welcome to the o the

Welcome to the o the

A multimedia presentationBy Theresa Mettee

Technology/Inventions

The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990

Dolly the Sheep, with co-creator Ian Wilmut, was the first mammal to be

cloned from an adult cell.

Watch video

The DVD player and digital answering machine

The Persian Gulf war started on August 2, 1990 and ended on February 28, 1991

Coalition forces, led by the U.S. waged war on Iraqi troops occupying the country of Kuwait.

The 90’s also brought to light a kind of terrorism most of America was not used to.

Terrorism performed on American land, by Americans.

Tragedy at Columbine

On April 19th, 1995 Timothy Mcveigh bombed a federal building in Oklahoma City

The Unabomber was arrested on April 3, 1996

ending a reign of terror of 12 years

In The Headlines January 26th 1998

President Bill Clinton faces impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice on December 19, 1998 but is acquitted of

those charges on February 12, 1999.

Click video to play

Football legend OJ Simpson, shown June 17th, 1994 eluding Los Angeles police officers

Amy Fisher Rodney King

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/young/amy_fisher/index.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

In 1992, at age 17, she shot and severely injured Mary Jo Buttafuoco, who was the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco.

Rodney King was the victim of police brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department. This incident sparked a tumultuous chain of events which would end with the Los Angeles riots in 1992.

What’s on TV?

in the theater

BRAVEHEART

TOY STORY

TITANIC

GRUNGE DOMINATED THE EARLY TO MID 90’s

PEARL JAM SOUNDGARDEN

ALICE IN CHAINS

THIS DECADE IN SPORTS

ATLANTA HOSTED THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

THE US WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM WINS GOLD AT SUMMER GAMES

MICHAEL JORDAN WINS 6 NBA TITLES WITH THE CHICAGO BULLS DURING THE 90’S

Beanie Babies were flying off the shelves during the 90’s

TY, the company who started Beanie Babies would eventually be worth over $6 Billion Dollars

And who could forget the Christmas of ‘98

The Furby craze had taken over

AND TO CLOSE OUT THIS DECADESOMETHING UNLIKE ANYTHING ANYONE HAS EVER

SEEN,

SOMETHING SO SCARY, SOMETHING SO EARTH SHATTERING, THE VERY EXISTENCE OF HUMANKIND IS THREATENED…

But nothing happened.