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It stands as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until 2016 and spurs a series of debates on gun control and journalism ethics. 2007 — The first IPhone is released for sale in the U.S. 2007 — The I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses, killing 13 people. The bridge collapse brings to national attention the ...
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 ]
The 1990s (pronounced "nineteen-nineties"; shortened to "the ' 90s") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Culturally, the 1990s are characterized by the rise of multiculturalism and alternative media , which continues into the present day.
June – The last month of the 1980s business cycle expansion, at the time the second-longest expansion in American history (the 1960s expansion was a year longer), comes to an end; the unemployment rate is 5.2%.
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
1990 was an important year in the Internet's early history. In late 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and the foundation for the World Wide Web. Test operations began around December 20 and it was released outside CERN the following year.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. 1991 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise, from top left: A destroyed Serbian T-55 tank during the Croatian War of Independence, the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars ; the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the second ...