Events
Wars, treaties, scandals, launches, and cultural turning points between 1990 and 1999. Metadata sourced from Wikidata.
Gulf War
19901990–1991 conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition
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dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991process leading to the late-1991 breakup of the USSR
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Maastricht Treaty
1992Founding treaty of the European Union, signed in 1992 and effective from 1993
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1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City
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Oslo Accords
1993agreements in the Israeli–Palestinian peace process
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Waco Siege
19931993 struggle between the U.S government and armed inhabitants of a compound in Texas
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First Chechen War
1994war fought from 1994 to 1996 in Chechnya
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Great Hanshin Earthquake
19951995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan
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Oklahoma City bombing
19951995 terrorist attack in the United States
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- 1997 Asian financial crisis
1997 Asian financial crisis
1997financial crisis in many East/Southeast Asian countries starting in 1997
- Good Friday Agreement
Good Friday Agreement
19981998 peace pacts between the British, Irish, and Northern Irish governments to end the Troubles
Kosovo War
1998armed conflict in Kosovo (1998–1999)
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Columbine High School massacre
1999school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States on April 20, 1999
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