1990s

Decades: 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s - 2030s - 2040s

Years: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Table of contents

1 The most important events 2 Important people 3 External links

The most important events

• 1990 - Western Germany and Eastern Germany reunite as Germany
• 1990 - Namibia gains independence
• 1990-1991 - The Gulf War
• 1991 - The USSR breaks up; end of the Cold War

• Pope John Paul II, Pope in the 1990s
• Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952
• Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR 1985-1991
• George H. W. Bush, President of the USA until 1993
• Bill Clinton President of the USA 1993-2001
• Helmut Kohl, German chancellor until 1998
• Gerhard Schröder, German chancellor since 1998
• Tony Blair, British Prime Minister since 1997
• Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa 1994-1999
• Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq 1979-2003
• Jacques Chirac, President of France since 1995
• Mel Gibson, actor
• Tom Hanks, American actor
• Julia Roberts, American actor/actress
• Nirvana (Band), rock band
• Andre Agassi, American tennis-player
• Backstreet Boys, American pop music band
• Madonna, singer