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Fashion in the 1990's
Jansports backpacks where a big thing. Crimped Hair it was just braided. Bandas especially the ones to just put on top of your head. Overalls and all the cool kids had one strap undone. -
Music in the 1990's
Rap was a big thing in the 90’s. Especially the rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg and TuPac and Biggie Smalls. -
The Golf War
Occuring August 2,1990 through February 28, 1991 was The Golf War. This occured in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Isreal. This occured because the US wanted to help Saudi arabia They were an US ally, and a major oil supplier and saddam hussein took over kuwait for the oil so we went in because the US didn’t like that. -
Rodney King Beating
After a high speed chase from the Los Angeles, California police officers pulled him out of the car and beat him brutally. This case showed big racial tension in America. This event being unfair with pushed back court days and racial discrimination caused many riots. The riots led to deaths, injuries, and people thrown in jail. All King wanted was to forgive and move on. -
Rising Usage of the Internet
This time being the start in 1993 of what is known today as the golden age area of the web. Tim Berners-Lee created the HTML which is a big support of how we view the internet today. The internet was becoming worldwide at this time and people were demanding the use of social connection by using internet. This cause a rapid rise, and today it is known as the most commonly used source. -
World Trade Center Bombing
This event took place from the following: Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima,Mohammad Salameh, Nidal A. Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin and Ahmad Ajaj. The occured in retaliation of the U.S supporting Israel and intervening in the middle east. There were 6 people were killed, and thousands were injured. -
The Waco Massacre
Due to Vernon Howell, and his cult members the AFT; this was a siege of a compound belonging to the religious group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and military. Which killed 76 women and children, four ATF. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
This occured in downtown Oklahoma City. This killed 168 people and injuring 680 others. It damaged 324 building. Also estimated $652 million worth of damage. -
Mad Cow's Disease
This outbreak of “Mad Cow’s Disease” which spread through dairy farms and took the lives of 30 people. People believed at the time that they could get Mad Cow Disease, but it is discovered that it is only possible for animals mostly livestock to receive. Cows get this from prions which are proteins that cause disease. This was a scare to the people due to the disease, but what they really had from prions was called vCJD which they develop randomly or with a genetic mutation. Although people can’ -
Dolly the Sheep
This occured in Scotland for the first cloning. There were 277 attempts were made before any of them were successful. -
Titanic
The movie was set in three different studioes including: 20th century fox, paramount pictures, and lightstorm entertainment. 343.6 million dollars made in the and 2 billion made world wide. The movie also won 14 academy awards. -
Columbine Highschool Shooting
Occuring in Colorado; two high school students Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. There plan was to kill 100 of their peers.
