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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
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.
Space Crusade
Who founded the first chapter of black masons in the 1780's?
According to historians, Prince Hall founded the first African-American dominated black masons in the late 18th Century. This mason group included free and former enslaved black men.
What countries are considered African countries?
all that are within africas area...or if you don't know where that is then its the tip of Egypt to the bottom tip of south Africa
Which girl band sang the 1990's song 'You Suck'?
Are you thinking Kittie? It may have been 2000, but I'm pretty sure it came out in the late 90's. I'm almost positive it was the Yeasty Girls featuring Consolidated. Great track. Go down baby.
The Murmurs also did a song called You Suck. Which is awesome.
How many presidents has the US had since 1999?
Three. Bill Clinton, president until January 2001.
George W. Bush, president until January 2009.
Barack H. Obama, current president of the USA.
What technology was introduced in the 1990s that will eventually replace analog television?
digital tv
Picture of Richard Dawsons wife Gretchen Johnson Dawson?
I would like to see a picture Richard Dawson and his wife.
Where to get value for painting sold by beech street art company?
I have a beach street art company oil painting of a southwest vase from 1992 numbered c8770 and would to find out its value today
Important rock and roll artists and groups in the 1990s and early 21st century include?
Radiohead
Justin Timberlake
How did computers change in the 1990s?
It changed the size, speed and capacity of computers. A computer that fits in a watch once filled several rooms.
What is the rise of the americana style of music in the 1990 s an example of?
country musics ongoing struggle to balance tradition and modernism (APEX)
What was the major technology development in the 1990s?
The internet was a major technological development in the 1990s
What was a major technology development in the 1990s?
The internet was a major technological development in the 1990s
Somalia was torn apart
Who were the Killer B's from the Pittsburgh Pirates of the early 1990's?
The real "Killer B's" were Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla and Sid Bream. Jay Bell also got some mention but not initially. Plus, I think to be included among the real "Killer B's," a player had to have spent more than one year with the Pirates.
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Wally Backman was in there too. Obviously there was no formal listing but the team did use this in promotional materials for the 1990 season. That's why Backman should be listed but not Steve Buechele.
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Sid Bream was not a Killer B in Pittsburgh. He played for the Braves at the time.
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In 1990 there was Barry Bonds, Jay Bell, Bobby Bonilla, Wally Backman, and Sid Bream as well as a pitcher named Stan Belinda. Not hard to see where the "Killer Bees" moniker came from.
In 1991 Backman and Bream were gone by way of Free Agency.
In 1992, Folks might be surprised to know that Bonilla had left also (to the Cubs in free agency I believe); leaving only Bonds and Bell and the Pitcher Belinda. Bream, then with the Braves, scored the winning run in the Championship Series to keep the Pirates from going to the World Series. That was the end of "those" winning Pirates and, due to the Pirates decision not to pay to retain superior free agents, it was their last winning season.
By 1993 only Jay Bell remained and that was the first of their 17 consecutive (and still counting) losing seasons -- the longest losing streak in American professional sports.
Where is the blower motor 'resistor' located on an 1997 Buick LeSabre?
You probbably have controler problems but the resistor is on the evaporator case.
