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Highlights of the decade 1990-1999

Historical Events

The Gulf War

German reunification

Rwanda genocide

The Bosnian War

End of apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandella set free and voted prime minister.


 
 
 


Science

WWW first became available for the public

Dolly the sheep is cloned.

Human stem cells first isolated

Great advancements in the new science of Biotechnology: genetic engineering or genetically modified foods (GM)



 


Leisure

The reality show genre became widely popular in the 1990s: The real world & Survivor

Groundbreaking internet film-marketing: The Blair Witch Project

Video games became more advanced and popular with the development of 3-d graphics.

Hip hop culture and mainstream "Techno" or electronic music became hugely popular in Europe and the U.S.



 

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