1990s

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

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

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

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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
• After 1992, booming stock market
• Impeachment of Bill Clinton
• Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K)
• Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia
• North Yemen and South Yemen merge as Yemen