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1990's

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Toys

Toys info. American Girl Doll. Toys info. With only 2 weeks left in our popular toy countdown, we dive straight into the 1990’s. Yes, it was a time when people became obsessed with the ‘must have’ toys of the season. How many of you fell victim to the fad? The 1990’s Manufactured by Ty Inc, and released in 1993, Beanie Babies would go on to a be a cultural phenomenon not only in North America, but worldwide. I will admit it, I owned a Furby at one point, but I am not proud of it. Get out your super slammer, Pogs are back in town! Introduced in 1996, Tickle Me Elmo became North America’s “must have” toy for the holiday season.

Beanie Babies. Furby.

Games

GameBoy info. GameBoy note. GameBoy. Styles. Hairstyle info. The 1990's are characterized by several different colorful styles, particularly ones involving the hair. You need only watch a few popular 1990's TV sitcoms and movies to see just how far we've come (and gone...and come back again) with the hairstyles that swept pop culture. If you are a child of the 80's then perhaps you have succumbed to the popularity of one of these infamous haircuts. Nonetheless, here are the ten most coveted styles of the 1990's. 90's Haircut #1: The Halle Berry Just watch 1992 blockbuster hit Boomerang, and you'll realize just how far and wide the Halle Berry haircut spread throughout the black community. 90's Haircut #2: The Mullet Comedians love associating this haircut with the charm of Southern trailer park life. 90's Haircut #3: The Grunge Cut This style is perhaps the "anti-haircut" as its popularity soared during the time that Grunge rock music ruled the charts. 90's Haircut #4: The Rachel 90's Haircut #5: The Caesar 90's Haircut #6: The Spiky Mohawk.

Hairstyle note. Mullet. Clothing info. 1990's Fashion History - The Mood of the Millennium 1990s Towards the Millennium - Dressing Down Assessing a decade of fashion so close in time is complex. In terms of costume history it's only after a trend has been around for several years can we acknowledge that it's more than a passing fad and deserves recognition in the archives of history. So much more was on offer globally, and many people lost interest in fashion as necessary and important to their lives when business rules for dressing relaxed. The range of fashion goods available was huge in the 1990s, but no one knows the real answer why retail sales were often sluggish. Comfort dressing with stretch, accounts for many sales today.

Less Became More One thing about the decade we can say confidently was that after the conspicuous consuming years of the 1980s less became more in the 1990s. The 1990's Silhouette Leftover Shoulder Pads The Long Line Jacket Several major silhouettes identify the decade. Trousers for Everyone Knitwear Lycra. Clothing note. Clothing.

Television

Family Guy info. Family Guy. Family Guy note. Full House info. Full House. Full House note. Music. Spice Girls info. Spice Girls. Britney Spears info. Britney Spears. Events. 1998. • An ice storm strikes the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, causing 30 deaths and severely damaging the power infrastructure of the region, with some towns going without electricity for months. • American president Bill Clinton is embroiled in a sex scandal that will eventually see him take the stand to testify about his relationship with a White House intern. • 5,000 people are killed when an earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan. The tremor was measured at 6.1 on the Richter scale. • A series of bombs are set off in Kenya and Tanzania in a concerted attack against U.S. Embassies that would eventually be linked back to Osama bin Laden. • India and Pakistan detonate nuclear devices, announcing to the world that have joined the ranks of the atomic superpowers.

. • The Yangtze River in China escapes its banks and drowns 12,000 victims before flooding is contained. • Google, a company which would come to dominate the internet search engine wars largest automakers in the world. Google note. Google. 1992. • In January 1992, President George Bush suffers from nausea and throws up on the Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa • Boutros Boutros-Ghali begins his term as Secretary-General of the United Nations, a position he would hold for 5 years. • The European Union comes into being with the signing of the Maastricht Treat in the Netherlands, creating the Euro currency and triggering a major shift in internal border policies on the continent and in Great Britain. • Peacekeeping forces from the United Nations enter the former nation of Yugoslavia, where civil war rages unchecked. • A major earthquake in Turkey, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, takes 500 lives. • The first widely-distributed version of the Windows operating system for PC, Windows 3.1, is released. • Ross Perot declares his candidacy as an independent for the United States presidency. • The EuroDisney theme park opens in Paris, France. • Extensive rioting occurs in Los Angeles as a result of a non-guilty verdict in the cases of.

Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton note.

Movies

Forrest Gump info. Forrest Gump. Toy Story info. Toy Story.