Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology\n* Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K)\n* Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM PCs\n* Development of free operating system Linux is started\n* Break through of Compact Disc technology - branching into Digital Versatile Discs Science Cloning (of Dolly, the sheep) achieved\n* Human Genome Project begun\n* Global human impact on the environment widely accepted War, peace and politics Reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990\n* Gulf War and United Nations embargo on Iraq in 1991\n* Break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 -- the end of the Cold War, United States as sole world superpower\n* End of apartheid in South Africa and election of ANC government of Nelson Mandela\n* Genocide in Rwanda kills one million people, in 1994.\n* Peace process begins in Northern Ireland\n* Balkan war in former Yugoslavia\n* Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia\n* North Yemen and South Yemen merge to form Yemen\n* A decade of women presidents in the Republic of Ireland Economics Development of GATT, the World Trade Organization and other global economic institutions\n* After 1992 the booming of the stock market, in reference to which Alan Greenspan coined the memorable phrase "irrational exuberance", which eventually stretched into the dot-com boom/dot-com bubble Culture Grunge music gains widespread mainstream acceptance in the early part of the decade Others Bill Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky and his Impeachment trial \n* Divorce and scandal rocks the British Royal House of Windsor\n* Assassination of Selena Quintanilla\n* O.J's trial, called by many the trial of the century\n* You go, girl! becomes a popular phrase as the media gives feminist movements a boost with The Spice Girls, the WNBA, women's boxing, Sex and the City and others showcasing feminine talent.\n* The Vieques controversy World leaders\n* Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Australia)\n* Prime Minister Paul Keating (Australia)\n* Prime Minister John Howard (Australia)\n* Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (Canada)\n* Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Canada)\n* "Paramount Leader" Deng Xiaoping (People's Republic of China)\n* President Jiang Zemin (People's Republic of China)\n* President Lee Teng-hui (Republic of China on Taiwan)\n* President Franjo Tudjman (Croatia)\n* President Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)\n* President François Mitterrand (France)\n* President Jacques Chirac (France)\n* Chancellor Helmut Kohl (Germany)\n* Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (Germany)\n* Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (India)\n* President Mohammad Khatami (Iran)\n* President Saddam Hussein (Iraq)\n* Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel)\n* Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)\n* Emperor Akihito (Japan)\n* President Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority)\n* Pope Pope John Paul II\n* Taoiseach Charles Haughey (Republic of Ireland)\n* Taoiseach Albert Reynolds (Republic of Ireland)\n* Taoiseach John Bruton (Republic of Ireland)\n* Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Republic of Ireland)\n* President Boris Yeltsin (Russia)\n* President Frederik Willem de Klerk (South Africa)\n* President Nelson Mandela (South Africa)\n* President Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union)\n* Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom et al)\n* Prime Minister John Major (United Kingdom)\n* Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom)\n* President George H.W. Bush (United States)\n* President Bill Clinton (United States)\n* President Slobodan Milosevic (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Entertainers Jim Carrey (comedian, actor)\n* Kevin Costner (actor)\n* Ralph Fiennes (actor)\n* Harrison Ford (actor)\n* Mel Gibson\n* Bill Goldberg\n* Tom Hanks\n* Bret Hart\n* Helen Hunt\n* Ashley Judd\n* Nicole Kidman\n* Demi Moore\n* Liam Neeson\n* Jack Nicholson \n* Michelle Pfeiffer\n* Adam Sandler (actor)\n* Jerry Seinfeld (comedian, television)\n* Mira Sorvino\n* Billy Bob Thornton\n* Bruce Willis\n* Julia Roberts\n* M. Night Shyamalan\n* The Undertaker\n* Meg Ryan\n* Mike Myers and Dana Carvey (Wayne's World)\n* Phil Collins\n* Quentin Tarantino\n* Samuel L. Jackson\n* Sandra Bullock\n* Shawn Michaels\n* Shawn Mullins\n* Stone Cold Steve Austin\n* Tim Burton\n* Uma Thurman Sports figures Andre Agassi (U.S tennis player)\n* Sergey Bubka (Ukrainian track and field athlete)\n* Roger Clemens (U.S. baseball player)\n* Dale Earnhardt (U.S. racing driver)\n* Brett Favre (U.S. American football player)\n* Paul Gascoigne (English soccer player)\n* Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopian track and field athlete)\n* Steffi Graf (German tennis player)\n* Wayne Gretzky (Canadian ice hockey player)\n* Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan track and field athlete)\n* Evander Holyfield (U.S. boxer)\n* Miguel Induráin (Spanish cyclist)\n* Michael Johnson (U.S. track and field athlete)\n* Michael Jordan (U.S. basketball player)\n* Brian Lara (Trinidadian cricketerer)\n* Mario Lemieux (Canadian ice hockey player)\n* Jonah Lomu (New Zealand rugby union player)\n* Mark McGwire (U.S. baseball player)\n* Karl Malone (U.S. basketball player)\n* Cal Ripken Jr (U.S. baseball player)\n* Patrick Roy (Canadian ice hockey player)\n* David Robinson (U.S. basketball player)\n* Pete Sampras (U.S tennis player)\n* Barry Sanders (U.S. American football player)\n* Michael Schumacher (German racing driver)\n* Monica Seleš (Yugoslavian tennis player)\n* Ayrton Senna (Brazilian racing driver)\n* Emmitt Smith (U.S. American football player)\n* Sachin Tendulkar (Indian cricketerer)\n* Mike Tyson (U.S. boxer)\n* Courtney Walsh (Jamaican cricketerer)\n* Shane Warne (Australian cricketerer)\n* Steve Waugh (Australian cricketerer) Music #-C 311 (311)\n* A Tribe Called Quest (The Low End Theory)\n* Aerosmith (Get a Grip)\n* Alan Jackson (A Lot About Livin' (And a Little About Love))\n* Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill)\n* Alice in Chains (Dirt)\n* Anthrax (Persistence of Time)\n* Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Works 85-92)\n* Ash (1977)\n* Backstreet Boys (Backstreet's Back)\n* Beck (Mellow Gold)\n* Beenie Man (Blessed)\n* Björk (Debut)\n* blink-182 (Enema of the State)\n* Blur (Parklife)\n* Buju Banton (Till Shiloh)\n* Bush (Sixteen Stone)\n* The Cardigans (First Band on the Moon)\n* Celine Dion (Let's Talk About Love)\n* The Chemical Brothers (Dig Your Own Hole)\n* Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera)\n* Clint Black (Killin' Time)\n* Cradle of Filth (Dusk & Her Embrace) D-J Da Brat (Funkdafied)\n* D'Angelo (Brown Sugar)\n* Dave Matthews Band (Under the Table and Dreaming)\n* Deftones (Around the Fur)\n* Dixie Chicks (Wide Open Spaces)\n* DMX (It's Dark and Hell Is Hot)\n* Dr. Dre (The Chronic)\n* Elastica (Elastica)\n* Eminem (The Slim Shady LP)\n* Emperor (In the Nightside Eclipse)\n* Erykah Badu (Baduizm)\n* Fugazi (Repeater)\n* Garth Brooks (Ropin' the Wind)\n* Get Up Kids (Something to Write Home About)\n* Green Day (Dookie)\n* Guru (Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1)\n* GZA (Liquid Swords)\n* Hootie and the Blowfish (Cracked Rear View) K-O Kid Rock (Devil Without a Cause)\n* Kris Kross (Totally Krossed Out)\n* Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)\n* Limp Bizkit (Significant Other)\n* Lush (Split)\n* Madonna (Erotica)\n* Mariah Carey (Music Box)\n* Marilyn Manson (Antichrist Superstar)\n* Mary J. Blige (What's the 411)\n* Moby (Play)\n* My Bloody Valentine (Loveless)\n* Nas (Illmatic)\n* Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral)\n* Nirvana (Nevermind)\n* NOFX (Punk in Drublic)\n* Notorious B.I.G (Life After Death)\n* Oasis (Definitely Maybe)\n* The Offspring (Smash)\n* OutKast (Aquemini) P-R Pantera (A Vulgar Display of Power)\n* Paul Oakenfold (Global Underground: Oslo)\n* Pearl Jam (Ten)\n* Pennywise (Pennywise)\n* The Pixies (Doolittle)\n* Primus (Sailing the Seas of Cheese)\n* The Prodigy (The Fat of the Land)\n* Radiohead (OK Computer)\n* Raekwon (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx)\n* Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine)\n* Rancid (And Out Come the Wolves)\n* Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)\n* Ricky Martin (A Medio Vivir)\n* Ride (Nowhere) S Sepultura (Chaos A.D)\n* Shania Twain (Come on Over)\n* The Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream)\n* Snoop Doggy Dogg (Doggystyle)\n* Soundgarden (Superunknown)\n* Spacemen 3 (Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs to)\n* Spice Girls (Spice World)\n* Stone Temple Pilots (Core)\n* Sunny Day Real Estate (How It Feels to Be Something On) T-Z TLC (CrazySexyCool)\n* Tool (Ænima)\n* Tupac Shakur (2pacalaypse Now)\n* Type O Negative (Bloody Kisses)\n* The Vandals (Quickening)\n* Weezer (The Blue Album)\n* White Zombie (La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1)\n* Wilco (Being There)\n* Wu-Tang Clan (Enter the Wu-Tang (3676 Chambers)) See also: 1990s music groups
