Title: 1990s - Wikipedia
Headings: 1990s
1990s
Contents
Politics and wars
Wars
International wars
Civil Wars and guerrilla wars
Coups
Terrorist attacks
Decolonization and independence
Prominent political events
Africa
North America
Asia
Europe
South America
World leaders
Assassinations and attempts
Disasters
Natural disasters
Non-natural disasters
Economics
North America
Asia
Europe
South America
Technology and science
Technology
Electronics and communications
Software
Rail Transportation
Automobiles
Science
Environment
Society
Third-wave feminism
Additional significant worldwide events
Europe
North America
Asia
Popular culture
Film
Award winners
Highest-grossing
Music
Television
Fashion
Video games
Internet
Architecture
Sports
Literature
People
Actors & Entertainers
Athletes
Musicians
See also
Timeline
Notes
References
Further reading

Content: 1970s
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2000s
2010s
Years: 1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Categories: Births
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By country
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Establishments
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The 1990s (pronounced "the nineteen-nineties"; shortened to "the '90s ") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999. The 1990s saw a rise in the awareness of multiculturalism since the 1980s, as well as the advance of alternative media. Movements such as grunge, the rave scene and hip hop spread around the world to young people during that decade, aided by then-new technology such as cable television and the World Wide Web . A combination of factors, including the continued mass mobilization of capital markets through neo-liberalism, the thawing and end of the decades-long Cold War, the beginning of the widespread proliferation of new media such as the Internet from the middle of the decade onwards, increasing skepticism towards government, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a realignment and reconsolidation of economic and political power across the world and within countries. The dot-com bubble of 1997–2000 brought wealth to some entrepreneurs before its crash between 2000 and 2001. The 1990s saw extreme advances in technology, with the World Wide Web, the first gene therapy trial, and the first designer babies all emerging in 1990 and being improved and built upon throughout the decade. New ethnic conflicts emerged in Africa, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, the former two which led to the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, respectively.