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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]
Timeline of strikes in 1990; Timeline of strikes in 1991; Timeline of strikes in 1992; Timeline of strikes in 1993; Timeline of strikes in 1994; Timeline of strikes in 1996; Timeline of strikes in 1999; Timeline of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt; Timeline of the Cox Report controversy
All civilian air traffic is suspended for three days, the first time an unplanned suspension had occurred in U.S. history. 2001 — Congress passes an emergency bailout package for the airline industry as a result of the attacks; 2001 — Anthrax attacks kill 5 and infect a further 17 through the U.S. Mail system.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
The Qin dynasty founds China's first empire period of China, conquers large areas of the East Asian mainland, and soon collapses, but is soon rebuilt by the Han dynasty, whose population and environmental impact is similar to that of the Roman Empire. Qin established some of the world's first environmental protection laws. [11] c. 225 BC
The geologic time scale, proportionally represented as a log-spiral with some major events in Earth's history. A megaannus (Ma) represents one million (10 6) years.. The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
Timeline of the early universe – events dating from the formation of the universe; Timelines from the formation of the Earth to the rise of modern humans Timeline of natural history (13,700,000,000 BCE – 200,000 BCE)