1990s- 5th Hour

Science ans Technology:The Growth of Meth

Jan 1, 1990

During the 90s, Meth started to be used more.People started to get addicted to Meth witch sometimes leads to an overdose. 1991 through 1995 there were 2449 deaths caused by Meth. This killer drug was abused by thousands.

Science and Technology: Rise of Cell Phones

Jan 1, 1990

Today we use call phones with games and the Internet, but back then there was only an ability to call.During the 90s, the invention of the portable cell phone made trips for humans shorter by having a calling system which made them popular.

Science and Technology: Rise of the Internet

Jan 1, 1990

When computers were invented, they weren't used very much, but when you could pay your bills, and get on google, they started to get on. we now use Internet for and everyday thing.

Nightmare on elm street 3

Mar 1, 1990

A group of parents are each haunted by dark visions of a child murderer named Freddy.

Science and Technology: An Unexpected Strike in Iran

Jun 21, 1990

At midnight in Northwest Iran, an earthquake came from the shores of the Caspian Sea. 50,000 died, 135,000 were injured, and 400,000 became homeless.

World Events: Gulf War

Jan 16, 1991

Iraq invaded Kuwait in late 1990 and on January 15th, 1991 UN forces started an air assault on Iraqi troops. On March 6th the liberation of Kuwait started and 2 days later troops started to return home.

World Events: Rodney King Beating

Mar 3, 1991

King was driving in California and was pulled over, then struk 50 times with nightsticks and tazers. One person cought the beating by four cops and it started riots in Los Anegeles.

super nintendo

Apr 22, 1991

Sports and Music:Nirvana's album Nevermind

Sep 24, 1991

Grunge music finally started to change when Nirvana's album Nevermind came out. This was the first time that grunge music started to become successfull.

World Events: Hurrican Andrew

Aug 23, 1992

The category 4 storm struk Southern Florida on Augest 22ed. It cuased 23 deaths and indirectly killed 38 others and cost 23 billion dollars in damages.

World Events: world Trade Center Bombing

Feb 26, 1993

At 12:17 a bomb was exploded in the World Trade Center (WTC). The bomb blow a 100ft crater down and several stories up. After the bombing the WTC tried to be tarroist proof.

World Events: Cult Compound Raid

Apr 19, 1993

The Branch Davidian Cult leader, David Koresh, was know to abuss kids and was stokpiling weapons, so the ATF and FBI got a warrant to raid the compound. The raid was unseccesful at first nd after a 51 day standoff the FBI tryed tear gas but the building cought fire and all 84 people insind died.

Science and Technology: Our Loved Beanie Babies

Apr 25, 1993

On the day of the twenty-fith, the first Beanie Baby came out. These toys were made for everyone and after the Beanie Baby retired, they became very valuable. These stuffed toys were extreamly successful.

World Events: Black Hawk Down

Oct 3, 1993

The U.S. was in Somalia on a "hummanitarin mission," but combat went on everyday. Two Black Hawks were shot down and several troops lost thier lives. The Somaliaes like that they had shot them down.

Sports and Music:Nancy Kerigan Attacked

Jan 6, 1994

Nancy Kerigan was going out from practice when suddenly she was attacked by a bat-wielding, Shawn Eckordst. Later after the attack, he confessed to planning the plot with her ex-husband Jeff Gillovly.

World Events: Rwanda Genocide

Apr 6, 1994

The Hutus killed about 800,000 Tutsis in a powerful rebellion to gane power. The UN stood and watched as they said it was not a Genocide.

Sports and Music:Kurt Cobain's suicide

Apr 8, 1994

Kurt Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home with a gunshot wound to the head. What was found was his suicide note saying how he felt depressed and couldn't take living anymore.

Friends

Sep 22, 1994

The TV show was popular in the 1990s called Friends in 1994 there were Six young people, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

Sports and Music:OJ Simpson case

Jan 24, 1995

Former American football star and actor, OJ Simpson was charged with the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. After two years of the case, OJ was convicted not guielty which shocked the public.

World Events: Okalhoma City Bombing

Apr 19, 1995

Timothy McVeigh anf Terry Nichols planned to bomb the Alferd Murrah Federal building as a revange plan for the Waco, Texas raids two years earlier. They had a 5000lb bomb in front of the biulding and it killed 168 people.

Sports and Music:Monica Sales attacked

Apr 30, 1995

Monica Sales was leading a quarter final match in Hamburg,Germany when suddenly a man stabbed her between the shoulder blades. Because of this event she would not come back to tennis until 2 years later.

power rangers

Jun 30, 1995

playstatsion 1

Sep 1, 1995

Science and Technology: Dolly was Born

Jul 5, 1996

At Roslin Institute in Scottland, Dolly the cloned sheep was born. the creative invention brought mor explanations to our world today. Dolly was diagnosed with aurthritus and lung cancer six years after she was created. February 14, 2003, the first cloned sheep, Dolly, died.

Sports and Music:Summer Olympics opened in summer

Jul 19, 1996

As Bill Clinton opened the Olympics everyone tuned in hoping this Olympics would turn out great. Instead of what everyone hoped for the Olympics was postponed because of the unabomber.

World Events: China Blows Atomic Bomb

Oct 3, 1996

China Blows its first atomic bomb and then ask a summit to ban atomic weapons. They are one of five countries to have atomic weapons.

Space jam

Nov 17, 1996

Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to him, whether Bugs Bunny & Co. want to go or not. Well armed for their size, Bugs Bunny is forced to trick them into agreeing to a competition to determine their freedom. Taking advantage of their puny and stubby legged foes, the gang selects basketball for the surest chance of winning. Ho

Science and Technology: Mission to Mars

Dec 4, 1996

The Pathfinder left for its journey to Mars. The Pathfinder carried the Rover, the first to explore the surface of Mars. Because of the Rover, we can now see images of Mars.

Sports and Music:Tiger Woods wins masters tournament

Apr 13, 1997

As one of the best known golfers, Tiger Woods first nationall victory was a masters tournament. His win was said to be the best performance from a golfer in centuries.

Sports and Music:Mike Tyson bites Holyfield

Jun 28, 1997

As the rematch started to end between Mike Tyson and Holyfield, Tyson bit part of Holyfields ear off. At the second round, Tyson bit Holyfield again which made him get disqualified from the fight.

nintendo 64

Jun 30, 1997

3D graphics

Sports and Music:Lilith Fair

Jul 5, 1997

Lilith Fair was ahuge impact in the music business. All female artist such as Gwen Stefani,Madonna,and a other artist performed which made $16 million dollars more then Lollapolloza.

Sports and Music:Tupac and Biggie murdered

Oct 10, 1997

Tupac and Biggie both greatly known rappers were shot and killed in theirs cars in public places. This shocked many people and broke the hearts of talented rappers.

The Titanic the movie made the real titanic’s tragic death popular in the 1990’s.

Dec 19, 1997

84 years after the tragic event, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson.

MC Hammer’s Too Legit To Quit Made hairstyle popular

Oct 20, 1998

Men wore hairstyles with popular shapes and symbols shaved into their hair from famous actors, actresses, and singers such as MC Hammer.

Science and Technology: Hurricane Mitch Arrives

Oct 26, 1998

Coming from the Atlantic were 180 mile winds and high waters.In Central America, hurricane Mitch killed 11,000 people, left 1.4 million homeless, and injured 8052 people. This hurrican also ruined 75% of their crops.

Science and Technology: A Spare Hand

Jan 24, 1999

At age twenty-four, Matthew Scott lost his hand during a fireworks accident.On the twenty-fourth for January,Dr. Jon Jones would transplant a hand onto Matthew Scott.Scott could use his new hand a year after the surgery.

Star wars episode 1

Mar 14, 1999

to warn Queen Amidala, but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there. Eventually, they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon is curious about the boy, and sees a bright future for him. The group

World Events: Columbine Massacre

Apr 20, 1999

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris murdered 12 students, one teacher, and themselves and hurt 100 others. They used shotguns, bombs, and rifles to kill.

Science and Technology: Y2K

Dec 31, 1999

As many may know, the Y2K never happened, but everyone prepared.This is where the last 2-digits in the 1990s changed.so people were afraid that we would go back to the 1900s agian.