1990s - The decade of Changes
I. Important Events :
a) Dissolve of the Soviet Union - In December 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved. Twelve republic signed the European Energy Charter, a treaty agreeing to combine the energy sectors of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe into the European and world markets. The 15 republics that were separated are now independent. Since then, maps were changed.
Sources:
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p4255.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Energy_Charter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1985-1991)
b) Gulf War - Iraq was in debt with several countries from the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq was allied with Kuwait and therefore caused a $14 billion debt with Kuwait. Iraq wished to repay its debt, by increasing the oil prices. But Kuwait increased the oil production, lowering the prices. Iraq began accusing Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq. This caused a war where 19 countries were involved with over 900,000 troops.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Causes
c) Olympic Park Bombing - On July 27, 1996, a bomb exploded in Atlanta, Georgia during the hosting of the Olympic Games. Two people were dead, and 111 were injured. This is an important event because a lot of people were affected. It was a world-wide event because it happened during the Olympics.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing
II. Important People of the Decade :
a) Princess Diana - In August 31, 1997, an unexpected event had occured. Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales, was killed in a car accident in Paris. Some sources had said that Prince Charles, Princess Diana's husband, had planned the accident. Princess Diana had done a lot of things to help people. She showed the world that HIV is not passed on from contact. When she died, many AIDS foundations worldwide would be short of money. Some wouldn't even exist. Princess Diana had made the world a very different place.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales#Charity_work
http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol63/14/OpEd2/1491297/1491297.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/august/31/newsid_3186000/3186299.stm
b) Nelson Mandela - In the year 1990, Nelson Mandela is freed after spending his previous 27 years in political prison. However, by 1994, Mandela is elected as president in the first South African election in which everyone have the right to vote. He is the first black president of South Africa. He encouraged nationalism in South Africa because before Mandela became a president, South Africa's presidents are whites.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
c) Benazir Bhutto - She became the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1993. This was the starting point of woman in politics. Woman should now have equal rights as men. She stood up for all the women for what is right.
Sources:
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A085
III. Important technological improvements :
a) MP3 - Both the MP3 Players and the files were invented during the 1990s. MP3 is an audio compression that makes the file smaller without any quality loss. It is an important invention because it is more convenient than audio CDs, which are hard to carry around from place to place. MP3s are now very popular.
Sources:
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/MPThree.htm
b) Zip drive - Zip drive is a removable disk-storage system, which, in the first time they were invented, has the maximum storage of up to 100MB. But, the newer versions have up to 750 MB. Zip drives are now not very popular because thumb drives have replaced them. However, without the invention of Zip drives, thumb drives would never exist.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive
IV. Famous Piece of Art :
a) Titanic - Titanic is a major movie in the years 1997-1998. It had been in theatres for 38 weeks. It had made $1.8 billion. It won 11 Oscar awards and had 14 Oscar nominations. Titanic stayed at number 1 for 15 weeks before moving down to number 2.
Sources:
http://www.casenet.com/movie/titanic.htm
This is the picture of the front cover of 'Titanic'. Titanic is a popular film. It still is today.
(http://city.udn.com/v1/city/forum/article.jsp?no=3309&aid=1640927)
V. Famous Musician :
a) Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey is the best selling female singer of the 1990s. 'Hero' and 'Dream Lover' hit the top spots on the chart, while in 1997, she had sung a duet with Whitney Houston in a song 'Prince of Egypt (When you believe). She is still very popular today.
Sources:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?JSESSIONID=Ghx3JrJTjg6C8gB4Zhd13sygm4JcVltJVvyDysL2GJ4zLgpZB3Tx!105292534&pid=48340
This is a picture of Mariah Carey from her album 'I don't wanna cry'. This is her first album in 1990.
(http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ericandy/my_collection__c/)
VI. Popular Consumer Product :
a) Pokemon - First released in 1997 in Japan, Pokemon became famous in both adults and children. People (both adults and children) would line up for hours just to get a single pokemon card. Up until today, people are still crazy about Pokemon. Many Pokemon games and cartoons are still popular today.
Sources:
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1990.htm#fads
This image is an example of a Pokemon Card. There are many kinds of Pokemon Cards.
(http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1990.htm#fads)
VII. Famous Book :
a) Holes - Holes, a book written by Louis Sachar, was published in 1998. It had won a tremendous amount of awards including National Book Award, Newbery Medal, Best Book of the Year from Publisher's Weekly, The New York Times, and School Library Journal.
Sources:
http://www.kidsreads.com/features/010314-holes.asp
This image is the front cover of the book 'Holes'. Holes had now been made into a movie!
(http://www.kidsreads.com/features/010314-holes.asp)
VIII. Scientific discovery :
a) Cloning - Cloning was first discovered in Scotland in 1997. The first animal to be successfully cloned is a sheep named Dolly. Scientists first thought that by cloning animals, the meat production could be increased. It is expected that cloning could be use on human by 2010.
Sources:
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1990.htm#fads
a) Dissolve of the Soviet Union - In December 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved. Twelve republic signed the European Energy Charter, a treaty agreeing to combine the energy sectors of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe into the European and world markets. The 15 republics that were separated are now independent. Since then, maps were changed.
Sources:
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p4255.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Energy_Charter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1985-1991)
b) Gulf War - Iraq was in debt with several countries from the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq was allied with Kuwait and therefore caused a $14 billion debt with Kuwait. Iraq wished to repay its debt, by increasing the oil prices. But Kuwait increased the oil production, lowering the prices. Iraq began accusing Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq. This caused a war where 19 countries were involved with over 900,000 troops.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Causes
c) Olympic Park Bombing - On July 27, 1996, a bomb exploded in Atlanta, Georgia during the hosting of the Olympic Games. Two people were dead, and 111 were injured. This is an important event because a lot of people were affected. It was a world-wide event because it happened during the Olympics.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing
II. Important People of the Decade :
a) Princess Diana - In August 31, 1997, an unexpected event had occured. Princess Diana, the Princess of Wales, was killed in a car accident in Paris. Some sources had said that Prince Charles, Princess Diana's husband, had planned the accident. Princess Diana had done a lot of things to help people. She showed the world that HIV is not passed on from contact. When she died, many AIDS foundations worldwide would be short of money. Some wouldn't even exist. Princess Diana had made the world a very different place.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales#Charity_work
http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol63/14/OpEd2/1491297/1491297.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/august/31/newsid_3186000/3186299.stm
b) Nelson Mandela - In the year 1990, Nelson Mandela is freed after spending his previous 27 years in political prison. However, by 1994, Mandela is elected as president in the first South African election in which everyone have the right to vote. He is the first black president of South Africa. He encouraged nationalism in South Africa because before Mandela became a president, South Africa's presidents are whites.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
c) Benazir Bhutto - She became the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1993. This was the starting point of woman in politics. Woman should now have equal rights as men. She stood up for all the women for what is right.
Sources:
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A085
III. Important technological improvements :
a) MP3 - Both the MP3 Players and the files were invented during the 1990s. MP3 is an audio compression that makes the file smaller without any quality loss. It is an important invention because it is more convenient than audio CDs, which are hard to carry around from place to place. MP3s are now very popular.
Sources:
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/MPThree.htm
b) Zip drive - Zip drive is a removable disk-storage system, which, in the first time they were invented, has the maximum storage of up to 100MB. But, the newer versions have up to 750 MB. Zip drives are now not very popular because thumb drives have replaced them. However, without the invention of Zip drives, thumb drives would never exist.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive
IV. Famous Piece of Art :
a) Titanic - Titanic is a major movie in the years 1997-1998. It had been in theatres for 38 weeks. It had made $1.8 billion. It won 11 Oscar awards and had 14 Oscar nominations. Titanic stayed at number 1 for 15 weeks before moving down to number 2.
Sources:
http://www.casenet.com/movie/titanic.htm
This is the picture of the front cover of 'Titanic'. Titanic is a popular film. It still is today.
(http://city.udn.com/v1/city/forum/article.jsp?no=3309&aid=1640927)
V. Famous Musician :
a) Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey is the best selling female singer of the 1990s. 'Hero' and 'Dream Lover' hit the top spots on the chart, while in 1997, she had sung a duet with Whitney Houston in a song 'Prince of Egypt (When you believe). She is still very popular today.
Sources:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?JSESSIONID=Ghx3JrJTjg6C8gB4Zhd13sygm4JcVltJVvyDysL2GJ4zLgpZB3Tx!105292534&pid=48340
This is a picture of Mariah Carey from her album 'I don't wanna cry'. This is her first album in 1990.
(http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ericandy/my_collection__c/)
VI. Popular Consumer Product :
a) Pokemon - First released in 1997 in Japan, Pokemon became famous in both adults and children. People (both adults and children) would line up for hours just to get a single pokemon card. Up until today, people are still crazy about Pokemon. Many Pokemon games and cartoons are still popular today.
Sources:
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1990.htm#fads
This image is an example of a Pokemon Card. There are many kinds of Pokemon Cards.
(http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1990.htm#fads)
VII. Famous Book :
a) Holes - Holes, a book written by Louis Sachar, was published in 1998. It had won a tremendous amount of awards including National Book Award, Newbery Medal, Best Book of the Year from Publisher's Weekly, The New York Times, and School Library Journal.
Sources:
http://www.kidsreads.com/features/010314-holes.asp
This image is the front cover of the book 'Holes'. Holes had now been made into a movie!
(http://www.kidsreads.com/features/010314-holes.asp)
VIII. Scientific discovery :
a) Cloning - Cloning was first discovered in Scotland in 1997. The first animal to be successfully cloned is a sheep named Dolly. Scientists first thought that by cloning animals, the meat production could be increased. It is expected that cloning could be use on human by 2010.
Sources:
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1990.htm#fads
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