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What stands out as an important thing that happened in the 1990's?

73 replies

KBear · 15/01/2006 17:29

School project for goddaughter - we can't think of anything memorable (inventions, big news, fashion and style etc)from the 1990s. We've managed the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's but are strugglnig with the 90's.

So.....ideas please.

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brimfull · 15/01/2006 17:57

ah there you go ,that was pretty big....end of apartheid in RSA.

RTKangaMummy · 15/01/2006 18:01

BERLIN WALL 1899

Pruni · 15/01/2006 18:02

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NomDePlume · 15/01/2006 18:03

Handover of Hong Kong (1997 I think)

puff · 15/01/2006 18:03

Uk propery market collapse in early 90's pretty significant as home news

crazydazy · 15/01/2006 18:11

I just remember the horrible murder of James Bulger by those two young boys....think it was 1993, will always stick out in my mind especially now as he is the same age as DS

uwila · 15/01/2006 18:15

Iraq War number 1 (Desert Storm)

Mercy · 15/01/2006 18:34

Poll tax riots?

Millenium bug fears?

Mercy · 15/01/2006 18:41

Video games - playstation etc

Aloha · 15/01/2006 18:57

most of the human genome was decoded during the 1990s.
Definitely teh internet.
Style: grunge, heroin chic
Labour government New Labour, fall of Tories
Effective Aids treatments absolutely transform teh lives of those living with HIV in the West.
Aids ravages Africa and India etc

Aloha · 15/01/2006 18:59

1996: Introduction of 'combination therapies' resulting in a dramatic increase in the life expectancy of people with HIV/AIDS.

Aloha · 15/01/2006 19:03

1990 - Western Germany and Eastern Germany reunite as Germany
1990 - Namibia gains independence
1990-1991 - The Gulf War
1991 - The USSR breaks up; end of the Cold War

Aloha · 15/01/2006 19:03

Fall of the Caucescus in Romania.

Aloha · 15/01/2006 19:08

Rwandan genocide, ethnic cleansing in war between Serbs and Croats
Britpop - Blur v Oasis
Cool Britannia

Piffle · 15/01/2006 19:13

I arrived here in 97 and the first thing I noticed upon landing was the Spice Girls - every girl under 10 wore little spice paraphernalia - lucky I had no money or I would have been on first plane back home to NZ!
Election
Also the Northern Ireland Peace Agreement.
Then Diana
Plus earlier in the 90's wasn't the Charles Camilla thing and the Wales divorce pretty huge news too?

Aloha · 15/01/2006 19:21

C & D separate 1992. Also Clinton and Lewinsky and Dunblane massacre.

Original poster
KBear · 15/01/2006 19:52

Amazing - thanks everyone! Got to the top of the class for history of the 90's!

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Mercy · 15/01/2006 20:00

Programme on BBC3 any minute re Pulp & 'Common people'

blueshoes · 15/01/2006 20:11

Asian currency collapse
The rise of Hedge Funds
Reality TV

blueshoes · 15/01/2006 20:54

Dotcom boom and collapse
The trend for corporate mega mergers and subsequent downsizing of the workforce
Email as standard communication
Blogging
Digital photography
CDs/DVDs
Jerry Springer phenomenon
Friends
Seinfeld
Retro as fashion trend
New Age/Alternative Remedies gain credence

Mercy · 15/01/2006 21:24

I would have thought email, blogging adn digital stuff was more 2000 +, not 90s

blueshoes · 15/01/2006 21:32

Hmmmm, maybe in the UK. Have to admit, I lived in UK only from 1998 ...

skerriesmum · 15/01/2006 21:49

Figure skating olympic scandal 1992: Tonya Harding hired a hit man to injure Nancy Kerrigan...
Also Rwanda massacre.
Email is definitely 90s but maybe blogging is more recent?

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