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1990s. Presidency of George H. W. Bush. Hubble Space Telescope. 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission. 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq.
January 2 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,800 for the first time ever. January 3 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed " strongman of Panama ", surrenders to American forces. January 5 – The National Gallery of Art purchases The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens.
On the political front, the decades-long Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union, creating a new world order. And while the Persian Gulf War lasted less than a year, it had an enduring impact. The 1990s were also marked by a number of influential cultural events.
- Yemen -- North and South Unite
- Iran - Manji-Rudbar Earthquake
- Switzerland -- World Wide Web
- United States - Hubble Space Telescope
- The Most Complete Skeleton of A T-Rex Is Found in South Dakota ( Sue ).
- United States - NASA Launches Ulysses Probe
North and South Yemen, also known as the Yemen Arab Republic and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, are unified as the Republic of Yemen in May. North Yemen had been a part of the Ottoman Empire prior to its independence in 1918 after the Ottoman collapse. South Yemen had been a part of the British Empire until 1967when it became an indepen...
1. Iran is hit with a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on June 21st. 2. The earthquake hit near the Caspian Sea, northwest of Tehran and near the cities of Rudbar and Munjil. 3. The earthquake effected an area of about 20,000 square miles, destroying thousands of homes. An estimated 400,000 people were left homeless after the disaster. 4. The death toll wa...
Tim Berners-Lee publishes his formal proposal for the World Wide Web during November. Berners-Lee’s proposal outlined a plan for a system that would use hypertext, web pages, browsers, and web servers to share documents across the internet. Berners-Lee had first proposed his idea to colleagues at CERN in Switzerland who then worked with him to deve...
NASA’s STS-31 mission deploys the Hubble Space Telescope during April. The mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sophisticated space telescope was carried on the Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed by the five person crew who also filmed the process using IMAX cameras. The Hubble telescope was the first space telescope put...
More Information and Timeline for Sue the T. Rex. One of the largest and most well-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex fossilized skeletons is found by paleontologist Sue Hendrickson near Faith, South Dakota in August of 1990. The skeleton was named “Sue” after the person who discovered it. “Sue” was over 90 percent complete and measured about thirteen fee...
The joint ESA / NASA space probe "Ulysses" was launched. More Information for Ulysses Probe 1. The Ulysses space craft was launched in 1990 and was a joint effort between the ESA and NASA. 2. The probe’s mission was studying the Sun and solar system’s magnetic field, also known as the heliosphere. 3. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) space probe “U...
This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1990 to present. 1990s. 1990 - Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit. 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War. 1991 - Gulf War. 1991 - Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments.
The 1990s is often remembered as a decade of relative peace and prosperity: The Soviet Union fell, ending the decades-long Cold War, and the rise of the Internet ushered in a radical new era of...
May 13, 2019 · Timeline of the 1990s and the Last Hurrah of the 20th-Century. Peace and prosperity, but also haunting tragedies. ThoughtCo. By. Jennifer Rosenberg. Updated on May 13, 2019. The 1990s were a relatively peaceful time of prosperity. For most of the 1990s, Bill Clinton was president, the first baby boomer to live in the White House as the ...
