What were major events from the 90s?

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1990s events February 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from prison. May 22, 1990 - Yemen reunites. August 2, 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait. October 3, 1990 - Germany is officially reunited. November 28, 1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister. John Major succeeds her. January 13, 1991 - An anti-soviet protest in Lithuania is brutally crushed. January 17, 1991 - King Olav of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Harald. January 17 - February 26, 1991 - Gulf War June 12, 1991 - Mt. Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines. June 1991 - War erupts in the Balkans. December 31, 1991 - The Soviet Union ceases to exist. Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia. February 7, 1992 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed. November 3, 1992 - Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States. 1993 - Eritrea declares independence. January 20, 1993 - Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States. November 8, 1993 - The historic bridge in Mostar, Bosnia is blown up. It becomes a symbol of the Balkan conflict. January 17, 1994 - Major earthquake strikes Los Angeles. April 27, 1994 - Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa, taking office on May 10th. September 28, 1994 - The car ferry Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea. October 1, 1994 - Palau becomes independent. January 1, 1995 - Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU. January 17, 1995 - Major earthquake occurs in Kobe, Japan. May 17, 1995 - Jacques Chirac becomes President of France. July 11, 1995 - Srebrenica massacre occurs in Bosnia. November 4, 1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is murdered. November 10, 1995 - Nigeria executes human rights activist Ken Saro Wiwa. November 4, 1996 - Parts of southeast Iceland are flooded after an eruption under the Grimsvotn icecap. November 5, 1996 - Bill Clinton is re-elected as President of the United States. May 1, 1997 - Tony Blair is elected British Prime Minister. July 1, 1997 - Hong Kong is returned to China. August 31, 1997 - The death of Princess Diana causes a worldwide outpouring of grief. May 28, 1998 - Pakistan carries out a nuclear test. August 15, 1998 - Omagh Bombing occurs in Northern Ireland. September 27, 1998 - Gerhard Schroeder is elected Chancellor of Germany. October 1998 - Hurricane Mitch devastates Central America. January 4, 1999 - The Euro currency is introduced. April 20, 1999 - Massacre at Columbine High School. August 17, 1999 - Major earthquake hits Northern Turkey. December 31, 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation. December 31, 1999 - Ownership of the Panama Canal is transferred to Panama.