What important things happened in 1990?

Answer 1

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January 1, 2000 - Although many businesses had experienced problems related to the fiscal year 2000, there were only scattered effects from the Y2K bug, a problem caused by the use of two-digit dates in computer programming.

January 30, 2000 - The St. Louis Rams (formerly of Los Angeles) win Super Bowl XXXIV 23-16 over the Tennessee Titans, the first Super Bowl won by an NFL team that played its home games in a domed stadium.

January 31, 2000 - Alaska Airlines flight crashes into the Pacific Ocean off California, killing 88 passengers and crew. The malfunction of its horizontal stabilizer reveals a previously understated critical design weakness in the MD-80 series of aircraft, which also affected the earlier DC-9 aircraft.

February 11, 2000 - A bomb explodes in front of the Barclay's Bank across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. There were injuries but no deaths.

April 3, 2000 - A ruling is handed down against Microsoft Corporation for violations of US antitrust laws.

April 22, 2000 - Six-year-old Elián González is taken into federal custody, having survived a boat escape from the island that led to his mother's death. He is returned on June 28 to his father in Cuba.

July 25, 2000 - One of the last Concorde aircraft still in passenger service crashes into a hotel outside Paris, after a fire on takeoff, killing all aboard. The Concorde is taken out of commercial use three years later.

September 15 to October 1, 2000 - the 2000 Olympic Games are held in Sydney, Australia.

October 12, 2000 - The US Navy destroyer USS Cole is attacked by Al-Qaeda suicide bombers in Aden, Yemen, damaging the ship and killing 17 of the crew.

November 7, 2000 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected US Senator from the state of New York, becoming the first First Lady to be elected to public office.

November 7, 2000 - George W. Bush was elected US President in a narrow victory over sitting Vice President Al Gore. The recounting of votes in the state of Florida was suspended by the US Supreme Court on December 8 and the case Bush vs. Gore was decided on December 12, 2000.

November 26, 2000 - The British Columbia Lions defeat the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 to win the Grey Cup at the CFL Championship game in Calgary, Alberta.

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Answer 2

On January 17, 1995 the Great Hanshin earthquake occurred near Kobe, Japan with a magnitude of 6.8. The earthquake caused immense property damage and killed 6,434 people.

On March 1 of 1995, Yahoo! (the first search engine service) was founded.

In 1995, Mississippi became the last state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, thereby approving the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment had been nationally ratified in 1865.

Austria, Finland, and Sweden acted to join the European Union.

Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader.

The comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.

Windows 95 debuted on August 24th.

Answer 3

One important thing that happened in 1990 was that Panama's leader surrendered to the United States. Other important things that happened included the first black mayor of New York City being sworn in, and the Tower of Pisa was closed to the public because it was leaning too much.