The 90's Thread

[paracarl44]

1998.

January 16th: NASA announces that John Glenn will return to space flight aboard the shuttle Discovery in October.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1999: (January 2) A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, killing 68.

 

[paracarl44]

1990.

January 7th: The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1991: July 22 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. Police soon found out that he is involved in 6 more murders.

 

[paracarl44]

1992.

February 23rd: The closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1993: January 20 - Bill Clinton succeeds George H.W. Bush as the 42nd President of the U.S.

 

[milagros317]

1994:

For the first time in 90 years, there is no World Series.
Who is to blame? The greedy owners, lead by Reinsdorf and Selig.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1995: January 17 - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake called the "Great Hanshin earthquake" occurs near Kobe, Japan, causing great property damage and killing 6,434 people.

 

[paracarl44]

1996.

February 29th: Daniel Green is convicted of murder of James Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan, in Lumberton, North Carolina.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1997: March 22 - The comet Hale-Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1998 May 21 - At Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, Kipland Kinkel (who was suspended for bringing a gun to school) shoots a semi-automatic rifle into a room filled with students, killing 2 and wounding 25 others, after killing his parents at home.

 

[sasaxrah]

1999 May 7

NATO bombs accidentally hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia. They later apologize, blaming outdated CIA maps.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1990 February 27 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on 5 criminal counts.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1991: July 22 - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. Police soon found out that he is involved in 6 more murders.

 

[sasaxrah]

1992 June 23 - John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.

 

[NukeLaloosh]

1993 - Czechoslovakia separates into Slovakia and the Czech Republic

 

[ikaiyoo]

1994 February 4 - The Federal Open Market Committee raises the Fed Funds target rate for the first time since May 1989. The rate is raised by 25 basis points to 3¼ percent.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1995: January 1 - Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1996 January 8 - A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital Kinshasa - 350 dead.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

1997: January 22 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State, after confirmation by the United States Senate.

 

[ikaiyoo]

1998 January 6 - The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.

 

[paracarl44]

1999. February 2nd: Hugo Chavez becomes President of Venezuela.

 

[Angel77]

1990 - Jim Henson died on May 16th of this year. 🙁

 

[goddess_nemesis]

Wow talk about an old thread!


1991: January 4 – The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to condemn Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

 

[Angel77]

1992 - I was a freshman in high school