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1990s - Internet | | 1990s - Internet: Encyclopedia II - 1990s - Internet | |
1990s - Other significant events.
The massive global human impact on the environment, which first garnered attention in the 60s, was widely acknowledged.
Divorce and scandal rocked the British Royal House of Windsor.
The assassination of Selena Quintanilla.
Sex and violence in the media increase, especially in the late part of the decade. Profanity in music reaches peak in the late 90s.
O.J. Simpson's trial, described in the media as the "trial of the century".
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| | | 1990s: Encyclopedia II - 1990s - Internet
1990s - Internet
- Beginnings of MP3 music downloading
- Internet begins to affect pop culture, especially from 1996 onwards
- Most television stations gain Internet presence during latter half of decade
- Earliest examples of Internet film
1990s - Other significant events
- The massive global human impact on the environment, which first garnered attention in the 60s, was widely acknowledged.
- Divorce and scandal rocked the British Royal House of Windsor.
- The assassination of Selena Quintanilla.
- Sex and violence in the media increase, especially in the late part of the decade. Profanity in music reaches peak in the late 90s.
- O.J. Simpson's trial, described in the media as the "trial of the century".
- You go, girl! becomes a popular phrase in the media as feminism is more widely accepted and publicised in the media with The Spice Girls, the WNBA, women's boxing, Sex and the City and others showcasing modern femininity.
- The Vieques controversy.
- The Oklahoma City Bombing, the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168.
- The Waco massacre prompts a nationwide debate in the U.S. about the freedom of association right of the Michigan Militia, Montana Militia and other radical groups.
- Crime levels in the U.S. peak in 1991, begin to fall afterwards to the lowest levels since the late 1960s at end of decade.
- Drug use in the U.S. reaches an all-time low in 1992 before increasing, reaching its peak in 1997 before declining again.
- Princess Diana dies in a car accident in 1997. Debates of accident vs assassination rage.
- Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize, dies at age 87.
- 21-year-old Golfer Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes; becoming the youngest and first African-American to win the Masters.
- The Omagh bombing in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland which kills 29 civilians (including a woman pregnant with twins) and injures hundreds more.
- School violence is brought into the national spotlight with incidents such as the Columbine High School Massacre taking place in Littleton, Colorado.
- John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed when Kennedy's private plane crashes off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
- American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France in 1999, less than two years after battling testicular cancer.
- Beer keg registration becomes popular public policy in U.S.
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