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Modern Georgiascrapbook

of the 1990s

By: Dalliyah Grier

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Table of contents

• Pg.3,4,5 major historical events• Pg.6,7,8 important people• Pg.9,10,11technology and inventions• Pg.12,13,14 pop culture• Pg. 15 lifestyle• Pg. 16 timeline• Pg. 17 bibliography

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Major Historical events

• Iraq invades Kuwait.1990 • Nelson Mandela was freed from South Africa.

1990• Atlanta was selected to host the 1996 Olympic

games• O.J. Simpson tried and found innocent 1995• Lorena Bobbit takes Brutal revenge

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• 1990 Alabama sued the U.S. army corps of engineers to stop them from building a reservoir to keep more water for the metropolitan

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Important people

Toni Braxton• R&B singer who came out in the 1990s• Scored two albums that sold over 8 million

copies• Un-break my heart hit single

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Important people

Aaliyah• R&B singer in the mid 90s• Worked with rapper Missy • Noticed for recording hit record• Also a model for Tommy Hilfiger

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Important people

Beyoncé• Hit fame in 1997 with group Destiny Childs• Album made in 1998 with hit single No, No,

No• Was the led singer • The group won two grammies

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Technology and inventions

cell phones• came out in the 1990s • When first came out the average of cost was

1,000• People felt safe driving with these

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computers• Tim Berners-Lee work with Robert Cailliau at

cern Propose a “hypertext”, system know as the internet

• Microsoft releases window 3.0• Godwin’s law was conceived

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satellite tv• Used to watch television • Stored in a high place or on top of a house to

get signals in space• In satellite terminology ,that cable is known as

IFL

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Pop Culture

popular movies• Forest Gump• Lion king• Big daddy• Die hard 2: Die harder• Boyz in the hood

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Pop culture

Fashion• In the late nineties, girls started to wear a

muscle shirt called a spaghetti strap or tank top. The shirt was hanging on them by two thin straps that were wrapped on the shoulder.

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Pop culture

Nike Jordans• There were many fashions in the nineties.

One of these fashions were Nike Air Jordans Air Jordans were cool gym sneakers that were advertised by Michael Jordan

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Lifestyle

• My lifestyle at home, would be the same b/c I’m a 90s baby & my moms parenting is still the same after 15 yrs

• My life at school would be kinda the same to cause in the 90s all kinds of technology came out & different cause now teachers can’t hit kids

• My life at church would be the same except we have a new preacher and back then there were more people in church

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Timeline

• 1990 Nelson Mandela freed• 1991 collapse of the soviet Union• 1992 official end of cold war• 1993 Lorena Bobbit takes Brutal revenge• 1994 O.J Simpson arrested for double murder• 1995 Yitzhak Rabin Assassinated• 1996 mad cow disease hits Britain• 1997 tiger woods wins master• 1998 Viagra on the market• 1999killing spree at columbine high school

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Bibliography

• http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Toni_Braxton.html

• http://www.lycos.com/info/aaliyah--aaliyah-dana-haughton.html

• http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/90fads.htm

• http://www.tech-faq.com/satellite-tv.html

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