k.d. lang, Rob Halford, Elton John, Melissa Etheridge, Amanda Bearse and all spoke openly about their sexuality. The Birdcage is a 1996 Comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman In & Out is a 1997 Romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon Kiss Me Guido is a 1997 Independent film Comedy. Written and directed by Tony Vitale, it stars Nick Scotti, Anthony Barrile kd lang, OC (born Kathryn Dawn Lang, November 2, 1961) is a Grammy Award -winning Canadian Singer and Robert John Arthur Halford (born August 25, 1951) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an Academy Award -winning and two-time Grammy Award Amanda Bearse (born August 9, 1958) is an American Actress, director and Comedian. U. S. President Bill Clinton generally held a pro-gay rights viewpoint. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
• The 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America in 1992 was popularly observed, despite controversy and protests against Columbus' expeditions victimization of Native Americans. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The holiday was labeled by some as racist, in view of Native American experiences of colonialism, slavery, genocide and cultural destruction. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that See Colony and Colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic racial religious or national group
• Douglas Coupland publishes the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularizing the term Generation X as the name of the generation born in the late 1960s and early 1970s (then college-age). Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian Novelist. Generation X Tales for an Accelerated Culture, published by St Generation X is a term used to describe generations in the United States and other countries born between the approximate years of 1965 to 1981 the late 1950s and 1960s or
• The Grunge trend explodes due to the success of grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990 It is characterized by wearing flannel shirts, torn jeans, Doc Martens, Converse high top sneakers and long, straight hair. For the ITV Comedy/Drama series click here Dr Martens is a Footwear, clothing and accessories brand and the footwear products are most often known The fashion hits an ironic point in 1993, when the flannel clothing these bands wore (because it was cheap and warm and most of these musicians were very poor) became high fashion accessories. Post Grunge bands would later gain widespread popularity by bands such as Foo Fighters, Creed and Seether. Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 A creed is a statement of Belief — usually Religious belief — or Faith often recited as part of a religious service Seether is a Post-grunge band from South Africa. They are currently signed to Wind-up Records.
• Reality television explodes on MTV with the popularity of The Real World (1992 – ); along with Road Rules (1995 – ), Real World/Road Rules Challenge (1998), and Real World reunions, these shows remained popular throughout the 1990s. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The Real World is a Reality television program on MTV originally executive produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. For the general usage see Rules of the road Road Rules, MTV 's second reality show debuted on July 19, 1995 Real World/Road Rules Challenge is a Reality television series on MTV that was spun off from that network's two flagship reality shows Reality would become a staple of main networks in the early part of the 2000s.

Toyota Camry was one of the best selling vehicles in the U. The Toyota Camry is a Mid-size car, formerly a Compact car manufactured by Toyota since 1980 S. throughout the 90's.

• Blood and gore in television and video games rises dramatically, along with language and sexual content, especially during the latter half of the decade; a Parental Ratings system for television is introduced in 1997 because of related complaints. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
• Video games become more advanced and popular. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Rivals Nintendo and Sega dominate the early 1990s. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer The Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 would later dominate the late 1990s and remain popular beyond 1999. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sega's Dreamcast (1999) marked the end of Sega's role in the console market. The is Sega 's most recent Video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Simulation and God games rise in popularity in the mid-late 1990s, with games such as SimCity 2000, Microsoft Flight Simulator 95, 98 and RollerCoaster Tycoon (game). Simulation is the imitation of some real thing state of affairs or process A God Game is a construction and management simulation that casts the player in the position of controlling the game on a large scale as an entity with Divine SimCity 2000 ( SC2K) is a Simulation / city building computer game and the second installment in the ''SimCity'' Microsoft Flight Simulator (sometimes abbreviated to MSFS or FS) is a Flight simulator program for Microsoft RollerCoaster Tycoon is a simulation strategy computer game that simulates Theme park management
• Body art, in the form of body piercing and tattoos becomes commonplace for young people. Body art is Art made on with or consisting of the Human body The most common forms of body art are Tattoos and Body piercings but other Body piercing is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the Human body, creating an opening in which jewelry may be worn A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons This trend continues into the 2000s.
• Extreme sports reached a new height in popularity, and by 1995, were given their own annual tournament on US cable network ESPN, the X-Games. Extreme sport (also called action sport and adventure sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
• Recreational outdoor sports such as rock climbing, mountain biking, sky diving, snowboarding, mountain climbing, bungee jumping, in-line skating, kayaking, windsurfing and rowing become hugely popular. Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's Body or Mind. Rock climbing is a Sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls with the goal of reaching the Mountain biking entails the Sport of riding Bicycles off-road often over rough terrain whether riding specially equipped Mountain bikes or hybrid road bikes Parachuting, also known as skydiving is where a person jumps from enough height so that he can deploy a fabric Parachute and land safely Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a Snow -covered slope on a Snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding “Alpinist” redirects here See also Alpinist (magazine Mountaineering is the Sport, Hobby or Profession of Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord Roller skating is the Traveling on smooth terrain with roller skates Kayaking is the use of a Kayak for moving across water Kayaking is generally differentiated from Canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board also commonly called a sailboard usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail GB coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at Henley Royal Regatta 2004
• Extended alcohol sales are implemented in the US to reduce alcohol abuse. Extended alcohol sales refers to the policy of permitting restaurants bars taverns and other establishments licensed to serve alcoholic beverages to extend the hours during which time
• The exploitation of the collectability of comic books results in a trend of "gimmick" packaging and storylines (most notably The Death of Superman). A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The Death of Superman is a Comic book Storyline (culminating in Superman #75 in 1992 that served as the catalyst for DC Comics ' The comic book industry collapses as interest in print comics decreases among younger generations and casual readers. Comic books disappear as a familiar sight at the newsstands. As comics, including Japanese manga and other graphic novels become more available in bookstore chains, the role of the comic book store as a source for comics and social gathering wanes. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly The domination by industry giants Marvel Comics and DC Comics ends as various independents, such as Image Comics produce popular titles. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their The era of comic book collecting for speculative investment ends. Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in Business management, Finance and Economics, related to saving Webcomics by amateur cartoonists become popular. Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are Comics Published on a Website, often exclusively providing easy access to an A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes
• Conversion to Block scheduling became a trendy initiative for United States schools. Block scheduling is a type of Academic scheduling in which each Student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time

The Ford Explorer, which sparked the SUV craze among families in the '90s. See also Ford Explorer Sport Trac for the spinoff pickup truck SUV Crossover version The Ford Explorer is a mid-size Sport utility vehicle

• Due to the success of the Ford Explorer, Sport Utility Vehicles became very popular among families, and effectively replaced the station wagon and minivan as the stereotypical family vehicle. See also Ford Explorer Sport Trac for the spinoff pickup truck SUV Crossover version The Ford Explorer is a mid-size Sport utility vehicle A sport utility vehicle ( SUV) is a generic marketing description for a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a Station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate A minivan, multi-purpose vehicle (abbreviated MPV) people-carrier, people-mover or multi-utility vehicle (shortened
• Major 1990s slang words/phrases, mostly related to hip hop culture, include: "dawg" "homie", "phat", "da bomb", "tight", "word to your mother", "Talk to the hand [because the face ain't listening]", "it's goin' down", "physch!", "You go girl!", "yo", "whatever!", "all that and a bag of chips". Hip hop is a Subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa "Talk to the hand" (or "tell it to the hand") is an English language slang phrase associated with the 1990s
• Young adult and teenage fiction books become popular due to the efforts of R. L. Stine and Christopher Pike throughout the entire 1990s. Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known as R L Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an Canadian-American Novelist Christopher Pike is the pseudonym of Kevin McFadden (born November 1954 an American writer
• Dogme 95 becomes an important European artistic film movement by the end of the decade. Dogme 95 or Dogma 95 is an Avant-garde Filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and
• Eurodance music dominates discotheques and has numerous major mainstream hits in European (and to a lesser extent, North American) music charts. Eurodance is a subgenre of Electronic dance music originating in the early 1990s. A discothèque, diskoˈtɛk̚ compare the Spanish "discoteca" is an Entertainment venue or Club with recorded music played by "Discaires"
• Mainstream "Techno", as it is dubbed by the media, became hugely popular in Europe and the U. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s S. From the early raves of 1990 to about 1996, electronic music gradually gained widespread recognition as a new genre in its own right. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production This trend reached a head in the latter part of the decade as underground parties were largely replaced by massive commercially sponsored parties, and as music media such as MTV began coverage of it. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City.

Breakdancer in Ljubljana, Slovenia when hip-hop music swept the globe in the 1990s. Ljubljana ( is the largest and Capital city of Slovenia. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270000 inhabitants Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west

• Media consolidation leads to increased segmentation in styles of music. Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term that refers to the majority of the media outlets being owned by a small number of
• 24-hour CNN coverage (Wolf Blitzer) during the Gulf War leads to increased awareness and coverage of world events and knock-off Infotainment shows such as A Current Affair and Geraldo Rivera-style journalism. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Infotainment (a Portmanteau of information and entertainment refers to a general type of media broadcast program which provides a combination of current A Current Affair (or " ACA " is a nightly tabloid current affairs programme broadcast on the Nine Network every week night hosted
• Hip-hop culture grows; by the end of the decade hip hop gained more and more popularity. Hip hop is a Subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with
• Grunge culture sparks as glam metal dies off in late 1991 and 1992, allowing other styles of heavy metal to return to prominence when the popular groove metal group Pantera hits number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart with their third album Far Beyond Driven. Glam metal (also known as pop metal) is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Groove metal, often associated with neo-thrash / post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of Thrash Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Far Beyond Driven is an album by heavy metal band Pantera. The album was released on March 15, 1994 through East West Records The grunger subculture associated with grunge becomes very prominent in this decade. Due to grunge's huge success, Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder become the spokesmodels of Generation X. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Eddie Vedder (born December 23 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer, Songwriter, Composer, and Guitarist
• Tupac Shakur of Death Row Records and The Notorious BIG of Bad Boy Records, wage a cultural war in the hip hop music scene, leading to the murder of both Shakur in 1996 and BIG in 1997. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper Death Row Records was a Record label that was founded in 1991 by Dr Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21 1972 – March 9 1997 popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a Gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again Bad Boy Records (originally Bad Boy Entertainment) is an East Coast Hip-Hop / R&B Record label founded by producer/rapper Sean Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with
• Professional wrestling experiences a huge rise in popularity, beginning primarily in 1995 with the beginning of WCW Monday Nitro, a Monday night wrestling program owned by Ted Turner and broadcast on TNT. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned WCW Monday Nitro squared off against rival promotion WWF and their Monday Night Raw program, which was also broadcast on Monday nights on the USA Network. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005 This period is known in the wrestling business as the Monday Night War, and spawned the success of wrestlers such as Bill Goldberg, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Sable, Sting and others. Monday Night Wars is the common term describing the period of mainstream televised American Professional wrestling from September 4, 1995, to William Scott Goldberg 2 time United States Heavyweight Champion In early 1998 Goldberg defeated the likes of Brad Armstrong at SuperBrawl VIII Steven Williams (born Steven Anderson on December 18 1964 This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the Rena Mero Lesnar (born Rena Greek August 8 1967 is an American model actress, and former professional wrestler. Eventually, due to declining ratings caused by various factors, WCW (World Championship Wrestling) was purchased by the WWF (World Wrestling Federation, now known as WWE: World Wrestling Entertainment) on March 26, 2001. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Monday Night War lasted from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) also experienced much success in the 90s, but was also purchased by WWE in 2001 (although it had an "invasion" storyline along with WCW in 2001 in the WWF). Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by
• National conservative political commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy emerge on United States AM Radio, influencing the 1994 Contract for America and criticism of Bill Clinton. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator. George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
• Electronic Music is hugely popular on Top 40 radio from 1990 to present and up to 1996 or 1997 in the U. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar S. Popular artists include The Prodigy, Eiffel 65 and Fatboy Slim. The Prodigy are an Electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree Essex, England. Eiffel 65 was an Italian Eurodance / Italodance three-piece group formed in the late 1990s and best known for their international hit " Blue Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician
• Alternative rock overtakes Grunge in popularity around 1995. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Nu metal, a genre popularized by the 1994 self-titled album by Korn, becomes a major genre of rock around the year 1997 along with post-grunge and "indie rock". Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene
• Indie/hipster culture appears during the mid-1990s. In the late 1990s the 1940s slang term hipster began being used to describe young urban Middle class and Upper class adults with interests in non-mainstream fashion Emo and "scene" culture flourishes in the late 1990s, most likely around the later part of 1998. Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when
• Teen pop makes a comeback in the late 1990s, starting in the year 1997 with artists such as the Spice Girls (who became the greatest selling female group of all time), Hanson, Aqua, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, N'SYNC and many more. Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is marketed and oriented toward Teenagers In 1996 the Girl group Spice Girls released their single " Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Hanson is an American Pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. Aqua is a Danish - Norwegian Dance-pop group, perhaps best known for their 1997 breakthrough single " Barbie Girl. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer
• Christian music peaks in the mid to late 1990s. Christian music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life
• R&B Music and hip-hop influenced R&B, such as music groups like The Fugees, Boyz II Men and TLC), are big in the 1990s. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The Fugees were a critically-acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s whose repertoire included elements of soul and Boyz II Men is a four-time Grammy Award -winning American R&B / soul singing group from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. TLC was a Grammy Award -winning American Contemporary R&B, hip hop and pop group consisting of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins

Fashion

See also: 1990s in fashion

The 1990s in popular culture is typically referred to as the decade of "anti-fashion". The 1990s in Popular culture is typically referred to as the decade of "anti-fashion In reality, anti-fashion was only one of many trends in fashion in the 1990s. The fashion of the 1990s was characterized by minimalist styles, and many overlapping, often contradictory trends. The most significant event was the rise of grunge fashion in 1992. In the late 1990s there was a move away from grunge. Retro clothing inspired by the 1960s and 1970s was popular for much of the 1990s.

Music

• Popular styles include alternative rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins), grunge (Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden), post-grunge (Matchbox Twenty, Soul Asylum,Collective Soul, Third Eye Blind, Everclear, Creed, Foo Fighters, Our Lady Peace, Stiltskin, Silverchair), heavy metal and alternative metal (Helmet, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Pantera, Tool), black metal (Dimmu Borgir, Gorgoroth) gained a large number of fans in Northern Europe, Britpop and British rock (Oasis, Blur, Carter USM,Manic Street Preachers,Stone Roses, Suede, Pulp, Radiohead, The Verve, Travis), pop punk (Green Day, The Offspring, Rancid, Blink-182), third wave ska (No Doubt, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones), indie rock (Fugazi, Pavement, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Guided By Voices), jam bands (Dave Matthews Band, Phish), and nu metal (Korn, Limp Bizkit, Deftones) towards the end of the decade. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Red Hot Chili Peppers are REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 The Smashing Pumpkins are an American Alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Stone Temple Pilots (commonly referred to as " STP " is a Grammy Award -winning American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990 Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. Matchbox Twenty (or MB20, MBT, M20, originally spelled Matchbox 20) is a Grammy-nominated Rock band formed in Orlando Soul Asylum is an American Alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. Collective Soul is an American rock band from Stockbridge Georgia. Third Eye Blind (sometimes abbreviated 3eb) is an American Alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, USA, in 1992 Creed was an American Rock band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 Stiltskin is a Post-grunge / rock band who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid-1990s Silverchair is an Australian Alternative rock band. The band formed as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992 Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Helmet is an American Post-hardcore / Alternative metal band formed in New York City by Page Hamilton (vocals/guitar with Marilyn Manson is an American Alternative metal band based in Los Angeles California. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Dimmu Borgir (ˌdɪmuːˈbɔːrɡɪr is a Symphonic black metal band from Norway. Gorgoroth is a Black metal band from Bergen, Norway that was founded by Infernus in 1992 Britpop is a subgenre of Alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Blur are an English Alternative rock band that formed in London in 1989 Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (frequently shortened to Carter USM) were a British indie band formed in 1987 by singer Jim " Jim Bob Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as the " Manics " or " MSP " are a Welsh rock band consisting of James The Stone Roses were an English Alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1984 Suede (or The London Suede in the United States) were an English rock band of the 1990s and the early 2000s that helped start the Britpop musical Pulp were an English Alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker ( vocals Guitar) Radiohead The Verve (originally Verve) are an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Travis are a Scottish Alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy ( lead vocals, Guitar, Piano, Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying Green Day is an American rock trio The Offspring (sometimes referred to simply as Offspring) are a popular and influential American Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Albany California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. Blink-182 was an American Pop Third wave ska is a Music genre that was a revival of Jamaican Ska with various additional American and British styles of music such No Doubt is a rock band from Anaheim California, United States founded in 1986 Sublime was a hip-hop influenced American Ska-punk and Reggae band that originated in Long Beach California. Reel Big Fish is an American Ska punk band from Huntington Beach California, best known for the 1997 hit " Sell Out. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are a Ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Fugazi are an American alternative / post-hardcore band that formed in Washington D Pavement was an American Indie rock band in the 1990s Although they experienced only moderate commercial success they achieved a significant cult Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie Folk band. The band's chief Songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983 is an American rock band Modest Mouse are an American Alternative rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an American Indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initials DMB) is a United States -based rock band originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Deftones is a rock band from Sacramento California formed in 1988 consisting of Singer-songwriters include Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, Beck, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, and Jewel. Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is a Pianist and Singer-songwriter of dual British and American Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1 1974 is a Canadian-born Singer-songwriter, Record producer, and Actress. Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6 1969 – October 21 2003 was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician. Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American Singer-songwriter, actress, and Poet, generally known just by her Emo music which, would later become a staple of rock music, began receiving commercial and critical acclaim. Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A notable example is Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary, which has since become highly influential on the genre. Sunny Day Real Estate was an Indie rock band formed in Seattle Washington. Diary is the first studio album from the band Sunny Day Real Estate. Radiohead's popularity exploded in 1997 with the release of OK Computer. Radiohead OK Computer is the third album by English Alternative rock band Radiohead, released on 16 June 1997 Most notable, though, was the explosion of Grunge band Nirvana into the mainstream, who found a large audience in the youths of the '90s through their apathetic attitude and their appeal to Generation X. Generation X is a term used to describe generations in the United States and other countries born between the approximate years of 1965 to 1981 the late 1950s and 1960s or
• Industrial music began to enter the mainstream in the form of industrial rock and the continuing development of the industrial dance music of the late 1980s. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Electronic body music ( EBM, also known as aggropop) is a Music genre that combines elements of Industrial music and Electronic Ministry became one of the first industrial bands to gain large-scale commercial success with their 1991 single Jesus Built My Hotrod gaining massive radio and MTV airplay. Jesus Built My Hotrod is a 1991 single by Ministry and was the band's most popular song up to that point The underground scene, too, was developing strongly with bands such as Chemlab and Non-Aggression Pact becoming heavily involved in what would become known as Rivethead culture. Chemlab is an Industrial rock band formed in Washington DC, USA in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More Joe Frank (not the Radio personality) and Jared Louche Non-aggression Pact (abbv as NAP is an urban- electro - industrial music group from Tampa Florida. A rivethead is a person associated with the Industrial music scene
• Hip hop music diversifies throughout the decade and experiences numerous trends, beginning with the commercial success of pop rappers MC Hammer, Tone Loc, Young MC, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, and Vanilla Ice. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Pop rap (or hip-pop) is hip hop with a Pop music influence The style became popular in the early 1990s as hip hop music found commercial success MC Hammer (born Stanley Kirk Burrell; March 30, 1962) is an American MC most popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s known for his Tone Lōc (sometimes alternatively spelled Tone Loc or Tone-Lōc, with the second part of the name regardless of spelling pronounced like the "loc" in Marvin Young (born May 10 1967) better known by his stage name Young MC is an American rapper. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a Hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967) best known as Vanilla Ice, is an American Rap artist known for the 1990 smash hit Other major developments include the proliferation of alternative/jazz rap (De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Arrested Development, Digable Planets, Native Tongues, and A Tribe Called Quest) and the West Coast G-Funk/Gangsta Rap phenomena (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre, NWA, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Warren G, Coolio, and Tupac Shakur), followed by the resurgence of the New York hip hop scene (The Wu Tang Clan, Boot Camp Clik, Nas, Mobb Deep, and The Notorious B.I.G.), and pop rap (Puff Daddy, Will Smith, and Jay-Z). Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways Jazz rap (also known as hip bop) is a fusion of Alternative hip hop and Jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution Arrested Development is a Grammy Award -winning American Alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a Digable Planets is a Grammy Award -winning American Alternative hip hop group based in New York City, composed of Ishmael "Butterfly" The Native Tongues is a collective of late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded good-naturedly Afrocentric lyrics and for pioneering A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 West Coast hip hop is a style of Hip hop music that originated in California in the early 1980s G-funk, or Gangsta Funk, is a type of Hip hop music that emerged from West Coast Gangsta rap in the early 1990s For the Ice T album see Gangsta Rap (album. Gangsta rap is a term originated by the mainstream media to describe a certain subgenre Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip hop group from the Glenville section of Cleveland Ohio. Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles California. Andre Romelle Young (born February 18 1965 primarily known by his stage name Dr NWA (also known as Niggaz with Attitudes) was a Compton, California -based hip hop group widely considered one of the seminal acts of the Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr (born October 20 1971 His mother nicknamed him " Snoopy " as a child because of the way he dressed and because of his love of Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach California) better known by his Stage name Warren G, is an American Artis Leon Ivey Jr (born August 1 1963 better known by his Stage name Coolio, is a Grammy Award -winning American Rapper and Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper East Coast hip hop is the original style of Hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA, during the early-1970s Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York. Nasir Jones, nɑːˈsiər (born September 14 1973 better known by his Stage name Nas, nɑːz formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper Mobb Deep is a hip hop duo that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21 1972 – March 9 1997 popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a Gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again Sean John Combs (born November 4 1969 known by his Stage names Puff Daddy, P Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella
• Teen pop and Bubblegum pop returns in the 1990s in both the UK and the USA. Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is marketed and oriented toward Teenagers In 1996 the Girl group Spice Girls released their single " Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of Pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 British artists included Spice Girls, Take That, Five, Steps, S Club 7 and Billie. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Take That are an English pop Musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Five (originally rendered 5ive) were a British Boy band put together in 1997 by the same team that formed the Spice Girls, Bob Steps was a pop group that achieved a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2001 S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, was a pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller. Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. US artists included Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Hanson is an American Pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter.
• Artists like Madonna and Janet Jackson continue to have success with their influential Dance-pop. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16 1966 is an American recording artist and entertainer Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Michael Jackson continues making arresting music and finds international popularity growing. Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman "Black Or White" released in 1991, becomes a huge global hit, remaining at #1 in the US charts for 7 weeks.
• American Club/Dance music is very popular from 1990 to 1996, with acts like C&C Music Factory, Ce Ce Peniston, Crystal Waters, RuPaul, Black Box, & Dee-Lite. Baltimore club, also called " Bmore Club " or " Club Mix/Music " is a genre of house and Dance music. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) For other David Cole's see David Cole (disambiguation C+C Music Factory was a dance music production group (led by Robert Clivillés and CeCe Peniston (born Cecelia Peniston, September 6, 1969 in Dayton, Ohio) is a female American Dance music Crystal Waters (born October 10, 1964 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a Dance music Singer and Songwriter, as well as RuPaul (born RuPaul Andre Charles on November 17 1960) is an American drag performer Dance music singer Actor Black Box (later Blackbox) was an Italo-house music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s Deee-Lite was a House and Club/Dance group formed in New York City. Similarly, Eurodance gains popularity in the United States, with many Eurodance artists scoring club hits on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100 radio. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. These artists include Technotronic, Corona, Cappella, N-Trance, Culture Beat,Reel 2 Real, Capital Sound, Jam & Spoon, E-Type, Maxx, La Bouche, Indra, Le Click, Pharao, Real McCoy, Ice MC,Me & My, JK, 2 Unlimited, Dr. Alban, Masterboy, Basic Element, AB Logic, Fun Factory, Mr. President, Shaman and Snap. Technotronic is a studio-based Belgian house-music project formed by Jo Bogaert (born Thomas De Quincey, 1954 Aalst Belgium in 1988 A corona is a type of plasma " atmosphere " of the Sun or other celestial body extending millions of Kilometres into space most easily Cappella was an Italian Eurodance act formed in 1987 by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti N-Trance ('ɛntʃrɑːns are a British electronic music group from Oldham, Greater Manchester, who were formed in 1990 by Dale Longworth and Kevin Culture Beat is a German Eurodance group formed in 1989 by Torsten Fenslau. Reel 2 Real was a House music duo with Reggae influences that scored seven Top 10 hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the nineties Jam & Spoon was an influential electronic dance duo from Frankfurt, Germany that consisted of composers and producers Rolf Ellmer Bo Martin Erik "E-Type" Eriksson is a musician who was born in Uppsala, Sweden in 1965 Maxx was a German Eurodance act who had major albeit brief international success in 1994 La Bouche is a Eurodance / Dance-pop duo formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1994 consisting of Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray Indra ( Sanskrit: इन्द्र or इंद्र Indra, Malay: Indera, Thai: พระอินทร์ Phra-Intra Le Click was a Eurodance duo created in Germany by super-producer Frank Farian. Pharao can be Pharao (music, a German eurodance group PHARAO (clock, Projet d’Horloge Atomique par Refroidissement d’Atomes Real McCoy, originally known as MC Sar & The Real McCoy, is a German Eurodance act best known for their 1994/1995 singles " Another Night ICE MC aka Ian Campbell (born 22 March 1965 in Nottingham, England) is a Hip-house / Eurodance Rapper Me & My (real names Susanne Georgi, born July 27, 1976 and Pernille Georgi, born July 2 Unlimited was a Eurodance act formed in 1991 The project was the brainchild of Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde and was fronted by a Dr Alban (born Alban Nwapa, August 26 1957 Enugu, Nigeria) is a Stockholm, Sweden -based Musician and producer Masterboy is a German Eurodance group formed in early 1990s with notable success in Europe, Asia, Oceania and South America Basic Element is also the investment firm owned by Oleg Deripaska. The Eurodance music duo AB Logic was created in 1991 Members included rapper K-Swing and pop music vocalist Marrianne Fun Factory was a German Eurodance group History The group was founded in 1993 with four members Balja Steve Rod D Mr President is a German euro-dance group from Bremen, best known for their hit "Coco Jamboo" in 1996 Snap! is also an album by The Jam. Snap! is an Electronic music project formed in 1989 by German producers
• The music festival Lollapalooza gained popularity similar to Woodstock; a fusing of genres from alternative rock, rap, punk rock and garage bands. A music festival is a Festival oriented towards Music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as Musical genre, Nationality or locality Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with
• Latin music becomes popular outside a Spanish-speaking audience with crossover hits by Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez,and Selena, the hit dance song Macarena and others. Latin music, includes the music of all countries in Latin America (and the Caribbean) and comes in many varieties Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971) better known by his Stage name Ricky Martin, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16 1971 – March 31 1995 best known as Selena, was an American Singer who has been called "The Queen of " Macarena " is a Spanish song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name or any woman from the La Macarena neighborhood of As Hispanic culture grows in the US, other Latin music genres took root, like Tejano music in the Southwestern United States is a mixed music genre: accordion based Mexican conjunto, Texan country, and modern pop merged to produce a new sound. Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically Tejano or Tex-Mex music is also a kind of music originating in Texas The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit such as the 37
• Music becomes more profane, by end of decade a Parental Advisory sticker becomes acceptable rather than controversial. Parental Advisory is a message affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA to audio and video recordings in the United States containing offensive
• In America, country music becomes more mainstream with popular chart topping artist such as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Sara Evans, Faith Hill, and Tim McGraw. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Mainstream is generally the common current of Thought of the Majority. Troyal Garth Brooks, known professionally as Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter. George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American Country music singer Shania Twain ʃəˈnaɪə 'tweɪn OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28 1965 is a Canadian Singer and Songwriter in the LeAnn Rimes (born Margaret LeAnn Rimes August 28, 1982 in Pearl Mississippi) is an American Country pop Singer Sara Lynn Evans (born February 5, 1971) is an American country Singer-songwriter who has had numerous top 10 hits Audrey Faith McGraw, known professionally as Faith Hill (born September 21 1967 is an American country singer known both for her commercial success Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country Singer and actor The genre will also build up a more extensive audience world-wide, which sees the first English 24 hour terrestrial country station open in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
• Popular hard rock bands maintain a strong presence into the 1990s. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, and Van Halen were all still quite popular through the mid-1990s. Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 Aerosmith and Bon Jovi's popularity and success spanned the entire decade and both were extremely popular at the turn of the new millennium. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey.
• Music resumes its political content after the hiatus of the 1980s. Starting in 1996, the Tibetan Freedom Concert draws up to 120,000 people per year to a rock festival for the benefit of the cause of the International Tibet Independence Movement. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Tibetan Freedom Concert is the name given to a series of Rock festivals held in North America, Europe and Asia between 1996 and Also, socially aware metal bands such as Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down form. Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is System of a Down (commonly referred to as System or abbreviated as SOAD) is an Armenian American rock band formed in 1994 in
• Electronic music, becomes widely recognized at rave parties in Europe/USA and, later in the decade, in popular culture. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events The drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine, (also called Ecstasy or MDMA) is popularized by the burgeoning rave culture. MDMA ( 34-methylenedioxy- N -methylamphetamine) most commonly known today by the street name Ecstasy (often abbreviated E, X, A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Electronic music is highly popularized in mainstream culture later in the decade by The Prodigy, among other artists of the big beat genre. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production The Prodigy are an Electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree Essex, England. Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term deployed in the mid 1990s by the British music press to describe the music of The Chemical Brothers, Whilst genres like House, Techno and Electro continue to be popular into the 1990s, new genres such as Trance, Drum & Bass and Garage become popular too. House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s UK Garage ( UKG) is an umbrella term that refers to several different varieties of modern Electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house
• Trip hop, a downtempo electronic genre created in the 1990s, becomes popular in the United Kingdom, with artists such as Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Björk and Morcheeba. Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. Massive Attack are an English Trip hop group founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol Portishead (pɔːtɪsˈhɛd IS an English musical group from Bristol. Tricky (born Adrian Thaws 27 January, 1968) is an English musician Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965 is an Icelandic Singer-songwriter, Composer, actress and music producer. Morcheeba ("Mor" meaning "middle of the road" and "cheeba" taken from the slang term for marijuana are a British band that mixes influences from
• 1980s backlash. During most of the 1990s, anything "Eighties" was considered to be ultimately uncool. As a result, people start wearing straighter hair, darker clothes and acoustic music becomes popular in opposition to the bright synthpop of the 1980s.
• Contemporary Christian Music continued to increase in popularity, with artists such as DC Talk, Jars of Clay, Amy Grant and Sixpence None the Richer all releasing platinum selling albums. dc Talk is a prominent Christian rock / Rap band partly responsible for the rise in popularity of the Contemporary Christian music Genre Jars of Clay is a Grammy Award winning Christian rock band from Franklin Tennessee. Amy Lee Grant (born November 25 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian Sixpence None the Richer (Shorter Sixpence NTR is a Grammy -nominated American Christian pop/rock band that formed in New Braunfels Texas, eventually Songs such as Baby Baby by Amy Grant, Flood by Jars of Clay, and Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer were all Top 40 hits. " Baby Baby " is a 1991 single by Christian music and Pop music singer Amy Grant. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge "Kiss Me" is also a song by the German duo E-Rotic " Kiss Me " is a song recorded by Sixpence None the Richer and The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. .
• Female RnB groups achieve great success in the 1990s with groups such as Salt n Pepa, En Vogue, TLC and All Saints

Television

See also: List of years in television#1990s

• North America
  • Seinfeld becomes enormously popular in the United States, lasting from 1989 to 1998 and spawning a new sitcom subgenre. Salt-n-Pepa is a Grammy -Award Winning American hip hop group from Queens New York that came into the music scene in 1985 and went on to En Vogue is a Grammy nominated American female R&B vocal quartet assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy. TLC was a Grammy Award -winning American Contemporary R&B, hip hop and pop group consisting of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins This page indexes the individual year in Television Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
  • Home Improvement (1991-1999) is also a very popular TV show that depicted an average American family's life set in suburban Detroit. Home Improvement is a American television Sitcom starring actor/comedian Tim Allen, which aired 1991 to 1999
  • The Simpsons (1989 – ) becomes popular with adult audiences, eventually paving the way for many adult-oriented animated television shows throughout the next 10 years, including Beavis and Butthead, South Park, Family Guy and King of the Hill. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company
  • Professional wrestling became popular throughout the 1990s. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff In the late 1990s, the Monday Night Wars was the biggest impact for professional wrestling with the World Wrestling Federation (present day World Wrestling Entertainment), World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. Monday Night Wars is the common term describing the period of mainstream televised American Professional wrestling from September 4, 1995, to World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by By the early 2000s, the WWF came out of the wars victorious over both WCW and ECW.
  • Twin Peaks (1990 - 1991), David Lynch's surrealistic crime drama set in small town America (taking inspiration from his previous work, Blue Velvet), ran on ABC for two seasons, expanding the limits for prime time subject matter and quirky characters, and pushing TV producers and directors toward adapting a more cinematic filming style for television programming -- an influence still visible in the 2000s. Twin Peaks is a Television Serial drama that follows the investigation of the brutal murder of popular respected Teenager and homecoming queen Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Blue Velvet is a 1986 American Mystery film, written and directed by David Lynch, that exhibits elements of both Film noir
  • 20th Century Fox and BBC collaborate to produce the 1996 television movie of the science fiction series Doctor Who, starring Paul McGann as the Doctor. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial
  • NASCAR Racing starts to become popular on TV nationally in the mid to late 1990s. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Types of racing Unassisted human racing Using only the Human body 's own Muscles Running: Cross country Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Popular NASCAR drivers during this era are the late Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Dale Jarrett, and Bobby Labonte. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr ( April 29, 1951 &ndash February 18, 2001) was an American race car driver best known for his career driving Russell William "Rusty" Wallace (born August 14, 1956) is a former NASCAR champion NASCAR Nationwide Series car owner and television Jeffery Michael Gordon Mark Martin may refer to Mark Martin (racecar driver (b 1959 American racecar driver Mark Martin (cartoonist, American cartoonist Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956 in Newton North Carolina) is a former American race car driver Robert Alan Labonte (born May 8, 1964 in Corpus Christi Texas) is an American Race car driver and drives the #43 Cheerios
  • Pro Basketball sees high US TV ratings in the 1990s with stars like Shaq, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Shawn Kemp, Reggie Miller, David Robinson, Penny Hardaway, Tim Duncan, and Patrick Ewing. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6 1972 frequently referred to simply as " Shaq " is an African American Professional basketball Larry Joe Bird (born December 7 1956 is a retired American NBA Basketball player widely considered as one of the best players of all time and one of the top Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player and active businessman Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player Shawn T Kemp (born November 26 1969, in Elkhart, Indiana) is an American professional Basketball player formerly Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24 1965 is a retired American professional Basketball player and one of the greatest NBA players of the 90s David Maurice Robinson (born) is a retired American NBA Basketball player who is often considered one of the greatest centers to ever Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18 1971, in Memphis Tennessee) is an American professional Basketball player WikipediaPersondata --> Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25 1976 in Christiansted, St Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5 1962 is an American retired Hall of Fame Basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball
  • US Saturday morning children's television programming, Like Fox Kids, reaches its peak popularity in the early and mid 1990s considered by many to be a "renaissance" in American animation. Fox Kids (officially Fox Family Worldwide Inc and prior to that Fox Children's Productions and Fox Kids Worldwide was the FOX network's children's programming division Everything from Animaniacs, Garfield and Friends, Eek! The Cat, X-Men, Batman, The Tick, Donkey Kong Country (TV series) and Tiny Toons, to television adaptations of popular video game characters Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros Garfield and Friends is an American Animated television series based on Comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. Eek! The Cat (retitled Eek! Stravaganza in 1994 is an American / Canadian Animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland For the newer X-Men animated series see X-Men Evolution. For other uses see the X-Men (disambiguation page Batman The Animated Series (often shortened Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American, two time Emmy Award winning The Tick is a Fictional character, an absurdist spoof of Comic book Superheroes Created by cartoonist Ben Edlund, the character Donkey Kong Country is a French 7 d'Or Award -winning computer-generated Animated Television series based on Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures (also known as Tiny Toon Adventures or Tiny Toons) is an American is a Fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series created by DiC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America, and was loosely based
  • The Disney experiences an animation renaissance with the popularity of The Disney Afternoon shows in the early and-mid-1990s, such as DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Gargoyles, Goof Troop, and the Mighty Ducks. The Disney Afternoon was a created-for- syndication two-hour television programming block which aired from September 10, 1990, until mid- DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Darkwing Duck is an Emmy -nominated American Animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991-1995 TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters In Architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone Grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney Animated series that aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996
  • Nickelodeon gains popularity with the Nicktoons block of shows, such as Doug, Rugrats, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters and Hey Arnold!. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel Nicktoons are animated television programs airing on the children's television channel Nickelodeon and its many spin-offs Doug was an American animated series that originally aired on Nickelodeon, and starred 6th grader Douglas Yancey Funnie Rugrats is an American Animated television series that aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004 on The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American / Canadian animated television series created by Canadian Animator John Rocko's Modern Life is an American Animated series created by Joe Murray that aired for four seasons from 1993 to 1996 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American Animated television series about adolescent Monsters in training developed by Klasky Csupo for Hey Arnold! is an American Animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, originally from the 1980s, remain popular in the early and-mid-1990s.
  • Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers gains popularity with children in the mid 1990s, leading to the entire Power Rangers series. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (often abbreviated by fans as MMPR) is an American Live-action Television series, created Power Rangers is a long-running American Children's television series adapted from the Japanese Tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it
  • Anime becomes popular in the United States in the late 1990s with shows like Sailor Moon, Samurai Pizza Cats, Pokémon, Dragonball Z, Saint Seiya, Outlaw Star, Ranma ½, Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion. (anime in Japanese, is the title of a Japanese Media franchise created by Naoko Takeuchi. Samurai Pizza Cats, known as Kyattō Ninden Teyandee (キャッ党 忍伝 てやんでえ in Japan, is an Anime series If you came here to express your personal opinion about Pokémon please go somewhere else also known as Knights of the Zodiac, is a Manga series authored by Masami Kurumada, and later adapted to Anime. is a Manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Ito. The series takes place in the distant future 150 years after the development of Spacecraft capable is a Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an Anime adaptation is a Japanese animated television series. Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by commonly referred to as NGE, Eva, or Evangelion, is a commercially and critically successful influential and controversial Japanese Anime that
  • MTV moves away from music videos and into original television shows such as The Real World, which is often cited as the main inspiration for the Reality TV boom of the 2000s. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The Real World is a Reality television program on MTV originally executive produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary
  • Cartoons aimed at an adult audience become popular. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Among the most successful are The Simpsons (1989 – ), The Ren and Stimpy Show (1991 – 1996), Beavis and Butt-head (1993 – 1997), Daria (1997 – 2002), South Park (1997 – ), King of the Hill (1997 – ), Family Guy (1999 – 2002, 2005 – ) and Futurama (1999-2003, 2008-). Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American / Canadian animated television series created by Canadian Animator John Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Daria is an American Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
  • US Television networks increase programs aimed at twenty- and thirty-somethings. A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U A twentysomething is a person in the age group of 20 to 29 Such a person may also be termed a vicenarian. For the television show of the same name see Thirtysomething ''(TV series'' The term thirtysomething was initially introduced during the 1980s Some of the most popular are Roseanne (1988 – 1997), Seinfeld (1989 – 1998), Beverly Hills 90210 (1990 – 2000), Melrose Place (1992 – 1999), Friends (1994 – 2004), Party of Five (1994 - 2000), and Ally McBeal (1997 – 2002). Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Beverly Hills 90210 was a Prime time television drama series that aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999 created by Darren Star for the FOX network and executive produced Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Friends was an Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Party of Five is an American Drama Television series that aired on FOX for six seasons from September 12 1994 Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Ally McBeal is an American Television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
  • Television shows involving human interaction with dangerous wildlife become popular. Most notably shows like The Crocodile Hunter, a popular series starring Steve Irwin, which began airing in 1996. The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006 known simply as Steve Irwin and Nicknamed " The Crocodile Hunter " was an iconic The Crocodile Hunter, and other similar shows (many of which involved Steve Irwin) remained popular into the 2000s. The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006 known simply as Steve Irwin and Nicknamed " The Crocodile Hunter " was an iconic
  • Notable American television sitcoms aimed at the teen/preteen market include Full House (1987 – 1995), Saved by the Bell (1989 - 1993), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990 - 1996), Family Matters (1989 – 1998), Blossom (1991 – 1995), Boy Meets World (1993 – 2000), and 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996 – 2001), Smart Guy (1997 – 1999), Sister, Sister (1994 – 1999), Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996 - 2003) among others. Full House is an American Television sitcom that originally ran from September 22 1987 to May 23 1995 on ABC. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Saved by the Bell is an American sitcom that originally aired between 1989 and 1993 Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an award winning American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10 1990 to May 20 1996 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Blossom was a half-hour Comedy television series broadcast from 1991 to 1995 on NBC, Mondays at 830pm Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Boy Meets World was an American Television sitcom that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, who grows up from a Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 3rd Rock from the Sun is an Emmy Award -winning American sitcom that aired from 1996 until 2001 on NBC. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Smart Guy was an American Sitcom that aired on The WB for three seasons from 1997 to 1999. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sister Sister is an American television Sitcom about Twin girls ( Tia and Tamera Mowry) separated and Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sabrina the Teenage Witch was an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Many of these were concentrated on ABC's Friday night block TGiF. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. TGIF was the slogan of a family-friendly Prime time programming block on the ABC network
  • The sci – fi/fantasy TV genre saw three successful Star Trek spinoffs: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994), Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999), and Voyager (1995 – 2001). Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. It also featured other massively popular shows, such as The X-Files (1993 – 2002); Babylon 5(1993 – 1998); Stargate SG-1 (1997 – 2007); Sliders (1995 – 2000); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1993 – 1999); and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 – 2001), the spinoff of Hercules that went on to drastically dwarf its predecessor in popularity, notoriety, controversy, and overall viewership. The X-Files is a Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award -winning American Science fiction television series created by Chris Carter Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sliders is an American Science fiction television series that ran for five seasons from 1995 to 2000. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Xena Warrior Princess is an American Television series that aired from September 15 1995 until June 18 2001 Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Another notable series in the fantasy genre was Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003) which never had very high ratings but quickly received a cult following as well critical acclaim. Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It inspired many other series with the superhero/struggle of real life theme, such as Charmed (1998 – 2006) and Buffy's spin-off Angel (1999 – 2004). Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Angel is an American Television series, a Spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
  • The Disney Channel changes from classic Disney programming to live action programming starting in the late 1990s, especially around the year 1998. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) No longer a pay-subscription channel in 1996, the channel expanded their young audience on basic cable. See Zoog Disney. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. By 1999, the "MTV-esque" Zoog Disney along with Playhouse Disney was the main focus of the Disney Channel, causing classic Disney shorts and shows such as the Nutty Professor to experience backlash. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. Playhouse Disney is the brand name for Disney Channel 's preschool programs often airing as its own channel outside of the United States The Nutty Professor (1963 is a Paramount Pictures Feature film produced directed co-written (with Bill Richmond) and starring Jerry
  • Cartoon Network starts showing more original programming in a form of Cartoon Cartoons that almost changed the face of the network by 1999. Cartoon Cartoons is a collective name for Cartoon Network original series Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
  • On May 22, 1992, after 30 years, Johnny Carson retired as host of the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC, with Jay Leno taking over as host on May 25. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) John William “Johnny” Carson ( October 23, 1925 &ndash January 23, 2005) was an American Television host and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the ''Tonight Show'' franchise from 1962 The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. The choice of Leno over Late Night host and Carson protege David Letterman is instrumental in Letterman signing a deal with CBS in January 1993. Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy Talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Letterman aired his final NBC show on June 25, 1993 and the Late Show with David Letterman premiered on August 30, 1993. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
  • The highest-rated shows on network television:
    • 1989 – 1990: The Cosby Show and Roseanne
    • 1990 – 1991: Cheers
    • 1991 – 1992: 60 Minutes
    • 1992 – 1993: 60 Minutes
    • 1993 – 1994: 60 Minutes
    • 1994 – 1995: Seinfeld
    • 1995 – 1996: ER
    • 1996 – 1997: ER
    • 1997 – 1998: Seinfeld
    • 1998 – 1999: ER
    • 1999 – 2000: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• United Kingdom
  • UK television — Popular comedies include Keeping Up Appearances, Absolutely Fabulous, The Fast Show, Jeeves and Wooster, One Foot in the Grave, Only Fools and Horses, Men Behaving Badly, Red Dwarf, Spaced, Royle Family, Mr. Bean and Father Ted amongst many others. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. In the United States, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (also known simply as Millionaire) is a Television Game show which Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom starring Patricia Routledge as eccentric social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket. Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 Jeeves and Wooster is a British Comedy Television series adapted by Clive Exton from P One Foot in the Grave was a BBC television Situation comedy series written by David Renwick. Only Fools and Horses is a British Television sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy --created and written by Simon Nye--that follows the lives of beer-guzzling flatmates Gary Strang and Tony Smart According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool Star, of the Main sequence, either late K Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and The Royle Family is a popular BAFTA award-winning television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for Father Ted was a popular 1990s Television Situation comedy set around the lives of three Irish Catholic priests on the remote (and ITV has a string of successful crime dramas including Cadfael, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse and Cracker. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Cadfael (ˈkædvaɪl approximately "CAD-vile" is the fictional detective in a series of murder mysteries by the late Edith Pargeter writing Prime Suspect is a British Police procedural television drama series made by Granada Television for the ITV network in the 1990s Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse is a Fictional character in a series of thirteen Detective novels by British Author Colin Cracker is the title of a television crime series in the United Kingdom, made by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally
  • High rated programmes this decade include the launch of the National Lottery in 1994, the Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995, and her funeral two years later,
  • The 'docusoap' genre is popular in the late 1990s, with shows like Airport making celebrities out of the people in them. The National Lottery is the largest Lottery in the United Kingdom. Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary series in the world Airport is a British documentary television series based at London Heathrow Airport, the world's busiest international airport broadcast by the BBC
  • BSkyB obtain the rights to the English FA Premier League in 1992, producing high revenues for the league and becoming the bedrock of the subscription television service, holding a monopoly on the rights until 2007. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs
  • British public service television channel Channel 4 is granted independence from the Independent Broadcasting Authority, and begins showing US programmes such as Friends and ER in peak viewing time. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The Independent Broadcasting Authority ( IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial Television ( ITV and Friends was an ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on
  • Channel 5 is launched in 1997 and becomes the country's fifth and final terrestrial channel.
  • Satellite and cable television becomes widespread, characterised by the battle and eventual merger of British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television at the start of the decade, and the launch of digital television in 1998. British Satellite Broadcasting ( BSB) (1986-1990 was a company set up in 1986 to provide Direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom For other uses see Sky Television (disambiguation. Sky Television plc (1989-1990 was a four-channel satellite television service launched by Rupert Digital television (DTV is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by discrete ( digital) signals in contrast to the analog signals used by Satellite channels rise from a handful in 1990 to almost a hundred by 1999.
  • Prize limits on gameshows are lifted in 1993, leading to shows with much bigger prizes, especially the launch of Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 1998, soon launched around the world. In the United Kingdom, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a Television Quiz show which offers a maximum Cash prize of one million Channel 4's TFI Friday becomes the first programme to give away a million pounds to a contestant at the end of 1999. TFI Friday was a Light entertainment show produced by Ginger Productions, and hosted by Chris Evans and broadcast on Fridays at 6pm on
• Europe

In Europe, new private channels in Germany: RTL, SAT1, Pro7, VOX, VIVA, France: Canal Plus and Portugal: SIC, TVI. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. RTL (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial Television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T Sat1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station ProSieben is a commercial Television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T VOX is a German Television channel, headquartered in Cologne and part of the RTL Group, Europe's largest TV radio and production company VIVA is a private German music Television channel located in Berlin. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Canal+ ("Canal Plus" "C+" meaning "Channel Plus/More" in French is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984 Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação is a Portuguese Television network and a media company which runs several television channels TVI - Televisão Independente ( Independent Television in english is Portugal 's fourth terrestrial Television channel launched in 1993 Eastern European television enjoys less government restrictions and carries more American programming.

• Middle East

Al Jazeera begins broadcasting in 1996, subsidised by a grant from the emir of Qatar and expanded their programming range across the Arabic-speaking world. For the English-language channel see Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera (الجزيرة al-jazīrah,, meaning "The Island" This is a list of Emirs of Qatar. The emirs of Qatar are members of the Al-Thani dynasty and the state of Qatar was founded in 1868 by Muhammad

Internet

• Beginnings of MP3 music downloading; in 1999 and 2000 the Napster controversy. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet -facing computer or website to a user's local computer Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Napster was an online music file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning while he was attending Northeastern University in Boston and operating
• The Internet begins to affect pop culture, beginning around 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)
• Most television stations establish an Internet presence during the later half of the decade.
• Earliest examples of Internet film.
• Bulletin Board System interest decreases heavily with introduction of the Web. A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a Computer system running software that allows users to connect and login to
• Pornography on the Internet launches and grows rapidly (one of the few industries to experience growth during the dot.com bust of 2000)
• A concept of online social ettiquette, "Netiquette" begins to form in 1995. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 Netiquette, a portmanteau of " network Etiquette " is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks ranging from
• Online chat debuts in the mid 1990s, along with social networking and teen community sites such as Classmates.com and Xanga in the late 1990s. Classmatescom is a Social network service created in 1995 by Randy Conrads who founded Classmates Online Inc Xanga (ˈzæŋgə is a website that hosts weblogs, Photoblogs and social networking profiles.
• Popular Internet sites such as Newgrounds, Something Awful and The Best Page in the Universe began in the mid to late 90s. Newgrounds is a Website headquartered in Glenside Pennsylvania, United States and created in 1995 that primarily hosts Adobe Flash animated films Something Awful, often abbreviated to The Best Page in the Universe is a personal satirical Humor Website created by George Ouzounian, better known as Maddox from

International Issues

Politically, the 1990s was an era of spreading democracy. The former countries of the Warsaw Pact moved from totalitarian regimes to democratically-elected governments. The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The same happened in other non-communist countries, such as Taiwan, Chile, South Africa, and Indonesia. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Capitalism made great changes to the economies of communist countries like China and Vietnam, and even Cuba. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la

The improvement in relations between the countries of NATO and the former members of the Warsaw Pact ended the Cold War both in Europe and other parts of the world. The North Atlantic Treaty The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the In 1993, the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and PLO leader Yasser Arafat shook hands in agreement for peace, at the conclusion of peace talks sponsored by US president Bill Clinton. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The outcome of these talks, known as the Oslo Accords, was an agreement by Israel to allow Palestinian self-government. Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn

Conflicts like the Balkan Wars, the Rwandan genocide, the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia and the first Gulf War, as well as the continuation of terrorism, led some to hypothesize a Clash of Civilizations, but the decade was also a time of peace in terror-ridden Northern Ireland when the IRA agreed to a truce in 1994. The Yugoslav Wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY that took place between 1991 and The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda 's minority Tutsis and the moderates of its Hutu majority The Battle of Mogadishu (also referred to as the Battle of the Black Sea) or Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion The Clash of Civilizations is a Theory, proposed by Political scientist Samuel P Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This marked the beginning of the end of 25 years of violence between the two sectarian groups, Protestant and Catholic, and the start of political negotiations.

In Africa

Rwandan genocide

• End of apartheid in South Africa (1994) and election of ANC government of Nelson Mandela. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda 's minority Tutsis and the moderates of its Hutu majority The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The African National Congress (ANC has been South Africa 's governing party supported by its Tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative
• Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia (1993). Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• Military actions in Somalia in 1993 lead to questions of the United States' role as a police officer of the world. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) (See also Battle of Mogadishu). The Battle of Mogadishu (also referred to as the Battle of the Black Sea) or
• Rwandan genocide kills one million people, in 1994. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda 's minority Tutsis and the moderates of its Hutu majority Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
• The Second Congo War started in 1998 in central Africa and includes 5 different cultures and 7 different nations. The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) It goes on until 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

In Asia

• In Japan, after three decades of economic growth put them in second place in the world's economies, the situation worsened after 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The recession went on into the early 2000s, bringing an end to the seemingly unlimited prosperity that the country had hitherto enjoyed. However, the rise of free market economics in China under more socialist regulation had not slowed that country's economic prosperity in the 1990s, and its economic growth continues. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution
• Less affluent nations such as India, Malaysia and Vietnam also saw tremendous improvements in economic prosperity and quality of life during the 1990s. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Optimism and hopes were high following the collapse of Communism, and restructuring following the end of the Cold War was beginning. However, there was also the continuation of terrorism in Third World regions that were once the "frontlines" for American and Soviet foreign politics, particularly in Asia. Third World is a name given to nations that are generally considered to be underdeveloped economically
• South-East Asia economic crisis starting from 1997.
• The Spratly islands issue became one of the most controversial in Southeast Asia. The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 100 reefs islets and islands occupying in total less than five square kilometres and spread over more than 400000 square kilometres
• The Tibetan Freedom Concert brings 120,000 people together in the interest of increased human rights and autonomy for Tibet from China. Tibetan Freedom Concert is the name given to a series of Rock festivals held in North America, Europe and Asia between 1996 and Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• Portugal hands sovereignty of Macau to the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
• East Timor breaks away from Indonesian control in 1999, merely a year after the fall of Soeharto from power, ending a twenty-four year guerrilla war with more than 200,000 casualties. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Suharto, also spelled Soeharto (June 8 1921 &ndash January 27 2008 was an Indonesian military leader and the second President of Indonesia, holding Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc The UN deploys a peace keeping force, spearheaded by the Australian and New Zealand armed forces. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island America deploys US police officers to serve with the International Police element, to help train and equip an East Timorese police force. The International Police is the title used for an organization of Police officers representing various countries throughout the world brought together to assist in the
• Great Britain hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
• In May 1999, Pakistan sends troops covertly to occupy strategic peaks in Kashmir. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir A month later the Kargil War with India results in a political fiasco for Nawaz Sharif, followed by a military withdrawal to the Line of Control. The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif also known as Nawaz Sharif ( Urdu:) (born December 25, 1949 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Names Specifically the term "Line of Control" (LOC refers to the military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state The incident leads to a military coup in October in which the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is ousted by Army Chief Pervez Musharraf. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of

In Canada

• Quebec, in a rekindled wave of separatism by French-Canadian activists, almost seceded from the dominion in a provincial referendum on October 30, 1995. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second Referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

In Europe

• Germany reunified on 3 October 1990 and, after integrating the economic structure and provincial governments, focused on modernization of the former communist East. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) People who were brought up in a communist culture became integrated with those living in democratic western Germany.
• On December 8, 1991, the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed the Belavezha Accords which declared the Soviet Union dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in its place. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Belavezha Accords (Беловежские соглашения is the Agreement which declared the Soviet Union effectively dissolved and established the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• The European Community becomes the European Union on January 1, 1993. The European Community (EC is one of the Three pillars of the European Union (EU created under the Maastricht Treaty (1992 The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• The birth of the "Second Republic" in Italy, with the Mani Pulite investigations of 1994. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Mani pulite ( Italian for clean hands) was a nationwide Italian judicial investigation into Political corruption held in the 1990s following Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

In Eastern Europe

• Break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 — the end of the Cold War, United States becomes sole world superpower. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A superpower is a State with a leading position in the international system and the ability to Influence events and project power on a worldwide scale The Cold War was officially declared over on December 31, 1992. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
• Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia (1993). Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• Balkan war in former Yugoslavia in 1995. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
• Kosovo war begins in late 1998. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts in Kosovo: 1996–1999 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Roughly 12,000 people are killed during open hostilities between Serbian military forces and ethnic Albanian forces. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language The UN sends in peace keeping forces after NATO military actions result in a Serbian military withdrawal by early 1999. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The North Atlantic Treaty The US deploys American police officers to serve with the United Nations to help build a Kosovo police force.
• The First Chechen War war 1994 – 1996; Second Chechen War started in 1999, and is ongoing. The First Chechen War also known as the War in Chechnya was fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in Chechnya's Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting August 26 Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)

In the United Kingdom

• The United Kingdom, after a recession in 1991 – 92 and its withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, experienced sustained economic growth that stretched into the new millennium. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) In British Politics and Economics, Black Wednesday refers to the events of 16 September 1992 when the Conservative
• In the UK in 1994, Tony Blair becomes leader of the British Labour Party and begins the "New Labour" project moving the party to the centre of British politics, which in 1997 ends 18 years of government by the Conservative party in a landslide election victory.
• Peace process begins in Northern Ireland in 1995. When discussing the History of Northern Ireland, the " peace process " is generally considered to cover the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

In Latin America

• Due to the Peruvian internal conflict and the economic crisis, Alberto Fujimori rises to power in Peru and remains in office for eleven years. It has been estimated that nearly 70000 people died in the internal conflict in Peru that started in 1980 and although still ongoing had greatly wound down by 2000 Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (Japanese name) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28 1938 is a Peruvian and Japanese ref> Fujimori secures Japanese haven Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. His administration is marked by economic development but also by numerous human rights violations (La Cantuta massacre, Barrios Altos massacre), a rampant corruption network set up by Vladimiro Montesinos. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled The La Cantuta massacre, in which a university professor and nine students from Lima 's La Cantuta University were abducted and " Disappeared quot by The Barrios Altos massacre took place on 3 November, 1991, in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born May 20, 1945) was the long-standing head of Peru 's intelligence service

In the Middle East

• Persian Gulf War (resulting from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait) and United Nations embargo on Iraq in 1991. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
• North Yemen and South Yemen merge to form Yemen (1991). Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
• Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin and Palestinian Prime Minister Yasser Arafat agree to the Peace Process at the culmination of the Oslo Accords, negotiated by the United States President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1993. This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles The United States of America —commonly referred to as the President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• In 1994, a peace treaty is signed between Israel and Jordan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern

In the United States

In the United States, Bill Clinton was president for much of the decade. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Under Clinton, the United States was involved in few foreign wars and saw a resurgence of liberal movements. However, the end of the Cold War dramatically changed the political landscape of the world as the long-standing "Communism vs. Capitalism" conflict essentially came to an end. One result of this was the establishment of political allegiances between many developing countries, and concurrent changes within their own governments. Great strides were made towards Israeli-Palestinian peace in the early part of the decade, due to official PLO recognition of Israel in 1993. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. However, later in the decade, the peace process became derailed and eventually the conflict escalated once again, especially in the 2000s. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Al Qaeda became visible as a terrorist threat against the U. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The S. after the bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya

• The bombing of the World Trade Center in U. The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan S. (1993) by an explosive-filled van leads to awareness in U. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) S. of international terrorism as a rising threat. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
• U. S. Congressman Newt Gingrich crafts his manifesto "Contract with America", leading his Republican Party to become the controlling majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and becomes himself Speaker of the House. Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Speaker of the House is a political term referring to a number of people In the United Kingdom and Canada, the Speaker of the House
• U. S. president Bill Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky and his impeachment trial in 1998, which lasts the entire year. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom then- United States President Bill Clinton admitted to Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

Significant events

• The Waco massacre prompted a nationwide debate in the U. The Waco Siege (also known as the Waco Massacre) took place on February 28 S. about the freedom of association right of the Michigan Militia, Montana Militia and other radical groups. Freedom of association is the Individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express promote pursue and defend common interests The Michigan Militia was a loosely organized Paramilitary organization founded by Norman Olson of Alanson Michigan, USA.
• The Oklahoma City Bombing, the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killed 168. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. Bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh claimed he bombed the building in retaliation for the 1993 Waco massacre. Timothy James McVeigh ( April 23, 1968 &ndash June 11, 2001) was a United States Army veteran and security guard who bombed Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• In France, Princess Diana dies in a car accident in 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Debates of accident vs. An accident is a specific identifiable unexpected unusual and unintended external event which occurs in a particular time and place without apparent or deliberate assassination rage well into the 2000s. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media.
• The European Union forms in 1992 under the Maastricht Treaty. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Maastricht Treaty (formally the Treaty on European Union, TEU) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht, the Netherlands after final
• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was elected President of South Africa in 1994, becoming the first black-President in South African history. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
• The 1992 Los Angeles riots occurred, with 53 deaths and 5,500 property fires in a 100-square mile riot zone. The Los Angeles riots of 1992, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a jury The riots were a result of the state court acquittal of three White and one Hispanic L. A. police officers by an all-white jury in a police brutality case involving motorist Rodney King, but in 1993, all four officers were convicted in a federal civil rights case. Rodney Glen King April 9, 1965 in Fort Worth Texas) --> (born April 2, 1965
• The Omagh bombing in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland which kills 29 civilians and injures hundreds more. The Omagh bombing was a Paramilitary Car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA a splinter group of former Provisional Irish Omagh (pronounced /'omæ/) is the County town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of
• O.J. Simpson's trial, described in the media as the "trial of the century", but on October 3, 1995, Simpson was found "not guilty" of double-murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, Trial of the century is an Idiomatic phrase used to describe certain well-known court cases Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Nicole Brown Simpson ( May 19, 1959 - June 12, 1994) was the ex-wife of American football player O Ronald Lyle Goldman ( July 2, 1968 June 12, 1994) was Killed in Los Angeles California, along with Nicole In the 1997 civil case, Simpson was held responsible and had to pay financial damages to the victims' families.
• The Channel Tunnel across the English Channel opens in 1994, connecting France and England. The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche also known as the Chunnel, is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland As of 2007 it is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, but with the undersea section of 37. 9 km (23. 55 miles) being the longest undersea tunnel in the world.
• 1994 midterm election: The Republican Party took control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate for the first time in 40 years. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives House Speaker Newt Gingrich assumes the role of antagonist to the Clinton Administration. The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker The United States Presidency of Bill Clinton, also known as the Clinton Administration, was the executive branch of the Federal
• US president Bill Clinton was caught in a media-frenzied sex scandal over his intern Monica Lewinsky, first announced on January 21, 1998. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom then- United States President Bill Clinton admitted to Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) After the U. S. House of Representatives impeached Clinton on December 19, 1998 for perjury under oath, following an investigation by federal prosecutor Kenneth Starr, the Senate acquitted Clinton of the charges on February 12, 1999 and he finished his second term. Former President of the United States Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998 Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American Lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
• The Columbine school shooting occurred on April 20, 1999, at Littleton, Colorado when two student gunmen took the Columbine high school hostage and killed 12 students, a teacher and the two committed suicide, making it the deadliest high school shooting in United States history. The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday April 20 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County, Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The City of Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality in Arapahoe County, Jefferson
• The Anita Hill vs. Anita Faye Hill (born) is a professor of social policy law and women's studies at Brandeis University at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and Clarence Thomas federal case of October 10 – October 12, 1991, involved claims by Hill that Thomas committed sexual harassment against her. Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American Jurist. He has been serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Thomas was not charged, but Hill became a national celebrity and a martyr to women's rights, triggering awareness on the issue of workplace sexual harassment. Thomas went on to become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary.
• In the United Kingdom, the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep was confirmed by the Roslin Institute, and was reported by global media on February 26, 1997. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Cloning in Biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as Bacteria, Insects Dolly was a ewe ( July 5, 1996 – February 14, 2003) that was the first Animal to be cloned from an adult The Roslin Institute is a government research institute at Roslin, a village in Midlothian, Scotland, that is sponsored by the Biotechnology Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Dolly would trigger a raging controversy on cloning and bioethical concerns regarding possible human cloning continue to this day. Bioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in Biology and Medicine.
• Y2K spread fear throughout the United States and eventually the world in the last half of the decade particularly 1999. The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a notable Computer bug resulting The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Many feared that it would cause the world to end on new years day on January 1, 2000 due to a massive computer crash. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It became huge in popular culture and many people stocked up on supplies for fear of a disaster. One year later, January 1, 2001 was the beginning of the 3rd millennium, as well the 21st century and the official end of the 20th century. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The third millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 2001, and will end on December 31, 3000, of the Gregorian calendar The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on
• A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the Philippines on July 16, 1990 and killed around 1000 people in Baguio City. The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on Monday July 16, 1990, at 426 PM local time in the Philippines. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Geography The three main access roads leading to Baguio from the lowlands are Kennon Road, Marcos Highway

Other significant events

The Flame of Liberty, which sits above the entrance to the Paris tunnel in which Princess Diana died in 1997, as global mourning accompanied the event.

• Gun politics in the US over the 1993 Brady Bill had banned or regulated most kinds of automatic weapons and semi-automatic weapons. Gun politics is a set of legal issues surrounding the ownership use and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1983( codified at, also known as the Brady Bill, passed as by the United States Congress, signed into law by President An automatic firearm is a Firearm that automatically extracts and ejects the fired cartridge case and loads a new case usually through the energy of the fired The law called for a 5-day waiting period for potential gun-owners to be checked for past crimes before they can purchase a firearm.
• You go, girl! becomes a popular phrase in the media as feminism is more widely accepted and publicized with The Spice Girls, the WNBA, women's boxing, girl power, Sex and the City and others showcasing modern femininity and challenged the problem of sexism. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 The phrase " Girl Power " is a term of empowerment expressed a cultural phenomenon of the mid-late 1990s to the early 2000s and is also linked to Third-wave feminism Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a Sexism is the belief or attitude that one Gender or Sex is inferior to or less valuable than the other and can also refer to a Hatred or distrust towards
• With help from clinical fertility drugs, an Iowa mother, Bobbie McCaughey, gave birth to the first surviving septuplets in 1997. Fertility medication is medication that enhances Fertility. For women fertility medication is used to stimulate follicle development of the Ovary. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. A multiple birth occurs when more than one Fetus is carried to term in a single Pregnancy. There followed a media frenzy and widespread support for the family.
• In August 1995, NASA scientists announced, then debunked a big "discovery" of "martian" microscopic life on an asteroid originated from Mars, found in Antarctica and examined to only find mineral formation, not alien bacteria. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. The Bacteria ( singular: bacterium) are a large group of unicellular Microorganisms Typically a few Micrometres in length bacteria have
• Kenny Everett dies shortly after confirming that he has AIDS. Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Seaforth Lancashire; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995 was an English radio DJ and television entertainer
• Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, and Notorious B.I.G. are the most publicized music-related deaths of the decade, in 1991, 1994, 1996, and 1997 respectively. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21 1972 – March 9 1997 popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a Gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again
• Divorce and scandal rocked the British Royal House of Windsor. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A royal house or royal dynasty is a familial designation or Family name of sorts used by Royalty. The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms The older part is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg
• The murder of Selena Quintanilla, Tejano superstar from Texas. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16 1971 – March 31 1995 best known as Selena, was an American Singer who has been called "The Queen of
• Sex and violence in the media increase, especially in the late part of the decade. Profanity in music reaches peak in the late1990s. The original meaning of the adjective profane (from the Latin for "in front of or outside the Temple " was to refer to items not belonging to the church
• Models Pamela Anderson, Sylvia Saint and Anna Nicole Smith become major sex symbols during the 1990s. Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1 1967 is a Canadian -born actress, Sex symbol, glamour model, producer, Author, and Silvia Saint (also spelled Sylvia Saint, born Sylvie Tomčalová on February 12 1976 and between 1997 and 2001 she appeared in over 200 pornographic Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28 1967 &ndash February 8 2007 better known under the Stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model A sex symbol is a famous person of either gender typically an Actor, Musician, model, Teen idol, or Sports star
• Cindy Crawford becomes the most successful supermodel of the decade. Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20 1966 is an American model and actress.
• The movie Titanic becomes a cultural phenomenon throughout the world and eventually becomes the biggest grossing movie of all time making almost 2 billion dollars world wide in a span of little over a year. Titanic is a 1997 Disaster film directed written co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''
• Major League baseball players went on strike in August 12, 1994, thus ended the season, canceled the World Series the first time in 90 years, and went on until March 29, 1995 when players and team owners in agreement. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
• The Vieques controversy. Vieques ( Spanish pronunciation: /'vjɛkɛs/ or /'bjɛkɛs/ or /'βjɛkɛs/ English pronunciation: or) in full Isla de Vieques, is an island Navy-Vieques protests is the name given by the English-speaking media to a series of protests starting in 1999 on the Puerto Rican island-municipality
• Crime levels in the U. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment S. peak in 1991, begin to fall afterwards, reaching the lowest levels since the late 1960s by end of decade. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
• In the U. S. drug use reaches an all-time low in 1992 before increasing, reaching its peak in 1997 before declining again. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
• Examples of the decade's worst natural disasters: Hurricane Andrew strikes South Florida in August 1992, the crippling Superstorm of March 1993 along the Eastern Seaboard, the devastating 1994 Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles, the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan in January 1995, the Blizzard of 1996 in the eastern U. Hurricane Andrew is the second most powerful and the last of three Category 5 hurricanes that made U Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A Super storm is an extremely large and powerful storm that forms when conditions of the Atmosphere are right to support a storm of its magnitude Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The East Coast of the United States, also known as the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard" refers to the easternmost coastal states in the central and northern Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Great Hanshin Earthquake, or Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known outside of Japan, was an Earthquake in Japan that occurred on Tuesday is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Blizzard of 1996 was a Nor'easter that paralyzed the US East Coast with up to four feet (1 S. , the deadly Hurricane Mitch which struck Central America in October 1998, and the destructive F-5 Oklahoma City tornado in May 1999, the August 1999 İzmit earthquake in Turkey, and the September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan. Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest and most powerful Hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak was a Severe weather event that lasted from May 3 until May 6, 1999 and brought violent storms to Oklahoma Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The 1999 İzmit Earthquake was an approximately 76 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999 Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Chichi earthquake ( also known as the 921 earthquake ( occurred at 14715 Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.
• People are evacuated from the volcanic Caribbean island of Montserrat, a British overseas territory. Emergency evacuation is the movement of people from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Montserrat (ˌmɒntsəˈræt is British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom The Soufirre Hills erupt in 1995 and continued on until 2002. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
• Mount Pinatubo, a dormant volcano in the island of Luzon in the Philippines erupted in 1991 to decimate nearby towns and an American air force base permanently abandoned by hot ash fall and under mudslides. Mount Pinatubo is an active Stratovolcano located on the island of Luzon Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important Island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country with Visayas The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
• Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize, dies at age 87. Mother Teresa, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, (born August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian ref>Spink A Nun is a Woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor
• 21-year-old Golfer Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes; becoming both the youngest and the first American of multiracial descent to win the Masters. In Golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained Background and family Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006 and Kultida (Tida Woods The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's
• The Olympic Park Bombing on July 27, 1996 at that year's Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia which kills 2 and injures 111. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a terrorist Bombing on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta Georgia during the 1996 Summer Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an International
• School violence in the US is brought into the national spotlight with numerous incidents, such as the Columbine High School massacre. The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday April 20 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County,
• John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed when Kennedy's private plane crashes off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr (November 25 1960 – July 16 1999 often referred to as John F Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy ( January 7 1966 &ndash July 16 1999) née Carolyn Jeanne Bessette, was the wife of John F Lauren Gail Bessette ( November 5, 1964 &ndash July 16, 1999) was an American Investment banker and the sister of Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both
• American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France in 1999, less than two years after battling testicular cancer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson September 18 1971 is an American professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team Astana History See also:CategoryTour de France by year The dominant sports newspaper in France Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Testicular cancer is Cancer that develops in the Testicles a part of the Male reproductive system
• Debate on assisted suicide highly publicized by Michigan doctor Jack Kevorkian, charged with multiple counts of homicide of his terminally ill patients through the decade. Assisted suicide is the process by which an individual who may otherwise be incapable is provided with the means (drugs or equipment to commit Suicide. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Jack Kevorkian (kɛˈvɔrkiːɛn (born on May 26, 1928) is an Armenian-American List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another
• Seinfeld becomes highly popular. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons
• Beer keg registration becomes popular public policy in U. Beer keg registration is a legal requirement in some US states and localities that identification tags or labels be affixed to Beer Kegs upon retail sale S.
• California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, to legalize cannabis only for medical purposes, the debate over legalization of marijuana in the U. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, was a Proposition in the state of California on the November 5, Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a S. goes on today.
• The Rachel, Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle on the hit show Friends, becomes a cultural phenomenon with millions of women copying it worldwide. The Rachel haircut is a bouncy square layered hairstyle introduced by Jennifer Aniston in season 1 of the popular Emmy Award -winning American Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. Friends was an
• Controversy surrounded The Prodigy with the release of the track 'Smack My Bitch Up'. The Prodigy are an Electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree Essex, England. The National organization for Women(NOW) claimed that the track was "advocating violence against women" due to the lyrics of that song. The music video (directed by Jonas Åkerlund) featured a first-person POV of someone going clubbing, indulging in large amounts of drugs and alcohol, getting into fist fights with men, abusing women and picking up a prostitute. At the end of the video the camera pans over to a mirror, revealing the subject to be a woman.
• The model 1300 Wonderbra style has a resurgence of popularity in Europe in 1992 which kicks off a multinational media sensation, the 1994 re-introduction of "The Wonderbra" brand, and a spike in push-up, plunge bras around the world.

People

World leaders

Former 1990s US presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton in January 2005. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States

• Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Australia)
• Prime Minister Paul Keating (Australia)
• Prime Minister John Howard (Australia)
• President Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (Brazil)
• President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil)
• President Zhelyu Zhelev (Bulgaria)
• President Petar Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
• Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (Canada)
• Prime Minister Kim Campbell (Canada)
• Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Canada)
• "Paramount Leader" Deng Xiaoping (People's Republic of China)
• President Jiang Zemin (People's Republic of China)
• President Lee Teng-hui (Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Queen Elizabeth II (Commonwealth realms)
• President Franjo Tuđman (Croatia)
• President Václav Havel (Czechoslovakia and (Czech Republic after the breakup of Czechoslovakia))
• Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Denmark)
• President Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)
• President Lennart Meri (Estonia)
• President François Mitterrand (France)
• President Jacques Chirac (France)
• Chancellor Helmut Kohl (Germany)
• Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (Germany)
• Governor David Clive Wilson (Hong Kong (under British rule))
• Governor Christopher Francis Patten (Hong Kong (under British rule))
• Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa (Hong Kong, People's Republic of China)
• Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh (India)
• Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar (India)
• Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao (India)
• Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda (India)
• Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral (India)
• Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (India)
• President Mohammad Khatami (Iran)
• President Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
• Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir (Israel)
• Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel)
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)
• Emperor Akihito (Japan)
• President Guntis Ulmanis (Latvia)
• President Vaira-Vike Freiberga (Latvia)
• Governor Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (Macau (under Portuguese rule))
• Chief Executive Edmund Ho (Macau, People's Republic of China)
• President Carlos Salinas (Mexico)
• President Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico)
• President Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority)
• Pope John Paul II (Vatican City)
• President Alberto Fujimori (Peru)
• President Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
• President Fidel Ramos (Philippines)
• President Joseph Estrada (Philippines)
• President Lech Walesa (Poland)
• President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Poland)
• Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers (Netherlands)
• Prime Minister Wim Kok (Netherlands)
• Prime Minister Mike Moore (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Jim Bolger (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Jenny Shipley (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Helen Clark (New Zealand)
• President Ion Iliescu (Romania)
• President Emil Constantinescu (Romania)
• President Boris Yeltsin (Russia)
• Taoiseach Charles Haughey (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Albert Reynolds (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach John Bruton (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Republic of Ireland)
• President Boris Yeltsin (Russia)
• President Wee Kim Wee (Singapore)
• President Ong Teng Cheong (Singapore)
• President Sellapan Ramanathan (Singapore)
• President Frederik Willem de Klerk (South Africa)
• President Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
• President Kim Dae-jung (South Korea)
• President Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union)
• King Juan Carlos I (Spain)
• President Felipe González (Spain)
• President José María Aznar (Spain)
• Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson (Sweden)
• Prime Minister Carl Bildt (Sweden)
• Prime Minister Göran Persson (Sweden)
• President Hafez al-Assad (Syria)
• President Turgut Özal (Turkey)
• President Süleyman Demirel (Turkey)
• Prime Minister Tansu Çiller (Turkey)
• Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister John Major (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom)
• President George H.W. Bush (United States)
• President Bill Clinton (United States)
• President Hugo Chávez (Venezuela)
• President Slobodan Milošević (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Entertainers

• 2Pac (2Pacalypse Now,Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.,Me Against the World, All Eyez on Me, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory)
• Aaliyah
• Paula Abdul
• Ace of Base
• Adam Sandler (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy)
• Aerosmith (Get a Grip, Big Ones, Nine Lives, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, Wayne's World 2)
• Alice in Chains (Jar of Flies, Dirt, Facelift, Alice in Chains)
• Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill)
• Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin, The Crush, Aerosmith music videos)
• All Saints, (All Saints)
• Amy Grant
• Annie Lennox
• Angela Bassett (Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
• Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, Titus)
• At the Drive-In
• Aqua
• The Aquabats! (The Return of the Aquabats, The Fury of the Aquabats!, The Aquabats! vs. the Floating Eye of Death!)
• Ashley Judd
• Backstreet Boys
• Beavis and Butt-Head
• Beck
• Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting)
• Ben Stiller (Reality Bites, Flirting with Disaster)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (Ready 2 Die, Life After Death, Born Again)
• Bill Hicks
• Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade)
• Blind Melon (Blind Melon)
• blink-182
• Bon Jovi (Blaze of Glory, Keep the Faith, Cross Road, These Days)
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• Boyz II Men
• Brad Pitt (Thelma & Louise, Se7en)
• Brandy
• Bret Hart
• Britney Spears (...Baby One More Time)
• Bruce Willis (Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense)
• Bush
• Busta Ryhmes
• Björk
• Dean Cain
• Mariah Carey
• Dana Carvey (Wayne's World)
• Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
• David Duchovny (The X-Files)
• Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
• Celine Dion
• Cher
• Christina Aguilera
• Christina Ricci (Mermaids, Addams Family the film series 1991-93, Casper, Now and Then, The Opposite of Sex, Sleepy Hollow)
• Chris Rock (Saturday Night Live)
• Chris Tucker (Friday, Rush Hour)
• Chloë Sevigny (Kids, Boys Don't Cry)
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire)
• Dawson's Creek
  • James Van Der Beek
  • Joshua Jackson
  • Katie Holmes
  • Kerr Smith
  • Meredith Monroe
  • Michelle Williams
• Dave Matthews Band
• Da youngsta's
• Demi Moore (Ghost, Striptease, A Few Good Men)
• Depeche Mode (Violator, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Ultra)
• Denzel Washington (Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Philadelphia)
• Destiny's Child (Destiny's Child, The Writing's On The Wall)
• Dio
• Dr. Dre
• Duran Duran (Liberty,Duran Duran (The Wedding Album),Thank You,Medazzaland)
• Drew Barrymore (Home Fries, The Wedding Singer)
• Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen)
• Elizabeth Berkley (Saved by the Bell, Showgirls)
• Freddie Mercury
• Friends
  • Courteney Cox
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Matt LeBlanc
  • Matthew Perry
  • David Schwimmer
• The Fugees
• Garth Brooks
• George Strait
• Gillian Anderson (The X-Files)
• Green Day (Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod)
• Guns N' Roses (Use Your Illusion I and II)
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Se7en)
• Liam Gallagher of Oasis
• Noel Gallagher of Oasis
• Teri Hatcher
• Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale)
• Halle Berry (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Bulworth)
• Hanson
• Harrison Ford
• Helen Hunt (Mad About You, Twister, As Good as It Gets)
• Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry)
• Hootie & The Blowfish
• Howard Stern
• Hulk Hogan
• INXS (X, Welcome to Wherever You Are)
• Janet Jackson (Janet.)
• Jackie Chan (Rush Hour)
• Jack Nicholson
• Jamie Foxx (In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show)
• Jamiroquai (Emergency on Planet Earth, The Return of the Space Cowboy, Travelling Without Moving, Synkronized)
• Jay-Z
• Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)
• Jerry Springer
• Jewel
• Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask)
• Jim Norton (Opie and Anthony Show)
• Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs, Maverick (film))
• John Goodman
• John Travolta (Pulp Fiction, Face/Off)
• Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands)
• Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding)
• Kate Winslet (Titanic, Heavenly Creatures)
• Keanu Reeves (The Matrix)
• Keri Russell (Felicity)
• Korn
• Kurt Cobain
• Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic)
• Liam Neeson (Schindler's List, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
• Lisa Loeb (Stay (I Missed You))
• Liv Tyler (Empire Records, Aerosmith music videos)
• Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone series, 1-2)
• Madonna (The Immaculate Collection, I'm Breathless, Erotica, Bedtime Stories, Something to Remember, Evita, Ray of Light)
• Manic Street Preachers
• Mariah Carey
• Marilyn Manson
• Martin Lawrence (House Party, Martin, Bad Boys)
• Mary J Blige (What's the 411?)
• Matthew McConaughey (Dazed and Confused, A Time to Kill)
• Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting)
• Meg Ryan
• Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
• Melissa Etheridge (Come To My Window, I'm the Only One, I Want To Come Over)
• Metallica (Metallica, Load, and ReLoad)
• Michael Jackson (Dangerous, HIStory)
• Michael Keaton
• Michelle Pfeiffer (The Age of Innocence, Batman Returns)
• Mick Foley
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Let's Face It)
• Mike Myers (Wayne's World, Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
• Mira Sorvino
• Monica (singer)
• Natalie Portman (Léon, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
• Neve Campbell
• Nicole Kidman (My Life, To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut)
• No Doubt (Tragic Kingdom)
• Nirvana (Nevermind, In Utero)
• Nine (rapper)
• Nine Inch Nails
• NSYNC
• Oasis
• Oprah Winfrey
• Ozzy Osbourne (No More Tears, Ozzmosis)
• Pamela Anderson (Baywatch)
• Pantera
• Pearl Jam (Ten, Vs., Vitalogy, No Code)
• Phil Collins
• PJ Harvey
• Prince
• The Prodigy
• Queen Latifah (Living Single, Set It Off)
• Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
• Radiohead
• Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond)
• R.E.M.
• Rage Against the Machine
• Richard Gere (Pretty Woman)
• Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List, The English Patient)
• Tha Realest
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik, One Hot Minute, Californication)
• Reel Big Fish (Turn the Radio Off, Everything Sucks)
• Rob Zombie
• Robbie Williams
• Robin Williams (Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin, The Fisher King (film))
• The Rock
• Roseanne Barr (Roseanne)
• Rosie O'Donnell (A League of their Own, The Rosie O'Donnell Show)
• Roxette
• RuPaul
• Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager)
• Samuel L. Jackson ( A Time to Kill, Pulp Fiction (film))
• Sandra Bullock (Speed, A Time to Kill)
• Savage Garden
• Selena
• Shania Twain
• Seal
• Slipknot
• Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Soundgarden
• Spice Girls (Spice, Spiceworld)
• Steve Buscemi (The Big Lebowski, Fargo)
• Steven Spielberg
• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Stone Temple Pilots (Core, Purple, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, No. 4)
• Sublime (Sublime, 40 Oz. to Freedom)
• Switchfoot
• Take That
• Tarkan (Turkish pop singer)
• Tevin Campbell ("I'm Ready)
• Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns)
• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Saved by the Bell,Beverly Hills, 90210)
• TLC (Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, T-Boz, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas)
• Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire, Mission: Impossible)
• Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Philadelphia, Toy Story, The Green Mile)
• Toni Braxton (Toni Braxton (album))
• Tori Amos
• Trent Reznor
• U2 (Achtung Baby)
• Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
• Usher (My Way)
• Vince Vaughn (Swingers)
• Van Halen (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Balance)
• Vengaboys
• Weezer
• Wesley Willis
• Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act, Ghost, Ghosts of Mississippi, Hollywood Squares)
• White Zombie
• Will & Grace
  • Eric McCormack
  • Debra Messing
  • Sean Hayes
  • Megan Mullally
• Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black)
• Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands, Dracula, Reality Bites, Little Women Girl, Interrupted)
• Whigfield (Whigfield)
• Yanni

Films

See also: 1990s in film

Books and literature

See also: 1990s books

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