1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM PCs Development of free operating system Linux is started Break through of Compact Disc technology - branching into Digital Versatile Discs Science Detection of planets orbiting stars other than the sun Cloning (of Dolly, the sheep) achieved Human Genome Project begun DNA identification of individuals finds wide application in criminal law Global human impact on the environment widely accepted War, peace and politics Reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990 Gulf War and United Nations embargo on Iraq in 1991 Break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 -- the end of the Cold War, United States as sole world superpower End of apartheid in South Africa and election of ANC government of Nelson Mandela Genocide in Rwanda kills one million people, in 1994. Peace process begins in Northern Ireland Balkan war in former Yugoslavia Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia North Yemen and South Yemen merge to form Yemen A decade of women presidents in the Republic of Ireland European Union is declared in 1992 Economics Development of GATT, the World Trade Organization and other global economic institutions After 1992 the booming of the US stock market, in reference to which Alan Greenspan coined the memorable phrase "irrational exuberance", which eventually stretched into the dot-com boom/dot-com bubble Culture Grunge music gains widespread mainstream acceptance in the early part of the decade Rap music gains widespread mainstream acceptance in the late part of the decade Black becomes a dominant color in fashion, along with several dark colors (see Goth, the Matrix, and Regis Philbin). Others Chuck Palahniuk publishes Fight Club and becomes an influential author of Generation X Bill Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky and his Impeachment trial Divorce and scandal rocks the British Royal House of Windsor Assassination of Selena Quintanilla O.J.'s trial, called by many the trial of the century You go, girl! becomes a popular phrase as the media gives feminist movements a boost with The Spice Girls, the WNBA, women's boxing, Sex and the City and others showcasing feminine talent. The Vieques controversy Carjacking becomes common Crime levels peak in the U.S. late in the decade and begin to taper off World leaders Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Australia) Prime Minister Paul Keating (Australia) Prime Minister John Howard (Australia) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (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 on Taiwan) President Franjo Tuđman (Croatia) President Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) President François Mitterrand (France) President Jacques Chirac (France) Chancellor Helmut Kohl (Germany) Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (Germany) Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (India) President Mohammad Khatami (Iran) President Saddam Hussein (Iraq) Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel) Emperor Akihito (Japan) President Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority) Pope Pope John Paul II 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 Frederik Willem de Klerk (South Africa) President Nelson Mandela (South Africa) President Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union) Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom et al.) 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 Slobodan Milosević (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Entertainers Sandra Bullock (Speed, A Time to Kill) Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns) Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask) Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, JFK, Waterworld) Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen) Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic) Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List, The English Patient) Mel Gibson (Braveheart) Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act, Ghost, Ghosts of Mississippi, Hollywood Squares) Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Philadelphia, Toy Story, The Green Mile) Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, Titus) Helen Hunt (Mad About You, Twister, As Good as It Gets) Samuel L. Jackson (Goodfellas Pulp Fiction) Nicole Kidman (My Life, Eyes Wide Shut) Demi Moore (Ghost, Striptease, A Few Good Men) Michelle Pfeiffer (The Age of Innocence, Batman Returns) Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman, Notting Hill) Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) Kate Winslet (Titanic) Mike Myers (Wayne's World, Saturday Night Live) Dana Carvey (Wayne's World) Phil Collins Harrison Ford (actor) Bret Hart Ashley Judd Michael Keaton Shawn Michaels Liam Neeson Jack Nicholson Meg Ryan Adam Sandler (actor) M. Night Shyamalan Stone Cold Steve Austin Mira Sorvino Billy Bob Thornton Uma Thurman The Undertaker Bruce Willis (the Die Hard series) Sports figures Andre Agassi (U.S tennis player) Sergey Bubka (Ukrainian track and field athlete) Roger Clemens (U.S. baseball player) Linford Christie (English track and field athlete) Dale Earnhardt (U.S. racing driver) Brett Favre (U.S. American football player) Paul Gascoigne (English soccer player) Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopian track and field athlete) Ryan Giggs (Welsh soccer player) Steffi Graf (German tennis player) Wayne Gretzky (Canadian ice hockey player) Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan track and field athlete) Evander Holyfield (U.S. boxer) Miguel Induráin (Spanish cyclist) Andrew Johns (Australian Rugby League player) Michael Johnson (U.S. track and field athlete) Michael Jordan (U.S. basketball player) Brian Lara (Trinidadian cricketer) Mario Lemieux (Canadian ice hockey player) Tony Lockett (Australian Australian Rules Football player) Jonah Lomu (New Zealand rugby union player) Mark McGwire (U.S. baseball player) Karl Malone (U.S. basketball player) Cal Ripken Jr. (U.S. baseball player) Patrick Roy (Canadian ice hockey player) David Robinson (U.S. basketball player) Pete Sampras (U.S tennis player) Barry Sanders (U.S. American football player) Michael Schumacher (German racing driver) Monica Seles (Yugoslavian tennis player) Ayrton Senna (Brazilian racing driver) Emmitt Smith (U.S. American football player) John Stockton (U.S. basketball player) Sachin Tendulkar (Indian cricketer) Mike Tyson (U.S. boxer) Courtney Walsh (Jamaican cricketer) Shane Warne (Australian cricketer) Steve Waugh (Australian cricketer) Music #-C 2Pac (All Eyez on Me) 311 (311) 98 Degrees A Tribe Called Quest (The Low End Theory) Aerosmith (Get a Grip) Alan Jackson (A Lot About Livin' (And a Little About Love)) Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill) Alice in Chains (Dirt) Anthrax (Persistence of Time) Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Works 85-92) Ash (1977) Backstreet Boys (Backstreet's Back) Bad Religion (Stranger Than Fiction) Beck (Mellow Gold) Beenie Man (Blessed) Big Audio Dynamite II (The Globe) Björk (Debut) blink-182 (Enema of the State) Blind Melon (Blind Melon) Blues Traveler (Four) Blur (Parklife) Bob Seger (The Fire Inside) Buju Banton (Till Shiloh) Bush (Sixteen Stone) The Butthole Surfers (Electriclarryland) The Candyskins (Space I'm In) The Cardigans (First Band on the Moon) Celine Dion (Let's Talk About Love) The Chemical Brothers (Dig Your Own Hole) Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera) Clint Black (Killin' Time) Collective Soul (Collective Soul) Elvis Costello (Mighty Like a Rose) Cradle of Filth (Dusk & Her Embrace) Cypress Hill (Black Sunday) D-J Da Brat (Funkdafied) D'Angelo (Brown Sugar) Dave Matthews Band (Under the Table and Dreaming) Deftones (Around the Fur) Depeche Mode (Violator) Dixie Chicks (Wide Open Spaces) DMX (It's Dark and Hell Is Hot) Don Henley (The End of the Innocence) Dr. Dre (The Chronic) Elastica (Elastica) EMF (Schubert Dip) Eminem (The Slim Shady LP) Emperor (In the Nightside Eclipse) Erykah Badu (Baduizm) Face to Face (Big Choice) Fugazi (Repeater) Garth Brooks (Ropin' the Wind) Genesis (We Can't Dance) Get Up Kids (Something to Write Home About) Green Day (Dookie) Guru (Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1) GZA (Liquid Swords) Hootie and the Blowfish (Cracked Rear View) INXS (X) Iron Maiden (Fear of the Dark) Jackson Browne (I'm Alive) James (Laid) Jane's Addiction (Ritual de lo Habitual) Jerky Boys (Jerky Boys) Jesus Jones (Doubt) Joe Strummer (Earthquake Weather) Judas Priest (Painkiller) K-O Kid Rock (Devil Without a Cause) Kris Kross (Totally Krossed Out) Lagwagon (Trashed) Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) Limp Bizkit (Significant Other) Living Colour (Time's Up) Lush (Split) Madonna (Erotica) Mariah Carey (Music Box) Marilyn Manson (Antichrist Superstar) Mary J. Blige (What's the 411?) Edwin McCain (Misguided Roses) Midnight Oil (Blue Sky Mining) Moby (Play) Morrissey (Your Arsenal) Peter Murphy (Deep) My Bloody Valentine (Loveless) Nas (Illmatic) Ned's Atomic Dustbin (God Fodder) Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral) Nirvana (Nevermind) NOFX (Punk in Drublic) Notorious B.I.G. (Life After Death) NSYNC Oasis (Definitely Maybe) The Offspring (Smash) Ol' Dirty Bastard (Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version) ONYX (Bacdafucup) OutKast (Aquemini) P-R Pantera (A Vulgar Display of Power) Paul Oakenfold (Global Underground: Oslo) Pearl Jam (Ten) Pennywise (Pennywise) The Pixies (Doolittle) Poe (Hello) The Presidents of the United States of America (The Presidents of the United States of America) Primus (Sailing the Seas of Cheese) The Prodigy (The Fat of the Land) Public Enemy (Fear of a Black Planet) Radiohead (OK Computer) Raekwon (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx) Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine) Rancid (...And Out Come the Wolves) Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik) R.E.M. (Automatic for the People) Richie Kotzen (Fever Dream) Ricky Martin (A Medio Vivir) Ride (Nowhere) Rush (Roll the Bones) S School of Fish (School of Fish) Sepultura (Chaos A.D.) Shania Twain (Come on Over) Sheryl Crow (Tuesday Night Music Club) The Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream) The Smithereens (11) Snoop Doggy Dogg (Doggystyle) Social Distortion (Social Distortion) Soundgarden (Superunknown) The Soup Dragons (Lovegod) Spacemen 3 (Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs to) Spice Girls (Spice World) Steve Vai (Passion and Warfare) Stone Temple Pilots (Core) Sublime (Sublime) Suicidal Tendencies (Lights...Camera...Revolution!) Sunny Day Real Estate (How It Feels to Be Something On) System of a Down (System of a Down) T-Z Tears for Fears (The Seeds of Love) Temple of the Dog (Temple of the Dog) TLC (CrazySexyCool) Tool (Ænima) Tupac Shakur (2pacalaypse Now) Type O Negative (Bloody Kisses) The Vandals (Quickening) The Violent Femmes (Why Do Birds Sing?) Weezer (The Blue Album) White Zombie (La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1) Wilco (Being There) The Wonder Stuff (Never Loved Elvis) Wu-Tang Clan (Enter the Wu-Tang (3676 Chambers)) Yes (Union) See also: 1990s music groups Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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