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90's bands
Green Day
They first rose to popularity in the early 90’s with their album called “dookie”. Metallica
Despite being most popular in the 90’s they were actually formed in L.A in 1981. Nirvana
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TV Show of the Decade
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fact 1: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a comedy show featuring Will Smith
Fact 2: The show lasted for 6 years, ranging from 1990-1996
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Ford F series (9th gen)
1.They sold 800,000 by 1996
2.This was the first model ford to get more sales in the same period than any other car.
3. It was all of fords revolutionary features combined into one vehicle
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LA Riots of 1992
- When the riots had ended, 63 people had been killed, 2,383 people injured. And over 12000 arrested
- The damage they caused was over $1 billion (back then)
- It all started when minority groups felt the oppressive police forced was to much, as they seemed to only arrest african american teenagers for the most part.
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Bill Clinton In Office
- He was 46 when he was first elected.
- He was a democratic president.
- He managed to stop the war between us and the soviet union. He was 46 when he was first elected. He was a democratic president. He managed to stop the war between us and the soviet union.
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Fashion
Oval Sunglasses
They were worn by mostly women and were common fashion items for models at the time. Plaid Shirts
Was commonly worn by teenagers, boys, and girls alike. Worn a lot by rock bands later in the decade Cargo pants
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Sports Figure of the Decade
Micheal Jordan Fact 1:He was 6,4 and a half apparently. Kind of short for an NBA player but a giant compared to normal civillians
Fact 2: He is currently 61 years old. (older than I thought)
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Actor of the Decade
Tom Cruise
Fact 1: He rose to fame in the late 80’s starring in the film Top Gun and the comedy Risky Business.
Fact 2: He was born on July 3 1962.
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Technology
Pagers Despite being invented in the 20’s Pagers were most used in the 90’s by just about everyone.
Gameboys, The Gameboy was a rechargeable portable game console that was played mostly by kids.
DVD’s
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Movie of the Decade
Titanic Fact 1 : The movie cost about $200 million dollars to produce
Fact 2: The movie was really long, being 3 hours and 15 minutes
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90's toys
Tomogatchi
Tomgogatchi’s were little handheld toys that you could take care of a virtual pet with. Koosh balls
Koosh balls were rubber strands attached to a steel core. They mainly used Koosh balls to make yo-yo’s and other toys, but they were also toys on their own. Bop it toys Bop it toys were little handheld devices with a speaker in it that would tell you to perform a certain action. Most common were, pull it!, Twist it!, and Bop it!. Later versions had more than 3 though