The 90's Thread

[milagros317]

1995: The Dodgers win the NL West , but don't reach the World Series. 🙁

 

[makeUsquirm]

1996: The Chicago Bulls win their fourth NBA title, knocking off the Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 2.

 

[milagros317]

1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a motor vehicle accident.

 

[makeUsquirm]

1998: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa engage in their home run battle, both surpassing Roger Maris' 61 HRs with McGwire hitting 70 and Sosa hitting 66. Several years later however, we would find out this was all steroid induced.

 

[meangry]

1999

Sega Dreamcast

 

[makeUsquirm]

1990: Sammy Davis Jr. and Jim Henson die on the same day (May 16)

 

[paracarl44]

1991.

February 23rd: Ground troops start moving into Kuwait in the Gulf War.

 

[milagros317]

1992: Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States.

 

[Tick L]

1993: Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.

 

[milagros317]

1994: The World Series is canceled, the first time it hasn't been played in 90 years. 😱

 

[paracarl44]

1995.

October 3rd: O.J. Simpson found Not Guilty of the Murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1996 - Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado.

 

[milagros317]

1997: The U.K. returns Hong Kong to China.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1998: On American television, President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

 

[milagros317]

1999: The U.S. Senate acquits Bill Clinton on all the Articles of Impeachment voted by the House of Representatives.

 

[slacker2114]

1990: Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate

 

[milagros317]

1991: On July 1, the Warsaw Pact was dissolved.

 

[Tick L]

1992: After 30 years, 66 year old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. Jay Leno later replaces him.

 

[slacker2114]

1993: Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales

 

[Tick L]

1994: World Wrestling Federation superstar Hulk Hogan signs a deal with World Championship Wrestling on a live broadcast of WCW Saturday Night.

 

[milagros317]

1995: Hideo Nomo leads the Dodgers to the NL West championship and wins "NL Rookie of the Year" honors for himself. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

1996.

January 7th: Blizzard shuts down roads in Pennsylvania by order of the Governor. Snowfall over 30 inches in places.

 

[Tick L]

1997: Titanic becomes the first film ever to gross $1,000,000,000 at the box office.

 

[paracarl44]

1998.

January 26th: President Clinton denies that he had sexual relations with intern Monica Lewinsky, on National Television.

 

[Tick L]

1999: Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy.