1990s

The 1990s was the decade that started on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999. Durning the 90s the 200th decade began On January 1, 1991 which is the last decade of the 20th century and the 2nd millennium.

Events

• 1990 — Gulf War
• 1991 — The end of the Cold War.
• 1991 — Breakup of Yugoslavia.
• 1991 — Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
• 1992 — Established European union.
• 1993 — Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
• 1994 — End of Apartheid in South Africa

People

• Pope John Paul II, Pope in the 1990s
• Andre Agassi, American tennis player
• Pete Sampras, American tennis player
• Michael Schumacher, German formula 1 driver
• Backstreet Boys, American boy band
• Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia from 1989 to 2000
• Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990
• John Major, British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997
• Tony Blair, British Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007
• George H. W. Bush, President of the United States until 1993
• François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995
• Jacques Chirac, President of France from 1995 to 2007
• Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
• Bill Clinton President of the United States 1993–2001
• Alberto Fujimori President of Peru 1990–2000
• Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
• Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952
• Madonna, singer-songwriter
• The Prodigy, electronic dance group
• Britney Spears, American singer
• Spice Girls, music group
• Mariah Carey, singer
• Celine Dion, singer
• Whitney Houston, singer
• Mel Gibson, actor
• Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR 1985–1991
• Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
• Tom Hanks, American actor
• Nicole Kidman, actress
• Sandra Bullock, American actress
• Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq 1979–2003
• Helmut Kohl, German chancellor until 1998
• Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa 1994–1999
• Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa 1999–2008
• Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister
• Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
• Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libyan dictator from 1969 to 2011
• Nirvana, rock band
• Steven Seagal, American actor
• Julia Roberts, American actor/actress
• Gerhard Schröder, German Chancellor from 1998 to 2005
• Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland from 1990 to 1995
• Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
• Kim Il-Sung, dictator of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
• Kim Jong-il, dictator of North Korea from 1994 to 2011
• Tupac Shakur, American rapper
• Diana, Princess of Wales

Other websites

Source for some items:

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
• http://m-w.com/