1990s News and Interesting History Tidbits

We can recognise each decade with just a few words and the 90's are no different

Yuppie Era, Computers, Internet, Bosnia, Dot Com Boom and Bust,
Desert Storm, Soviet Union Breakup

The prices we had got to at the beginning of the 90's

Average Cost New Home
(1930) $3,845.00, (1940) $3,920.00, (1960) $12,700.00, (1990) $123,000.00

Average Wage
(1930) $600.00, (1940) $850.00, (1960) $2,600.00, (1990) $28,960.00

Gallon of Gas
(1930) 10 Cents, (1940) 11 cents, (1960) 25 cents, (1990) $1.34

Even worse would be looking at those same prices today with Gas now approaching $4.00 a Gallon

The 90' Computer Revolution Decade
A few Computer Innovations From 1990
NEC TurboExpress Handheld



A few Computer Innovations From 1991
Sega Game Gear Handheld
Super Nes
Civilization
Sonic the Hedgehog


A few Computer Innovations From 1992
Windows 3.1
Linux GNU General Public License Free
Wolfenstein


A few Computer Innovations From 1993
Windows NT 3.1
Mosaic browser
Age of Empires
Doom


A few Computer Innovations From 1994
Netscape web browser
Warcraft


A few Computer Innovations From 1995
Windows 95
Netscape 1.2
PlayStation
Pokémon


A few Computer Innovations From 1996
NT 4.0
Netscape Navigator 2
Internet Explorer 3
Opera 2.1
Nintendo 64 the N64
Quake
Rayman
Tomb Raider

A few Computer Innovations From 1997
Netscape Communicator 4.0
Internet Explorer 4

A few Computer Innovations From 1998
Windows 98
Opera 3
Nintendo Game Boy Color Handheld
Grand Theft Auto

A few Computer Innovations From 1999
Internet Explorer 5
Neo-Geo Pocket Color Handheld
Sega Dreamcast
Tony Hawk's




Some Music Hits From the 90's

I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston 1992


Sure Take That 1994


Some Might Say Oasis 1995


Killing Me Softly Fugees 1996


Words Boyzone 1996


Say You'll Be There The Spice Girls 1996


I'll Be Missing You < Puff Daddy & Faith Evans 1997


Spice Up Your Life Spice Girls 1997


My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion 1998


Under The Bridge All Saints 1998


Believe Cher 1998


Baby One More Time Britney Spears 1999


I Want It That Way The Backstreet Boys 1999


If I Let You Go Westlife 1999








1990's(4)

1990(24) 1991(44) 1992(24) 1993(18) 1994(22) 1995(17) 1996(19) 1997(31) 1998(23) 1999(27)