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The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as " the '90s " or " nineties ") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the " post-Cold War decade ", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [ 1 ]
1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1990th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 990th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1990s decade. Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of ...
1991. The Cretaceous (IPA: / krɪˈteɪʃəs / krih-TAY-shəss) [2] is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the ninth and longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic.
Each $10 gift offered by B. Virdot 90 years ago would be worth over $225 today. So many letters asking for assistance came in that B. Virdot eventually decided to cut the amount in half but double ...
The echoes of the gunshots from 90 years ago will be heard again the weekend of May 24 when the town of Gibsland hosts the Bonnie and Clyde Festival, marking the anniversary milestone of the ...
Cretaceous Thermal Maximum. The Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (CTM), also known as Cretaceous Thermal Optimum, was a period of climatic warming that reached its peak approximately 90 million years ago (90 Ma) during the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. The CTM is notable for its dramatic increase in global temperatures characterized by ...
January 20, 1993 — Clinton becomes the 42nd president; Gore becomes the 45th vice president. 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 ...
170 kya – 90 kya: Clothing, among anatomically modern humans in Africa. Genetic evidence from body lice suggest dates a range of dates centering over 100 thousand years ago. [ 28 ] Advanced scraping tools were found in Morocco dating to 90–120,000 years ago, they are made from bone and would have enabled the people using them to make ...