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1990's trivia
10 things a "90's" kid will remember:
- Beanie Babies
- Nintendo 64
- Fanny packs
- Tamagotchis
- The Macarena
- AOL
- Pokemon
- Goosebumps books
- Pogs
- Furbies
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90's Style
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Top Movies By Year in the 90's
(for a complete list of 90's movies visit FilmSite.prg)
- 1990: Home Alone
- 1991: Beauty and the Beast
- 1992: Aladdin
- 1993: Jurassic Park
- 1994: The Lion King
- 1995: Toy Story (1995)
- 1996: Independence Day
- 1997: Titanic
- 1998: Saving Private Ryan
- 1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Top 10 Shows
(according to
Ranker.com)
- Friends 1994-2004
- Seinfeld 1989-1998
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990-1996
- Home Improvement 1991-1999
- The Simpsons 1989-present
- Full House 1987-1995
- Boy Meets World 1993-2000
- Law & Order 1990-2010
- Saved by the Bell 1989-1993
- The X-Files 1993 - 2002
Did you know?
In 1990 a new house cost $123,000.00 and by 1999 was $131,700.00
In 1990 the average income per year was $28,970.00 and by 1999 was $40,810.00
In 1990 a gallon of gas was $1.34 and by 1999 was $1.22
In 1990 the average cost of new car was $16,000.00 and by 1999 was $21,100.00
Information courtesy ThePeopleHistory.com
A 1990's Timeline
1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launched during a Space Shuttle Discovery mission
1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq.
1991 — The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet service.
1991 — Cold War ends as the USSR dissolves
1992 — Los Angeles riots result in over 60 deaths and $1 billion in damage, spurred by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King
1992 — Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, kills 65 people and causes $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast, and will be the costliest natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
1993 — A truck bomb explodes in the parking garage under the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six people and injuring over a thousand.
1993 — Branch Davidians standoff and fire near Waco, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 81 people including their leader, David Koresh.
1993 — The "Storm of the Century" strikes the Eastern Seaboard, with blizzard conditions and severe weather, killing 300 people and causing $6 billion in damage.
1993 — Massive flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers kill 50 people and devastate the Midwest with $15–$20 billion in damage.
1993 — President Clinton signs 'Don't ask, don't tell' into law which prohibits openly gay or bisexual people from serving in the military.
1994 — 1994 Northridge earthquake kills 72 and injures 9,000 in the Los Angeles area and causes $20 billion in damage.
1995 — Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
1995 — Retired professional football player O. J. Simpson is acquitted of two charges of first-degree murder in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The nine month trial receives worldwide publicity.
1996 — TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
1996 — Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111
1997 — Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15
1998 — Clinton-Lewinsky scandal: President Clinton is accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This leads to the impeachment of Clinton later in the year by the U.S. House of Representatives. Clinton is acquitted of all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial
1999 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time, at 10,006.78
1999 — Teenage students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder 13 other students and teachers at Columbine High School, sparking an international debate on gun control and bullying.
1999 — A violent tornado outbreak in Oklahoma kills 50 people and becomes the first to produce a tornado that causes $1 billion in damage.
1999 — The first officer deliberately crashes EgyptAir Flight 990 south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing 217.
1999 — Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc. The problem isn't as large as theorized, preparations are successful, and disaster is averted.
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