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Nelson Mandela released from Prison
Nelson Mendela was imprisoned for voicing his opinion agianst the government in South Africa. He was imprisoned for 30 years, then released and became that countries first president. -
Persian Gulf War
The Gulf War codenamed Operation Desert Storm was a war waged by the United States and other countries in the UN against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. After 100 hours of fighting, United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 passed in April, 1991 established formal cease-fire terms. The controversies over enforcing this and subsequent resolutions would lead to the outbreak of another war 12 years later, the Iraq War. -
Germany Reunified
The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity, celebrated on 3 October and called German Unity Day. -
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts fought on the territory of former Yugoslavia. The wars followed the breakup of the country, where its republics declared independence, but the issues of ethnic minorities in the new countries, chiefly Serbs in central parts and Albanians in the southeast, were left unsolved, resulting in many wars for years to come. The wars that ensued includes War in Slovenia, Croatian War of Independence, Bosnian War, and the Kosovo War. -
Soviet Union Dissolved
The increasing political unrest led to the dissolving of the USSR, and the establishment of the Soviet military and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to attempt a coup d'état to oust Mikhail Gorbachev and re-establish a strong central regime in August 1991. On December 26, 1991, the dissolution of the Soviet Union was finalized by a declaration of the Soviet parliamentary body at the time (SRSSSU) and acknowledging the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union. -
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, ousting Communist power in Czechoslovakia peacefully, this country became the Czech Republic and Slovakia. For many years after WWII, Czechoslovakia was divided politically. Czechia sided with Hitler in the 1930's, creating more tensions between the two nations. However, in a September 1992 poll, only 37% of Slovaks and 36% of Czechs favored dissolution. -
START II
START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States of America and Russia on the reductiuon and limitation of arms. It was signed by United States President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. On 14 June 2002, Pussia withdrew from the treaty in response to U.S. withdrawal from the ABM Treaty. a new treaty, SORT, succeeded this treaty. -
EU Formally Established
The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993. There were other countries that had formed a mock EU before this date, but the EU was formally established on this date. -
Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Oslo Accords marked the start of the Oslo process, a peace process that aimed to have peace between the Palestiniand the Israel. This peace process did not last long, with the two sides fighting agian in 2000. -
Dissolving Of Russia's Parliament
The constitutional crisis of 1993 was a political stand-off between the Russian president and the Russian parliament that was resolved by using military force. The relations between the president and the parliament had been deteriorating for some time. The constitutional crisis reached a tipping point when President Boris Yeltsin aimed to dissolve the country's legislature, although the president did not have the power to do so. -
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of the Tutsi by the Hutu majority in Rwanda. 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting as much as 20% of the country's total population and 70% of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda. -
Kim-Il Sung Replaced by Kim Jong Il
By the early 1990s, North Korea was isolated from the outside world, except for limited trade with China, Russia, Vietnam and Cuba. Its economy was crippled by huge expenditures on armaments, and the agricultural sector was unable to feed its population. At the same time, the state-run North Korean media continued to praise Kim. On 8 July 1994, at age 82, Kim Il-sung collapsed from a sudden heart attack. Kim Jong-il replaced his deceased father, who is now on display in a museum in Pyongyang. -
Pokémon Released
Pokémon was created with the release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue for GameBoy. Owned by Nintendo and the creator was and still is Satoshi Tajiri. After the realease of this popular game, the #2 thing searched on the fledgling Internet was Pokémon. -
Doll the sheep cloned
Dolly was a sheep, and the first mammal to be cloned from an adult sheep cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.She was cloned by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, in Scotland, UK. She lived for more than 7 years. -
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace produced by George Lucas comes out in 1999, throwing America into a Star Wars frenzy. It is the first film in the series chronologically, but it was created fourth. The film was also Lucas' first production as a film director after a 22-year hiatus following the original Star Wars film, and only his fourth overall. -
Putin put in Power
Vladimir Putin was put in power of then-budding Russian country after Boris Yeltsin steps down on Christmas of 1999. Putin is the second president of the Russian Federation. Yeltsin had popularity of 2% at the time due to economic crises and the Chechen war in the mid 1990's. He also dissolved parliament in 1993 in order for him to put laws and actions in place he normally couldn't have done before, leading to unrest in the Russina citizens. Yeltsin was also having heart problems at the time.
