The Nineties

The '90s unleashed a wide-range of television from animated hits like "South Park" and "Beavis and Butthead" to sitcoms like "Seinfeld" and "Friends," plus dramas like "My So-Called Life" and "The Sopranos."

From Nirvana and The Dixie Chicks to Tupac and the Backstreet Boys, the 1990s represented a decade of great musical diversity that appealed to nearly every musical taste.

Bill Clinton's presidency began and ended with controversy, spanning from an inability to reform the US health-care system to a sex scandal that led to impeachment.

In the early '90s, the world changed due in part to major political events like the end of the Warsaw Pact, Nelson Mandela's release from prison, the Persian Gulf War and Bill Clinton becoming president of the United States.

The 1990s brought on the Internet, along with a dark side of the tech boom in the form of hackers, online predators and the proliferation of pornography.

Terrorism in the 1990s included a bounty of devastating events, including the worst domestic terrorist attack, Timothy McVeigh's bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.

Beginning with the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings, the '90s saw a succession of racially fueled events, involving Al Sharpton and the Crown Heights riots, Rodney King and the LA riots, and O.J. Simpson and his murder trial.