Future World Events 1990s

1990

• The Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit.
• Gulf War ensues after Iraq invades Kuwait.
• Germany is reunified.
• Tiffany Conner is born.
• The Novaya Zemlya Free Republic becomes independent.

1991

• Gulf War ends.
• The Military rule in Skandinavia ends; the Monark inherits the lost power of the Forsvaret.
• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is reorganized into the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics.

1992

• Unrest in the Balkans leads to genocide and war in Bosnia.

1993

• Bill Clinton is inaugurated as 42nd president of the US.
• Al Qaeda bombs the World Trade Center, failing to bring the towers down.
• The Internet and World Wide Web is born.
• Battle of Mogadishu between US forces and Somali militants occurs.

1994

• US President Clinton signs the Assault Weapons Ban in breach of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
• The US invades Haiti.
• George W. Bush is elected governor of Texas.
• The still unsolved assasination of Jonas Boehm occurs.
• The Austro-Hungarian Confederation is disbanded.
• The New Germanic Empire is formed.
• The Neuemark is established as the currency of the New Germanic Empire.

1995

• The World Trade Organization is established.
• Austria and Sweden join the EU.
• Yahoo! is founded.
• Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people.
• Serbia War
• eBay is founded.
• Israeli Prime Minister assassinated.

1996

• The unabomber is arrested.
• Israel retaliates against Lebanese terrorist attacks.
• First Chechnyan War in the Soviet Union.
• Osama bin Laden declares jihad against the United States.
• The Taliban take over Afghanistan.
• The first electric car is produced.

1997

• Bill Clinton is elected President for a second term in the US.
• Tony Blair becomes British Prime Minister.
• The UK hands over control of Hong Kong to China.
• British Princess Diana dies in a car accident.
• The F22 Raptor makes it's first test flight.

1998

• US Lewinsky Scandal
• Osama bin Laden declares jihad against all Jews.
• Pakistan and India commense multiple nuclear tests.
• The first RFID implant is tested in the UK.
• Google is founded.
• Hugo Chavez is elected President of Venezuela.

1999

• The Euro is established.
• Kosovo War begins.
• The Canadian province of Northwest Territories is divided, creating the province of Nunavut.
• Columbine High School Massacre occurs in the US.
• Cecilia Norsjov is elected as the first female and liberal State Minister of Skandinavia.
• World population reaches six billion.
• The Vietnamese Liberation Army invades Ho Chi Minh City.
• Portugal returns Macao to China.