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 2000
Beginning of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2005)
Births
Deaths
- Murray Rothbard , American economist
Events
- February 11 - Danyon Loader swims world record 400 meters freestyle.
- February 11 - Mark Foster swims world record 50 meters butterfly.
- February 11 - Sandra Volker swims European record 50 meters backstroke.
- February 11 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
- March 20 - Members of the Aum Shinrikyo release sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system.
Sport
- January 29 - Super Bowl XXIX San Francisco 49ers (49) def. San Diego Chargers (26)
- Physics - Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines
- Chemistry - Paul J Crutzen, Mario J Molina, F Sherwood Rowland
- Medicine - Edward B Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric F Wieschaus
- Literature - Seamus Heaney
- Peace - Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
- Economics - Robert Lucas Jr