The Shocking 90’s

By; Savannah Grace

1990-Hubble Telescope

∞ The Hubble Telescope was launched in 1990.

∞ The Hubble orbits the Earth.∞ Hubble was revealed the age of the

universe to be 13-14 billion years old.∞ It has took hundreds of pictures of

Earth.∞ Hubble is an instrument for the

entire astronomical community.

1991-The Desert Storm† Iraq launches the first SCUD missile

attack.† US forces in the gulf exceed 500,000.† Iraq SCUD missile hits the U.S barracks

in Saudi Arabia , killing 27 people.† Operation Desert Storm and war phase

begins.† Award of the National Defense Medal

authorized Feb. , 21.

This is the summary of the operation desert storm.

1992-Official end of the cold war

♫ The Cold War lasted 1981-1992♫ 1980-1990 , the number of women in

the foreign service doubled to almost 25%.

♫ In January 1993, three weeks before leaving office, Bush traveled to Moscow to sign the START II treaty.

♫ The End Of The Cold War marked by the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

1993-World Trade Center Bombed

ღ World Trade Center Is Located In New York City.

ღ The Terrorist Bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the sky scrappers.

ღ 6 people died , 1000 injured.ღ After the attack , authorities

evacuated 50,000 people from the building.

1994-O.J Simpson; double murder۞ He killed his ex-wife and one of her

friends.۞ Nicole's (ex-wife) dog found the

slaughtered bodies.۞ Both Victims were stabbed to death.۞ They both died in front of Nicole’s

condo.۞ It was sometime after 10:00pm Sunday

night of June 12, 1994.

1995-Oklahoma City Bombing

ϟ 168 people died , over 500 wounded.

ϟ out of the 168 people that died , 19 children died.

ϟ The Terrorist were home grown.

ϟ It happened April 19th , 1995 at 9:00.

1996-Mad Cow Disease∞ 1986 mad cow disease was first

identified.∞ mad cow disease hit Britain harder

then anywhere else.∞ 180,000+ of mad cow was diagnosed

in Britain's Veterinary Laboratory. ∞ More then 170,000 cattle in England ,

Scotland and Wales have contracted Mad Cow Disease since 1988

1997-Princess Diana Dies In Car Crash

∞ Princess Diana died in a car crash.∞ She was with Her bodyguard, Her

friend, and her driver.∞ Her friend (fayed) and the driver

died instantly.∞ Diana was rushed to the hospital.∞ She died later in that hospital.

1998-Titanic nominated for the most successful movie

ever.∞ Titanic (the movie) is based from titanic ( the boat).

∞ Titanic (the boat) hit an ice burg , causing it to sink.

∞ But , it didn’t sink until 3 hours afterward.

∞ The movie is a romantic film.∞ The Titanic (movie) had 3 Oscar

nominations.

1999- columbine killing spree∞ Killing spree happened April 20 , 1999

on a Tuesday.

∞ The killers were Dylan Klebold , 17 , and Eric Harris , 18.

∞ Prom was on the 17th, some posters were scratched out on the date and instead said “April 20th , its coming”

∞ The morning of the 20th , the morning announcements went on like usual, but at the bottom of the screen , it said “today was not a good day to be here”

Killing Spree continued..

∞ They put the bombs in the cafeteria.

∞ The bombs went off, but when people tried to run , they were shot.

∞ 13 people died.

∞ Several wounded.

THE END