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The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as "the '90s" or "the 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 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.
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%. June 1
That all changed 90 years ago with the Social Security Act, which created an insurance fund to provide a basic income for workers who had passed their earning years. Today, the program remains the ...
Elvis Presley, nicknamed by many as "The King of Rock and Roll," was born 90 years ago in Tupelo, Mississippi. The son of Vernon and Gladys Presley, Elvis Aron Presley left a mark on the world of ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K), the computer glitch disaster expected to happen on January 1, 2000. The development of web browsers such as Netscape Navigator (originally known as Mosaic) in 1993 and Internet Explorer in 1995 makes surfing the World Wide Web easier and more user friendly.