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1990 Zambian coup attempt
The 1990 Zambian coup attempt was a failed military takeover of 30 June 1990, in which Lieutenant Mwamba Luchembe seized Radio Zambia in Lusaka and announced President Kenneth Kaunda's fall.
1990–1991 Malian crisis
The 1990–1991 Malian crisis was a Tuareg uprising that began in June 1990 against General Moussa Traoré's government, which fell to a pro-democracy movement in March 1991.
1990–1995 El Niño events
The 1990–1995 El Niño events were a prolonged sequence of warm El Niño episodes in the tropical Pacific, with central Pacific sea surface temperatures elevated from 1990 to June 1995.
1990–91 European Cup
1990–91 European Cup, 36th and final knockout-only edition before the Champions League rebrand; Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) beat Marseille 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 final in Bari, 29 May 1991.
1990–91 in English football
1990–91 in English football: final Football League First Division season before the Premier League. Arsenal won the title losing once; Spurs won the FA Cup; Sheffield Wednesday took the League Cup; Manchester United won the Cup Winners' Cup.
1990–91 NBA season
1990-91 NBA season: Chicago Bulls won their first championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 in the Finals; Bulls went 61-21, Michael Jordan won MVP and Finals MVP, and Scott Skiles set a 30-assist game record.
1990–91 United States network television schedule
1990–91 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox prime-time lineups, September 1990 to August 1991; Fox's five-night expansion, The Simpsons versus Cosby Show on Thursdays, and NBC's sixth straight ratings win in the closest race since 1964–65.
1990s
The 1990s decade: post-Cold War era between the Berlin Wall's fall and 9/11, marked by the World Wide Web's birth at CERN, the end of apartheid, the Rwandan genocide, the Asian financial crisis, and the Kyoto Protocol.
1990s Generation
The 1990s Generation (Jīl al-Tisʿīniyāt) is a label for Egyptian writers and poets who rose to prominence in the 1990s, known for experimental prose fiction and the prose poem.
1990s in fashion
1990s fashion: decade opened with supermodel peak (Evangelista, Crawford, Campbell), moved through Seattle grunge (Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis 1993), minimalist slip dresses (Calvin Klein, Jil Sander, Helmut Lang), hip-hop sportswear, casual Fridays, and late-decade bohemian style; also called nineties style.
1990s in film
The 1990s in film: the decade of big-budget Hollywood blockbusters, the rise of CGI (Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Titanic), booming independent cinema, home video and DVD, and revivals in British, French, and world cinema.
1990s in music
1990s in music: the decade's popular music, defined by the 1991 hip-hop-driven chart revolution, grunge and alternative rock's mainstream breakthrough, Britpop, R&B's commercial peak, CDs overtaking cassettes, and early digital distribution.
1991
1991: the year of the Gulf War ceasefire, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Hubble launch, and the World Wide Web's August 1991 release beyond CERN as a public Internet service.
1991 Andover tornado
The 1991 Andover tornado was an F5 tornado that struck south-central Kansas on April 26, 1991, killing 17 people, including 13 at Andover's Golden Spur Mobile Home Park.
1991 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1991 Atlantic hurricane season was a markedly inactive season with 8 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes, well below the 14, 7, and 3 normals.
1991 Badakhstan earthquake
The 1991 Badakhstan earthquake, also called the 1991 Hindu Kush earthquake, was a magnitude 6.4 to 6.9 quake that struck northeastern Afghanistan in 1991, killing about 530 people.
1991 Beninese presidential election
1991 Beninese presidential election, 10 and 24 March 1991: Benin's first multiparty presidential vote, in which transitional prime minister Nicéphore Soglo defeated incumbent ruler Mathieu Kérékou with over 67 percent in the runoff.
1991 British Columbia general election
The 1991 British Columbia general election, held on October 17, 1991, elected 75 members of the Legislative Assembly, won by the NDP under Mike Harcourt.
1991 Chamoli earthquake
The 1991 Chamoli earthquake was the Uttarkashi earthquake of 19 October 1991, a magnitude 6.8 thrust event in the Garhwal Himalaya of northern India that killed 768 people.
1991 Constitution of Burkina Faso
The 1991 Constitution of Burkina Faso is the fundamental law adopted by referendum on 2 June 1991, which established the Fourth Republic and its semi-presidential system.
1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines climaxed on June 15, 1991, with a VEI 6 plinian eruption that formed a caldera and cooled global temperatures.
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, officially the 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup, held in China 16–30 November 1991; 12 teams, USA beat Norway 2-1 in the final in Guangzhou.
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification decided the 12 teams for the inaugural tournament in China. Nigeria won CAF's first African Women's Championship; New Zealand came through OFC qualifying in Sydney; USA won the final.
1991 Formula One World Championship
1991 Formula One World Championship, 42nd FIA F1 season, 16 races. Ayrton Senna won his third drivers' title for McLaren Honda with 96 points over Mansell; McLaren took the constructors' title.
1991 Georgia (country) earthquake
The 1991 Georgia earthquake, known as the Racha earthquake, was a magnitude 7.0 quake that struck Soviet Georgia on 29 April 1991, killing about 270 people.
1991 Gulf War Boeing KC-135 accident
1991 Gulf War Boeing KC-135 accident: KC-135E Stratotanker Whale 05 (58-0013) of the 190th Air Refueling Wing hit wake turbulence over Saudi Arabia on 6 February 1991, lost both left engines, and landed safely at Jeddah.
1991 Haitian coup d'état
The 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on September 30, 1991, led by General Raoul Cédras, ending with a U.S. intervention in 1994.
1991 in film
1991 in film: the year of Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs, and Beauty and the Beast; Barton Fink won the Cannes Palme d'Or, T2 became the first $100 million film, and US box office collapsed.
1991 in music
1991 in music: the year SoundScan changed the Billboard charts, N.W.A. became the first rap group at No. 1, and a dense run of releases from Metallica, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana's Nevermind pushed grunge and alternative rock into the mainstream.
1991 Indian economic crisis
The 1991 Indian economic crisis was a balance-of-payments emergency in which reserves fell to weeks of import cover, gold was pledged abroad, and the IMF was drawn on.