The Nineties

The ‘90s unleashed a wide range of television shows, from animated hits like "South Park" and "Beavis and Butthead" to sitcoms like "Seinfeld" and "Friends" to dramas like "My So-Called Life" and "The Sopranos."

Bill Clinton's presidency began and ended with controversy spanning from an inability to reform America's health care system to a sex scandal that led to impeachment.

Beginning with the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings, the '90s saw a succession of racially fueled events from Al Sharpton and the Crown Height riots, to Rodney King and the LA riots, to O.J. Simpson and his murder trial.

In the early 90s while George H. W. Bush was still the President of the United States, major political events markedly changed the world. These included the end of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, the reunification of Germany, Nelson Mandela's release from prison, the Persian Gulf War, and Bill Clinton becoming the 42nd President of the United States.

Terrorism in the '90s includes a bounty of devastating events including Timothy McVeigh's bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.

The ‘90s brought on the internet along with a dark side of the tech boom, including hackers, online predators and the proliferation of pornography.

The ‘90s represented a decade of great musical diversity that appealed to nearly every musical taste, from Nirvana to the Dixie Chicks to Tupac.