1990s facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1990s was the decade that started on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999.
Contents
Events
- 1990 — Gulf War
- 1991 — The end of the Cold War.
- 1991 — Breakup of Yugoslavia.
- 1991 — Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- 1992 — Established European union.
- 1993 — Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
- 1994 — End of Apartheid in South Africa
People
- Pope John Paul II, Pope in the 1990s (the last full decade he would serve as Pope until his death in 2005)
- Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- Pete Sampras, American tennis player
- Michael Schumacher, German formula 1 driver
- Backstreet Boys, American boy band
- Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia from 1989 to 2000
- Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990
- John Major, British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997
- Tony Blair, British Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007
- George H. W. Bush, President of the United States until 1993
- François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995
- Jacques Chirac, President of France from 1995 to 2007
- Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
- Bill Clinton President of the United States 1993–2001
- Alberto Fujimori President of Peru 1990–2000
- Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
- Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952
- Madonna, singer-songwriter
- The Prodigy, electronic dance group
- Britney Spears, American singer
- Spice Girls, music group
- Mariah Carey, singer
- Celine Dion, singer
- Whitney Houston, singer
- Mel Gibson, actor
- Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR 1985–1991
- Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
- Tom Hanks, American actor
- Nicole Kidman, actress
- Sandra Bullock, American actress
- Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq 1979–2003
- Helmut Kohl, German chancellor until 1998
- Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa 1994–1999
- Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa 1999–2008
- Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister
- Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
- Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libyan dictator from 1969 to 2011
- Nirvana, rock band
- Steven Seagal, American actor
- Julia Roberts, American actor/actress
- Gerhard Schröder, German Chancellor from 1998 to 2005
- Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland from 1990 to 1995
- Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
- Kim Il-Sung, dictator of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
- Kim Jong-il, dictator of North Korea from 1994 to 2011
- Tupac Shakur, American rapper
- Diana, Princess of Wales
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Images for kids
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Hurricane Georges downed trees in Key West along the old houseboat row on South Roosevelt Blvd.
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The crash site of El Al Flight 1862 in 1992.
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The Dow Jones Index of the 1990s
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Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton share a laugh in October 1995.
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The logo created by The President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion, for use on Y2K.gov
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A pair of Eurostar trains at the former Waterloo International since moved to St Pancras International
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Dolly the sheep is the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell.
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Women's rights demonstration in Paris, November 1995
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Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, 1997.
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The highest-grossing film of the decade was Titanic (1997)
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Friends, which premiered on NBC in 1994 became one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. From left, clockwise: Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer, the six main actors of Friends.
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Grunge-style flannel shirt and curtained hair
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Will Smith donning a Hi-top fade in 1993
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The Petronas Twin Towers were the world's tallest buildings when completed in 1999.
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Fireworks in the SkyDome after Joe Carter's World Series-winning home run, as the Canadian Toronto Blue Jays won their second straight World Series title in 1993 against the US' Philadelphia Phillies.
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Michael Jordan, the most popular NBA player of the 1990s.
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A typical early 1990s Personal Computer.
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An early portable CD player, a Sony Discman model D121.
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Mobile phones gained massive popularity worldwide during the decade.
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Pagers became widely popular.
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The Super Nintendo was a hit in the 1990s.
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The European PAL version of the Mega Drive launched in 1990, later becoming the highest-selling fourth-gen console in Europe.
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Grunge styles were popular in the 1990s, as modelled here by Krist Novoselic (left) and Kurt Cobain of the band Nirvana, one of the most influential bands of the decade.
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The internet was created and in its infancy in the 1990s.
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The Nintendo 64 was released in 1996. Super Mario 64 was the best-selling game of the decade.
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Crystal Pepsi was a popular drink in the 1990s, which was re-released in 2016.
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Rugrats and other cartoons like Beavis and Butt-Head, The Simpsons, and Ren & Stimpy were popular in the 1990s.
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A VHS-C tape as would be used in the 1990s.
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One of the sets used in the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation, was popular in the 1990s.
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The handheld digital pet device Tamagotchi became an especially popular game among children around the world during the decade
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Pogs was an especially popular game among children around the world during the decade
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In the 1990s, Dr. Martens shoes became a popular fashion item heavily influenced by the grunge scene and the prominent grunge musicians who wore them
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Nintendo's Game Boy was a popular handheld game console during the 1990s.
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The PlayStation was released in the mid-1990s and became the best-selling gaming console of its time.
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The game Tomb Raider, launched in 1996, became particularly popular during the decade and as a result Lara Croft's character eventually became a cultural icon in the video game industry
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Private LAN parties were at the peak of their popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s when broadband Internet access was unavailable or too expensive for most people
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See also
In Spanish: Años 1990 para niños
