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Decade - 1990s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1990s.
1,197 Questions
Why did the US government sue Microsoft?
The main reason given is the number of complaints made by companies trying to do business with Microsoft was so large the Government had to act on the complaints. What is more important is the charges that Microsoft was found guilty as charged on
What was a popular radio program in 1920?
Amos n' Andy was a popular sitcom in the 1920's I don't know that much about it, byt you can google it for more info.
How many chrildren did MOBUTU Sese Seko have?
Mobuto Sees Seiko is said to have had at least fourteen children. Mobuto Sees Seiko was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which he renamed Zaire in 1971, from 1965 until his death in 1997.
its called Never SAy never my homie
Who was the fat guy in the trucker hat and glasses that gave free hugs on MTV in the 1990's?
Judah Friedlander
Which political party was in power in 1999 in the UK?
The Labour Party was in power for the entirety of the year 1999, having come to power in a landslide two years previously under the leadeship of Tony Blair.
Johnny Williams,Beatrice Famuina ,Trish Whitson,Mike Whitson, Annika Anderson.
Did Iraq fight against Iran in the 1980s and Kuwait in the 1990s?
No, they fought Iran in the 1990s for control over the oil fields, but neither country had any gain from the war. I can't recall when they fought in Kuwait.
'Dream On' (1990-1996) starring Brian Benben, Michael McKean, and Wendie Malick.
The United states government conducted a downsizing of the military during the 1990s similar to the?
Similar to the demobilization of the US war machine in 1945; when WWII ended.
What did people in the 1990s MOSTLY eat?
A food isn't really popular. It's just liked. No era really has a liked food. But I have to say, meat products such as hamburgers are very popular.
What important events happened in 1991 to Australia?
Important events that happened in Australia in 1991 are;
- Australia goes into a recession in which Prime Minister Paul Keating famously announced ''This is the recession we had to have''.
- The Strathfield Massacre occurs killing 7 people.
- The first general strike in 65 years takes place in New South Wales.
The Pashmina Queen is Sophia Swire, who discovered pashmina shawls in Nepal in 1990 and went on to create an international fashion boom for this silk-cashmere mix wrap
What was the winning percentage of the Marshall University football team during the 1990's?
Marshall University's records for the 1990s: 1990: 6-5
1991: 11-4 (Division 1-AA runner up)
1992: 12-3 (Division 1-AA champion)
1993: 11-4 (Division 1-AA runner up)
1994: 12-2 (Lost in Division 1-AA semifinals)
1995: 12-3 (Division 1-AA runner up)
1996: 15-0 (Division 1-AA champion)
1997: 10-3 (Lost Motor City Bowl)
1998: 12-1 (Won Motor City Bowl)
1999: 13-0 (Won Motor City Bowl) Marshall's record in the 1990s: 114-25, winning percentage .820.
What type of economic system did Russia turn to in the 1990s?
When the Soviet Union lost power in 1991, Russia abandoned it's socialist government and turned to democracy and took up the title of the Russian Federation.
I think it might be called teddybears' I was looking for it too and couldn't find it most places but found a DVD of it on amazon if you search teddybears on there it comes up hope it is what you were looking for.
Who were the most popular male actors in the 1990's?
Samual Jackson
Bruce Willis, Johnny Depp, Nicholas Cage, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stalone, Jean Claude VanDamme, Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eric Roberts, John Malkovich, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Harisson Ford, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburn, Kurt Russel, Steven Seagal, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliot, Patrick Swazye, Sean Connery, John Travolta, Christian Slater Russel Crowe, Mathew McConaughey, Vin Disel, Brendan Fraser, Alex Baldwin, Morgan Freeman, Jude Law, Mel Gibson, Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris, Gene Hackmen, Kevin Spacey, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Sam Elliot, Rutger Hauer, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne, Jackie Chan, Denzel Washington, Liam Neeson, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Michael Douglas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Viggo Mortenson, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Connery, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Shawn Wayans, Damon Wayans, Richard Gere, Hugh Jackman, John Cusack, Kevin Costner, Tom Sizemore, Michael J. Fox, Gerard DePardieu, Jeff Briges, Sean Penn, Edward Norton.
What historical events happened in 2007?
2007 Events
January 1 - Romania and Bulgaria join the EU. Slovenia adopts the Euro.
January 2 - Gerald Ford is laid to rest.
January 18 - The Storm 'Kyrill' wreaks havoc across Europe.
February 10 - Barack Obama announces his intention to run for US President in 2008.
February 23 - A train derails in Cumbria, England, killing one person.
March 23 - British Royal Navy personnel are arrested in Iran (rel. April 4).
March 25 - The EU celebrates 50 years since the EEC was founded.
April 16 - The worst mass shooting in US history occurs at Virginia Tech. 32 die.
April 23 - Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies aged 76.
April 27 - The removal of a soviet war memorial results in riots in Estonia.
May 3 - British toddler Madeleine McCann is abducted in Portugal.
May 6 - Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of France.
May 11 - Samoa's sovereign ruler Malietoa Tanumafili dies.
May 16 - Nicolas Sarkozy becomes President of France.
May 21 - The Cutty Sark is destroyed by fire.
June 6 - G8 summit takes place in Heiligendamm, on Germany's Baltic coast.
June 27 - Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the UK.
June 30 - A jeep is crashed into Glasgow Airport and goes up in flames.
July 7 - Live Earth concerts take place worldwide.
July 8 - Roger Federer wins a fifth consecutive Wimbledon.
July 9 - Buenos Aires experiences its first snowfall for 89 years.
July 17 - Brazil's worst ever air crash occurs at Rio de Janeiro.
July 19 - The UK expels four Russian diplomats. Russia follows suit.
July 25 - Pratibha Patil becomes India's first female President.
July 30 - Film directors Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni both die.
August 1 - A bridge collapses in Minneapolis during the evening rush hour.
August 14/15 - India and Pakistan mark 60 years of independence.
September 3 - Adventurer Steve Fossett goes missing in E. California.
September 6 - Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies aged 71.
September 16 - A devastating air crash occurs in Phuket, Thailand.
September 22 - Anti-government protests begin in Burma.
October 18 - Karachi is hit by terrorist attacks on the return of Benazir Bhutto.
October 21 - Donald Tusk is elected Prime Minister of Poland.
October 28 - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected President of Argentina.
November 3 - In Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf suspends the constitution.
November 3 - Pervez Musharraf declares a state of emergency in Pakistan.
November 15 - Cyclone Sidr devastates Bangladesh.
November 23 - The Cruise ship Explorer sinks off the Antarctic Peninsula.
November 24 - Kevin Rudd is elected Prime Minister of Australia.
November 30 - Stuntman Evel Knievel dies aged 69.
December 3 - Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister of Australia.
December 10 - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes President of Argentina.
December 19 - Marcus Stephen becomes President of Nauru.
December 27 - Benazir Bhutto dies in a terrorist attack in Rawalpindi.
December 30 - Post-election violence erupts in Kenya.
DEATHS
January 7 - Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic-born TV presenter
January 24 - Emiliano Mercado del Toro, world's oldest man
January 28 - Karel Svoboda, Czech composer
February 8 - Anna-Nicole Smith, American model
February 9 - Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish inventor of table football
February 9 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor
February 12 - Georg Buschner, East Germany football coach
February 13 - Johanna Sallstrom, Swedish actress
February 16 - Sheridan Morley, British broadcaster
February 17 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator
March 18 - Bob Woolmer, Pakistan cricket coach
April 11 - Kurt Vonnegut, American writer
April 23 - Boris Yeltsin, Russian President
April 25 - Alan Ball, English footballer
April 27 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist
April 30 - Gregory Lemarchal, French singer
May 11 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa
June 5 - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer
June 14 - Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician
June 26 - Jupp Derwall, German football coach
July 4 - Baris Akarsu, Turkish singer
July 5 - George Melly, American musician
July 11 - Lady Bird Johnson, US First Lady
July 23 - Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist
July 29 - Mike Reid, British actor
July 30 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film diredtor
July 30 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director
August 5 - Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal
August 13 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese, world's oldest person
August 28 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer
August 29 - Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer
September 3 - Steve Fossett, American adventurer (remains found in 2008)
September 6 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor
September 10 - Jane Wyman, American actress
September 10 - Anita Roddick, British businesswoman
September 15 - Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver
September 22 - Marcel Marceau, French mime artist
September 29 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress
October 14 - Big Moe, American rapper
October 16 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress
October 28 - Evelyn Hamann, German actress
October 30 - Robert Goulet, American entertainer
November 5 - Nils Liedholm, Swedish football coach
November 10 - Norman Mailer, American writer
November 20 - Ian Smith, Zimbabwean politician
November 30 - Evel Knievel, American stuntman/daredevil
December 5 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer
December 12 - Ike Turner, American musician
December 27 - Jan Kross, Estonian writer
December 27 - Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
December 29 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer
Who is the wife of Charles Taylor?
The wife of former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, during his term in office was a Christian, humanitarian, named Jewel Cianeh Howard-Taylor. She was born January 17, 1963
Jewel Taylor worked tirelessly for the orphans created from the civil unrest in her country. She led efforts to help rescue these children from the war torn streets.
Jewel Taylor made several trips to the United States to raise funds to build orphanages in Liberia.
Jewel Taylor was elected as a Liberian Senator of Bong County in 2005.
Jewel and Charles Taylor were married in 1997. They have one son together and divorced in 2006.
