1990s

Events and Trends

Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology
Development of GATT, the World Trade Organization and other global economic institutions
Cloning (of Dolly, the sheep) achieved
Break up of the Soviet Union in 1992 -- the end of the Cold War, United States as sole world superpower
Human Genome Project begun
Global human impact on the environment widely accepted
Balkan war in former Yugoslavia
Gulf War and embargo on Iraq
After 1992 the booming of the stock market, which stretched into the dot-com boom/dot-com bubble
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Grunge music
Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K)
Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia
End of apartheid in South Africa and election of ANC government of Nelson Mandela
North Yemen and South Yemen merge to form Yemen

World Leaders

Entertainers