1990S: Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1990–1999)
The 1990s was a decade that began on January 1, 1990 and ended on December 31, 1999.
It is distinct from the decade known as the '''200th decade''' which began on January 1, 1991 and ended on December 31, 2000.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- 1990 - 1991 – Gulf War
- 1990 – German reunification
- 1991 – The end of the Cold War.
- 1991 – Breakup of Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav Wars
- 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 1992 – The European Union is founded.
- 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
- 1994 – Genocide in Rwanda
- 1994 – End of Apartheid in South Africa.
- 1997 – Handover of Hong Kong
People
- Pope John Paul II, Pope in the 1990s (the last full decade he would serve as Pope until his death in 2005)
- Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- Pete Sampras, American tennis player
- Michael Schumacher, German formula 1 driver
- Backstreet Boys, American boy band
- Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003
- Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia from 1989 to 2000
- Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990
- John Major, British Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997
- Tony Blair, British Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007
- George H. W. Bush, President of the United States until 1993
- Bill Clinton President of the United States from 1993–2001
- François Mitterrand, President of France from 1981 to 1995
- Jacques Chirac, President of France from 1995 to 2007
- Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
- Alberto Fujimori President of Peru 1990–2000
- Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
- Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952
- Madonna, singer-songwriter
- The Prodigy, electronic dance group
- Britney Spears, American singer
- Spice Girls, music group
- Mariah Carey, singer
- Celine Dion, singer
- Whitney Houston, singer
- Mel Gibson, actor
- Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR 1985–1991
- Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
- Michael Jordan, American basketball player
- Tom Hanks, American actor
- Nicole Kidman, actress
- Sandra Bullock, American actress
- Tom Cruise, American actor
- Robin Williams, American actor and comedian
- Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and comedian
- George Clooney, American actor
- Brad Pitt, American actor
- Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, American actor
- Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host
- Ellen DeGeneres, American talk show host
- Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq 1979–2003
- Helmut Kohl, German chancellor until 1998
- Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa 1994–1999
- Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa 1999–2008
- Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister
- Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
- Muammar al-Gaddafi, Libyan dictator from 1969 to 2011
- Nirvana, rock band
- Steven Seagal, American actor
- Julia Roberts, American actor/actress
- Gerhard Schröder, German Chancellor from 1998 to 2005
- Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland from 1990 to 1995
- Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
- Kim Il-Sung, dictator of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
- Kim Jong-il, dictator of North Korea from 1994 to 2011
- Tupac Shakur, American rapper
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- Gianni Versace, fashion designer
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
- Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple
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