Portal:1990s

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Template:/box-header The 1990s, also known as "the Nineteen Nineties" or abbreviated as "the Nineties" or "the '90s", was the decade that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999. It was the tenth and final decade of the 20th century and the last full decade of the 2nd millennium. The '90s is often considered the true dawn of the Information Age. Though info-age technologies predate the 1980s, it was not until the late 1980s and the 1990s that they became widely used by the general public. A combination of factors, including the mass mobilization of capital markets through neoliberalism, the beginning of the widespread proliferation of new media such as the Internet, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a realignment and reconsolidation of economic and political power across the world, and within countries. The 1990s is often considered the end of Modernity and the dawn of the Postmodern age, even though the first traces of postmodernity takes place as far back as the 1940s, however, some contemporary theory has proposed that the 1990s actually marked the end of this era, having peaked during the 1980s. The economies and living standards of some countries such as South Korea and Ireland improved to such an extent that they were considered First World nations by the decade's end. Template:/box-footer The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capitals of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The date of the bombings marked the eighth anniversary of the arrival of American forces in Saudi Arabia. The attacks were linked to local members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, brought Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri to the attention of the American public for the first time, and resulted in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation placing bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed would be credited for being the mastermind behind the bombings. Official portrait of President of the United States Bill Clinton More anniversaries... Select [+] to view subcategories ▼ 1990s ► 1990 ► 1991 ► 1992 ► 1993 ► 1994 ► 1995 ► 1996 ► 1997 ► 1998 ► 1999 ► 1990s architecture ► 1990s births ► 1990s books ► 1990s comics ► 1990s by country ► 1990s deaths ► 1990s fads and trends ► 1990s racehorse births ► 1990s racehorse deaths ► 1990s in science ► 1990s in sports ► 1990s in transport ► 1990s in video gaming You are invited to participate in WikiProject Years, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about years, decades, centuries, and millennia. Add this portal to all 1990s related articles!!! Finish the portal 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 2000s 2010s What are portals? List of portals Featured portals