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Events or facts about politics in 1990s (like government,people and elections)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1990

• Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. forces after acting as dictator of Panama for 5
years.

• Time Inc and Warner Communications, two of the largest media companies in the world
merge to create giant Time Warner.

• Flamboyant political figure and mayor of Washington D.C. Marion Barry is arrested for
possession of crack cocaine in an F.B.I. sting set up in a D.C. hotel room.

• South African freedom fighter and political leader Nelson Mandela is released from
prison after being kept behind bars for 27 due to his tireless work to end apartheid.

• East and West Germany end decades of political separation when they are finally
reunified and Germany is once again a whole country.

• Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the president of the Soviet Union, ushering in an era of
change that would see the end of Communist Party rule. Gorbachev would go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize later that year.

• The Hubble Space Telescope, an orbital observatory capable of peering into the
farthest reaches of space, is launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery and begins operation.

• The nation of Iraq invades Kuwait, setting off the events that will culminate in the first
Gulf War. The United States is quick to respond, leading a U.N. coalition force into the region and defeating Iraq to end the occupation.

• Controversial British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns. She is replaced by
Conservative leader John Major, who would lead the country for the next 7 years.

• The World Wide Web is created, along with the first ever web page and web browser.

• The Chunnel, a tunnel linking the island of Great Britain to mainland France, completes
its initial construction phase, with workers from each country meeting underneath the English Channel for the first time.

• Notorious leader of the Gambino crime family John Gotti is arrested and charged with
racketeering, murder and a host of other criminal activities.

• An enormous earthquake, measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale hits the Philippines,
killing 1,600 people.

• The first McDonald’s restaurant opens in Moscow, becoming for many a symbol of the
nation's new progressive free market ideology.

1991

• The United States enacts Operation Desert Storm, destroying the Iraqi army and ending
the Gulf War in a few short weeks.

• IRA forces attack the residence of the Prime Minister of Great Britain with mortars.

• 6 Irish nationals are released from prison after 16 years when a court of appeals ruled
that police officers and officials involved in the IRA bombing case fabricated evidence in order to get the original convictions.

• French citizens elect their first ever female premier, Edith Cresson.

• The first apartheid legislation is finally struck from the books in South Africa, marking the
beginning of the end for racial segregation in that country.

• The Warsaw Pact, the European Communist version of NATO, ceases to exist as all
parties involved voluntarily withdraw from the treaty holding them together.

• Boris Yeltsin is elected as president of Russia in the first ever public vote held in the
formerly Soviet nation.

• Cannibal and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s arrest makes sensational headlines as the
details of his gruesome acts are revealed.

• A video is released of driver Rodney King being beaten by L.A. police officers following a
traffic stop, igniting a national controversy.

• Communist elements within Russia attempt a coup to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev’s and
Boris Yeltsin’s policies of reform, but they were defeated by an overwhelming show of support from the Russian people for their change-inducing leaders. This event would catalyze the dissolution of the old Soviet Union over the next few months.

• Pan American World Airways, better known as Pan Am, declares bankruptcy.
• The Dead Sea Scrolls, an important historical document detailing the same period of time
as the Bible’s Old Testament, are exhibited to the public.

• Jean-Bertrand Aristide is deposed as President of Haiti.

• Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, killing over 300 people in one of the largest
volcanic events ever recorded.

1992

• In January 1992, President George Bush suffers from nausea and throws up on the
Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa

• Boutros Boutros-Ghali begins his term as Secretary-General of the United Nations, a
position he would hold for 5 years.

• The European Union comes into being with the signing of the Maastricht Treat in the
Netherlands, creating the Euro currency and triggering a major shift in internal border policies on the continent and in Great Britain.

• Peacekeeping forces from the United Nations enter the former nation of Yugoslavia,
where civil war rages unchecked.

• A major earthquake in Turkey, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, takes 500 lives.

• The first widely-distributed version of the Windows operating system for PC, Windows
3.1, is released.

• Ross Perot declares his candidacy as an independent for the United States presidency.

• The EuroDisney theme park opens in Paris, France.

• Extensive rioting occurs in Los Angeles as a result of a non-guilty verdict in the cases of
the police officers videotaped beating Rodney King the year before. More than 50 people are killed and $1 billion in damage is done to businesses, homes and public property.

• The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens for business, covering 4.2 million
square feet and offering 20,000 parking spaces.

• The coast of Florida is battered by Hurricane Andrew which would cause millions in
damages and cost 23 residents their lives.

• Bill Clinton is elected the 42nd president of the United States.

• United Nations peacekeeping forces enter Somalia. A large number of American troops
are included in the operation.

• Citizens of Czechoslovakia vote to split the country into the nations of Slovakia and the
Czech Republic. The actual split will take place the following year.

• Super serial killer Andrei Chikatilo is convicted of murdering 52 people throughout the
former Soviet Union over a 22 year period

1993

• Russian president Boris Yeltsin and his American counterpart George H. Bush sign the
START II nuclear weapons treaty, pledging to reduce the number of missiles held by both superpowers.

• An enormous oil spill off the coast of Scotland occurs when the M/V Braer oil tanker runs
aground.

• Brian Mulroney resigns as prime minister of Canada, resulting in the appointment of the
country’s first female leader, Kim Campbell.

• A car bomb is detonated in the parking garage of the World Trade Center, causing over
1,000 casualties.

• A standoff between agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the
Branch Davidian religious sect lead by David Koresh occurs in Waco, Texas. The event would end with many deaths on both sides and the destruction of the group’s compound.

• 184 people are killed during a 2 day blizzard that strikes the entire eastern seaboard of
the Caribbean, the United States and Canada.

• Personal computer technology takes a major step forward with the release of the Intel
Pentium chip.

• The World Wide Web goes public.

• A terrible earthquake rips through Tokyo, killing 385 people and measuring 7.5 on the
Richter scale.

• Hurricane Calvin slams into Mexico and takes 34 lives.

• The multi-million dollar Mars Observer probe breaks radio contact with NASA and
disappears completely into the reaches of space.

• The Battle of Mogadishu occurs in Somalia between members of the U.S. army and city
militias. The death toll would surpass 500.

• The North American Free Trade Agreement is passed by Canadian, America and Mexican
governments, codifying the economic interactions of the three countries.

• Colombia’s notorious cocaine cartel leader Pablo Escobar is killed by police.

1994

• American and Russian nuclear missiles are for the first time no longer pointed at each
other’s countries, thanks to the signing of the Kremlin Accords. This marks the most significant thawing of Cold War relations in decades.

• A massive earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale shakes up southern California
and kills 61 people just before dawn.

• The biggest spying trial of the decade begins with CIA employee Aldrich Ames being
arrested and charged with espionage on behalf of the former Soviet Union.

• The Rwandan genocide begins in Africa. Close to 1 million people would be slaughtered
in a 100 day period in one of the worst incidents of ethnic cleansing in the 20th century.

• The Channel Tunnel, an undersea rail link between England and France, opens for
passengers for the first time. It is the longest sub-oceanic tunnel in the entire world.

• OJ Simpson is arrested for the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her male
companion Ronald Goldman, sparking a media frenzy over the most controversial trial since the Rodney King beating.

• Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday cult, released sarin nerve gas in the city of
Matsumoto at night, killing seven people and hospitalizing hundreds more.

• The Provisional Irish Republican Army, a terrorist organization focused on Irish
independence, announces a ceasefire that will last almost 2 years.

• Close to 50 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, a religious cult, are found dead
by their own hand in Switzerland and Quebec, Canada.

• Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan goes public with the fact that he has been
diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

• Kansai International Airport, located on an artificial island constructed in Osaka Bay,
Japan, goes into operation. The airport took 7 years to construct.

1995

• The World Trade Organization comes into being, an event that would lead to protests and
controversy around the world on the part of citizens concerned about the economic ramifications of streamlined global trade.

• Kevin Mitnick, a notorious computer hacker, is finally captured by the FBI.

• Close to 6,500 people are killed when an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale
strikes the city of Kobe in Japan.

• Steve Fosset flies across the Pacific Ocean in a hot air balloon, taking off in South Korea
and landing in Saskatchewan, Canada.

• Barings Bank, the oldest investment bank based in the United Kingdom is brought down
through the actions of a single broker in the Tokyo Stock Exchange that incur over 1 billion dollars in losses.

• Yahoo!, the popular search engine, web directory and email service is founded by Jerry
Wang and David Filo.

• 168 people are murdered by domestic terrorists in Oklahoma City when a bomb destroys
a significant portion of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

• 11.5 billion dollars in damage occur and 100 lives are lost as 11 hurricanes pound the
Atlantic coast in one of the busiest storm seasons on record.

• eBay, another giant of internet commerce comes into being as an online auction house.

• The Million Man March reaches the Capitol Buildings in Washington, D.C. The March
consisted of black men and was organized in order to address the concerns regarding national social problems and voter apathy.

• Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, is assassinated. Rabin had won the Nobel Peace
Prize for his efforts in reducing the violence in the Middle East the year before.

1996

• 100 people are killed when a blizzard slams into the eastern coast of the United States.

• France makes it known that they will cease testing nuclear weapons. The country had
been one of the few nuclear powers to ignore the test ban treat signed by many other nations in years past.

• Gary Kasparov and IBM supercomputer Deep Blue face off for a series of chess matches
that pit man against machine. Deep Blue became the first computer to win a chess game against a reigning world champion under regular time controls. However, Kasparov went on take the match, winning 4-2. During a rematch in 1997, an upgraded Deep Blue defeated Kasparov and won the six-game match.

• 16 children and a teacher are murdered by a single gunman at an elementary school in
Dunblane, Scotland.

• Wealthy and privileged murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez are convicted of killing their
parents, ending an American media fascination with the crime and trial.

• The Unabomber mystery is finally solved after Theodore Kaczynski, a former university
professor, is arrested by the FBI. This ends a series of letter bomb attacks that occurred over an almost 20 year period.

• 35 are killed and 19 injured when a 28 year old man opens fire in a crowded tourist area
with a machine gun in Port Arthur, Tasmania. The act would lead to stricter gun control regulations being imposed by the Australian government.

• Bill Clinton is elected to a second term as president of the United States, defeating
candidate Bob Dole.

• Close to 1,000 people are drowned in Lake Victoria, Tanzania when an overloaded ferry
capsizes.

• A storm surge caused by a cyclone off the coast of India kills 2,000 people when entire
villages are sucked into the ocean.

• Prince Charles and Princess Diana complete their divorce, ending a scandal-soaked era
in British royalty but opening a new chapter in the press’ vilification of the Princess.

1997

• Madeleine Albright is appointed the first ever female Secretary of State in the United
States.

• Dolly the sheep is introduced to the world as the first fully-cloned complex organism.

• An explosion at a nuclear waste facility in Japan injures 35 workers and creates a
radioactive cleanup nightmare.

• 39 Heaven’s Gate cultists are found dead, having committed suicide based upon their
belief that the approaching Hale-Bopp comet would transport their spirits to the afterlife.

• Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing John Major.

• A bridge connecting Canada’s province of Prince Edward Island to the mainland is finally
opened. It measures 13 kilometers and is dubbed the Confederation Bridge.

• Hong Kong is no longer ruled by the United Kingdom as China is given control of the
powerful economic center.

• Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, is killed in a car
accident while fleeing paparazzi in Paris. The subsequent investigation would enthrall millions of people and her death would be mourned the world over.

• 121 countries sign a treaty banning the production and use of land mines in an attempt
to curb the death and casualty toll exacted by these weapons every year.

• The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement meant to combat global warming is
negotiated in Japan.

• Mad Cow Disease, otherwise known as BSE dominates headlines when it is conclusively
shown that it can be transmitted to humans through the consumption of infected beef.

1998

• An ice storm strikes the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, causing 30
deaths and severely damaging the power infrastructure of the region, with some towns going without electricity for months.

• American president Bill Clinton is embroiled in a sex scandal that will eventually see him
take the stand to testify about his relationship with a White House intern.

• 5,000 people are killed when an earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan. The
tremor was measured at 6.1 on the Richter scale.

• A series of bombs are set off in Kenya and Tanzania in a concerted attack against U.S.
Embassies that would eventually be linked back to Osama bin Laden.

• India and Pakistan detonate nuclear devices, announcing to the world that have joined
the ranks of the atomic superpowers. Reaction from countries already in the nuclear club is swift and negative, with economic sanctions imposed almost immediately on both countries.

• The Yangtze River in China escapes its banks and drowns 12,000 victims before flooding
is contained.

• Google, a company which would come to dominate the internet search engine wars
thanks to their unique sorting algorithms, is founded in California.

• Chrysler and Daimler-Benz merge to form Daimler-Chrysler, becoming one of the
largest automakers in the world.

• Iraq declines to allow United Nations weapons inspectors to continue their mission in the
country, creating significant diplomatic tension.

• Hurricane Mitch is responsible for 18,000 deaths in Central America, with the greatest toll
seen in Nicaragua and Honduras.

• Microsoft begins a long antitrust battle against the United States Department of Justice
over claims that the company attempted to gain an unfair advantage over third party software companies through the bundling of different types of software together with their ubiquitous operating system.

1999

• Hugo Chavez is elected president of Venezuela.

• Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a proponent of assisted suicide, is found guilty of second-degree
murder for his part in the death of a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It was his first conviction after decades of facilitating the deaths of terminally ill patients.

• The Northwest Territory of Canada is split in order to provide an area of self-governance
for the country’s native Inuit people. It is named Nunavut.

• Two students murder 13 people and then commit suicide in what would become known
as the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado.

• Napster, a file-sharing application that allows millions of people to trade music and
movies digitally over the internet is first made available. The program would highlight the growing copyright concerns of the music industry and spark a revolution in music distribution.

• An incredible earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale does terrible damage to
Turkey, killing over 17,400 people and leaving close to 50,000 injured.

• A coup attempt in Pakistan sees General Pervez Musharraf assume power.

• NATO forces attack Yugoslavia in order to prevent further genocide being committed
against Albanians living in the country.

• The 6 billionth person populating the Earth is born.

• Nelson Mandela steps down as president of South Africa, ending his reign as the
country’s first black head of state.

• World panic about the Y2K bug, a perceived software glitch that will affect computer
systems when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1999 reaches the height of its intensity.

hope this helps :)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

thank you @Mahoganie.Carson :)

Answer 5

Ur welcome :) <3 @bri1000