Lead up to the decade In the 1990's a lot of things developed in our world which made it easier for us to live but also made us think about issues and causes around the world.
Wars: - The bombing of Iraq in (1998)
- The Gulf War (1990-1991) This was a war against Iraq
- Los Angeles Riots (1992) killed 53 people, 5,500 property fires in the space of 100km
- Oklahoma City bombing (1995) killed 168
- Bill Clinton was President in the United States and a huge Political figure in the 1990's. He is known for trying to resolve peace in the Middle East and the wars occuring in Yugoslavia. He also promoted to decrease the human created global warming and the endorsment in advertising Free Trade in The America's.
- Nelson Mandela was realeased from jail in Febuary 1990. This resulted in the end of the Apartheid in South Africa in 1994 marking the end of the orgional cival rights era.
- California made Marijuana legal for medical purposes only
- Gulf War Oil Spill (1991). Caused considerable damage to wild life
- The introduction of the internet
- YK2 panic in 1999 when everyone thought there will be a massive computer malfunction on January 1 2000. Everyone feared of a World disaster
- Email becomes popular and so does the Hotmail service
- MP3 players were released in 1998
- Instant messaging became popular
- Digital SLR's became widely avaliable
- The CD-ROM became standard in most personal computers
- Microsoft software becomes popular
- DNA identification of individulas becomes widely used in criminal wars
- Hubble space telescope launched in 1990
- NASA's spacecraft lands on Mars
- discovery of dark matter and identification of Black Holes
- Global Warming became a major concern.
- Columbine Shootings(1999). Twelve students and a teacher got killed.
- Britney Spears and The Spice Girls became world wide phenomenons
- Freddie Mercury (Queen) and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) Died
- Play stations became extremely popular
Political situation
In the 2000's, a lot of things happened in the political sector which captured that world.
- "The War on Terrorism" began after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (or The Twin Towers) In New York City in 2001 which killed 2992 people. The United States invaded Iraq, and the war led to the end of Saddam Hussein's rule as Iraqi president.
- Many terrorist attacks and bombings have continued on through the decade including the 2002 Bali Bombings(202 killed), the 2003 Istanbul's bombings(57 killed), the 2004 Madrid Train bombings(191 killed), the Beslan school hostage crisis (334 killed), 2005 Londan bombings (56 killed), 2008 Mumbai attacks (175 killed). Most of these were carried out by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
- The war on Afghanistan started when the USA, UK, Canada and Australia invaded Afghanistan trying to find the Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden
- On January 20th 2001, George W. Bush was elected the 43rd president of the United States of America. He represented the Republican Party.
- In 2009, Barack Obama, became the 44th president of the United States of America and also the first African American president in American history. He represents the Democratic party.
In the 2000's, same sex rights became more common with many countries recognizing civil unions and partnetships and some countries and states approving same sex marriages.
AIDS awareness became a huge thing in the 2000's. The virus had become so wide spread all over the world , mainly in Sub-Sahara Africa. 1.8 million people die of the diease per year. Many celebrities and high profile persons have made large foundations for people to donate money towards finding a cure for the deadly disease, which is fatal to everyone who is exposed to it.
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