1990s

The 1990s began on January 1, 1990 and ended on December 31, 1999. It was the last decade of the 1900s century and the 1000s millennium. It is distinct from the decade known as the 200th decade which began on January 1, 1991 and ended on December 31, 2000.

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
 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

Other websites 
Source for some items:
 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ 
 http://m-w.com/