Events

90's

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First BattleTech Center opened1990 battletech
First interactive Hugo TV program1990 hugo
Human genetic engineering begun1990 biotechnology
ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (a.k.a. C90)1990 clanguage
Italy1990 soccer worldcup
Judge Dredd Megazine1990 judgedredd
Jurassic Park novel1990 dinosaurs jurassicpark
Moomin (楽しいムーミン一家) first episode 1990 moomin
Predator 2 (film)1990 predator
Raisins Sold Out!: The California Raisins II TV special1990 californiaraisins
Ravenloft setting published1990 dnd ravenloft
Sherlock Holmes Museum opened1990 sherlockholmes
Shin-chan manga started1990 crayonshinchan
The Jungle Book film by Disney, third re-release1990 junglebook
The New Adventures of He-Man first episode1990 motu
X-Men author team reform1990 marvel xmen
Book 1: The Eye of the World1990-01-15 wheeloftime
Devilman Yocho Sirène Hen OVA1990-02-25 devilman
First episode1990-04-13 nadia
DR-DOS 5.0 released1990-05 dos1 dos2 dos3 dos4 dos5 dos6 x86dos
Win3.0 released1990-05-22 win95
Back to the Future Part III movie1990-05-25Movie backtothefuture hoverboard
Gremlins 2: The New Batch movie1990-06 gremlins gremlins-series
RoboCop 2 movie1990-06 robocop
Manga ended1990-06-25 akira
Shin Captain Tsubasa ended1990-07 captaintsubasa
Captain Planet and the Planeteers first episode1990-09-10 captainplanet
Night of the Living Dead1990-10-19Movie zombieapocalypse
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter1990-10-25Movie theneverendingstory
Book 2: The Great Hunt1990-11-15 wheeloftime
3D Construction Kit released1991 freescapeengine
California Raisins figures (set 3)1991 californiaraisins
Disney's Beauty and the Beast (film)1991 beautyandthebeast disney
Felix the Cat: The Movie (UK release)1991 felixthecat
First publication1991 bone-comic
Last OVA1991 uruseiyatsura
Something railroady1991 train trains trainsimulator
SSAA published(?)1991 antialiasing ssaa
Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie1991 terminator
THQ tried reviving the franchise by producing Strawberry Shortcake dolls1991 strawberryshortcake
USSR dissolved1991 coldwar coldwar-ww2 redscare sovietunion
Watcom C 8.5 w/ DOS/4GW released1991 dosextender
Street Fighter II arcade release1991-02-14 1on1fighting streetfighter
First episode1991-02-25 piratesofdarkwater
Last episode1991-04-12 nadia
Rugrats first episode1991-08-11Series nicktoons rugrats
Official Dissolution of the USSR1991-08-12 socialistprotagonist
DR-DOS 6.0 released1991-09 dos3 dos4 dos5 dos6 x86dos
Dark Sun setting released1991-10 darksun dnd
Book 3: The Dragon Reborn1991-10-15 wheeloftime
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters arcade release1991-11 1on1fighting fatalfury kof
The Addams Family movie1991-11-22 addamsfamily
Gall Force: New Era (OVA)1991-12-01 gallforce
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991-12-06Movie startrek
Dissolution of the Soviet Union1991-12-26 russia
3D Construction Kit 2 released1992 freescapeengine
Addams Family 2nd animated series1992Series addamsfamily
Albertville1992olympic
Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics1992Sport france olympic
Alien 31992Movie alienfranchise
Alien³ movie1992 alienmovie
Aliens vs Predator comic1992 alienmovie aliensvspredator predator
Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3) film1992 evildead
Barcellona1992olympic
Barcellona 1992 Summer Olympics1992Sport olympic spain
Bastard!! OVA1992 bastard
Batman Returns1992Movie batman dccomics
Lawnmower Man (movie)1992 cyberpunk
Noddy's Toyland Adventures first episode1992 noddy
Shadowrun 2nd edition1992 shadowrun
Sonic the Hedgehog manga first issue1992 sonic
The Secret of Fuzzy (animated film)1992 nadia
Transformers: Generation 2 cartoon1992 transformers
OGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) is founded1992-01 opengl
OpenGL 1.01992-01 directx2 opengl
Sailor Moon first Episode (TV)1992-03Series magicalgirl sailormoon
Ranma ½: Neighborhood Combat SNES release1992-03-27 1on1fighting
Win3.1 released1992-04-06 win95
Shin-chan anime started1992-04-13 crayonshinchan
First Info-ZIP release1992-08 zip
Mortal Kombat arcade release1992-08-01 1on1fighting mortalkombat
Origin Systems is acquired by Electronic Arts1992-09 ultima
Book 4: The Shadow Rising1992-09-15 wheeloftime
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (first OVA)1992-09-25 tenchimuyo
X-Men: The Animated Series first episode1992-10-31Series marvel xmen
Aladdin1992-11-08Movie disney
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog first episode1993 sonic
Deflate algorithm added1993 zip
First id Tech 1 game1993 firstpersonshooter idsoftwareengines idtech1
Kamen Rider ZO film1993 kamenrider
Last work by Tove Jansson published1993 moomin
The New Adventures of Captain Planet first episode1993 captainplanet
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (first episode)1993-01-03Series startrek
First episode (MTV)1993-03-08Series beavisandbutthead
Pentium released1993-03-22 cpu-286 cpu-386 cpu-486 cpu-pentium
RoboCop 3 movie1993-04 robocop
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (movie)1993-05-07 brucelee
Last (21st) episode1993-05-23 piratesofdarkwater
Jurassic Park film1993-06 jurassicpark
PC/MS-DOS 6.1; development permanently diverges1993-06 dos6 x86dos 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie) comic first issue1993-06 sonic
Macross II film1993-06-04 macross
WINE released1993-07-04 compatiblewine microsoftwindows
Lua 1.0 released1993-07-28 lua
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series1993-09 sonic
Book 5: The Firest of Heaven1993-10-15 wheeloftime
MKR manga started1993-11 clamp magicalgirl mkr
Addams Family Values movie1993-11-19Movie addamsfamily
BOGUS Linux' PMS finalised. PMS would later merge with RPP and PM1993-12 rpm
Virtua Fighter arcade release1993-12 1on1fighting virtuafighter
AvP Prey (novel)1994 aliensvspredator
BattleTech: The Animated Series1994 battletech
BattleTech:Fallout first issue1994 battletech
Detective Conan original manga started1994Comics detectiveconan
End of the first Gineiden manga series1994 gingaeiyudensetsu
Lillehammer1994olympic
Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics1994Sport norway olympic
Planescape setting published1994 dnd planescape
Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights movie1994 scoobydoo
TLBT 2: The Great Valley Adventure1994 thelandbeforetime
USA1994 soccer worldcup
VBE 2.01994 display-vesa
Z Gundam manga first issue1994 gundam
RoboCop: The Series first episode1994-03-18 robocop
Star Trek: The Next Generation (last episode)1994-05-23Series startrek
The Lion King1994-06-12Movie disney
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors arcade release1994-07-05 1on1fighting
Macross Plus OVA1994-08-25 macross
Highlander: The Animated Series first episode1994-09 highlander
Officially Shipped1994-09-21 wingapi
Killer Instinct arcade release1994-10 1on1fighting
Red Hat Linux released. Used RPP, a precursor to RPM1994-10 rpm
Book 6: Lord of Chaos1994-10-15 wheeloftime
Macross 7 first episode1994-10-16 macross
MKR anime started1994-10-17 clamp mkr
Captain Tsubasa - J League anime1994-10-21 captaintsubasa
The NeverEnding Story III1994-10-27Movie theneverendingstory
Stargate film1994-10-28 stargate
Highlander: The Final Dimension1994-11 highlander
Star Trek Generations1994-11-18Movie startrek
Tekken arcade release1994-12-09 1on1fighting tekken
No Need For Tenchi! (manga; first issue)1994-12-16 tenchimuyo
Batman Forever1995Movie batman dccomics
Doom: Hell on Earth: a novel1995 doom
Doom: Knee-deep in the dead: a novel1995 doom
Dragon Ball (manga) last story1995Comics dragonball
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna (OVA)1995 magicalgirl yuna
GoldenEye1995Movie 007
ISO-8652:1995 (Ada 95) standard1995 adalang
Manga first issue1995 rekkanohono
Mortal Kombat (movie)1995 mortalkombat
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (movie)1995 mortalkombat
OVA released in North America1995 bastard
Psychic Force arcade release1995 1on1fighting
Shadow Moon novel1995Book willowseries 'LucasArts'
Soul Edge arcade release1995 1on1fighting
The Lost World novel1995 jurassicpark
TLBT 3: The Time of the Great Giving1995 thelandbeforetime
Toy Story1995Movie armymen disney pixar toystory 'Disney Interactive Studios(Disney;Disney Interactive;Touchstone Studios;Disney Software;Touchstone;Disney Electronic Content)'
X-COM novel by Diane Duane1995 xcom-series
Star Trek: Voyager (first episode)1995-01-16Series startrek
Manga first book1995-02 evangelion
Lua 2.1 released1995-02-07 lua
Tenchi Universe (anime; first episode)1995-04-02 tenchimuyo
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing1995-04-07 gundam
Win95 released1995-08-24 microsoftwindows win95 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
DirectX 1.0 released1995-09 directx1 win95 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
RPM Package Manager made from PMS, PM, RPP, and fresh code is released with Redhat 2.01995-09-20 rpm
First episode1995-10-04 evangelion
DVD specifications finalized1995-12 cdrom dvd
Atlanta1996olympic
Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics1996Sport olympic usa
BattleTech collectible card game1996 battletech
Beast Wars: Transformers first episode1996 transformers
CCS manga started1996 cardcaptorsakura clamp magicalgirl
Dead or Alive arcade release1996 1on1fighting
Deflate64 algorithm added1996 zip
DirectX 2.0 released1996 direct3d-rm directx1 directx2 win95 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Doctor Who 8th Doctor1996Series doctorwho
Doom: Endgame: a novel1996 doom
Doom: Infernal Sky: a novel1996 doom
DOS/32 released1996 dosextender
DVD introduced in Japan1996 dvd
First Quake engine game1996 firstpersonshooter idsoftwareengines quakeengine
Handheld Tamagotchi released1996 tamagotchi
Last manga release1996 doraemon
Manga started1996 darkstalkers
Mars Global Surveyor launched1996 mars
Mitsuru Hongo no longer the anime director1996 crayonshinchan
Pentium MMX introduced1996 cpu-286 cpu-386 cpu-486 cpu-pentium
Shadow Dawn novel1996 willowseries
Star Control: Interbellum novel1996 starcontrol
Tales of Byston Well: Garzey's Wing (OVA)1996 aurabattlerdunbine
The Tetris Company founded1996 tetris
TLBT 4: Journey Through the Mists1996 thelandbeforetime
Fourth anime's first episode1996-01-07 gegegenokitaro
Detective Conan anime started1996-01-08Series detectiveconan
Dragon Ball Z (anime) last episode1996-01-31Series dragonball
Dragon Ball GT (anime) first episode1996-02-07 dragonball
Last episode1996-03-27 evangelion
Book 7: A Crown of Swords1996-05-15 wheeloftime
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie OVA1996-05-31 sonic
NT4 released1996-07-29 win98 winnt4 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Book #1: A Game of Thrones1996-08Book asongoficeandfire
VBE/AF (accelerator functions)1996-08 display-vesa
Wing Commander Academy first episode1996-09 wingcommander
DirectX 3 released1996-09-15 direct3d-rm directx2 directx3 win95 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Defenders of the Realm first episode1996-09-21 mortalkombat
Gall Force: The Revolution (OVA)1996-10-02 gallforce
Star Trek: First Contact1996-11-22Movie startrek
Wing Commander Academy last episode1996-12 wingcommander
Alien Resurrection1997Movie alienfranchise
Alien: Resurrection movie1997 alienmovie aliensvspredator
Batman & Robin1997Movie batman dccomics
Biohazard: The Beginning (novel)1997 residentevil
First mammal clone (Dolly the Sheep)1997 clonetechnology
id Tech 1 source code released under custom license1997 idtech1
Men in Black (film)1997 meninblack-series
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (movie)1997 mortalkombat
Quantum technology defined1997 quantumphysics
RPG Maker 95 released1997 rpgmaker
Saiyuki (幻想魔伝最遊記) manga1997 xiyouji
Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game1997 shadowrun
The Lost World: Jurassic Park film1997 jurassicpark
TLBT 5: The Mysterious Island1997 thelandbeforetime
X-COM novel by Vladimir Vasilyev1997 xcom-series
OpenGL 1.11997-01 opengl
Sailor Moon last episode (TV)1997-02 magicalgirl sailormoon
MAME first release by Nicola Salmoria (0.1)1997-02-05 mame
DVD introduced in USA1997-03 dvd
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - first episode1997-03-10 buffyverse
Vampire Hunter OVA1997-03-21 darkstalkers
Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper1997-04-19 detectiveconan
Mirko Buffoni takes over from Nicola as MAME coordinator (0.19)1997-04-26 mame
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1997-05-02Movie austinpowers
The Deep Blue computer defeats Garry Kasparov in tournament play1997-05-11 chess
Battle Athletes OVA1997-05-25 battleathletes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book)1997-06-26 harrypotter
Anime first episode1997-07 rekkanohono
Lua 3.0 released1997-07-01 lua
DirectX 5 released1997-07-16 directx3 directx5 win95 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Stargate SG-1 first episode1997-07-27 stargate
One Piece (manga) first story1997-08-04 onepiece
Nicola returns as MAME coordinator (0.27)1997-08-10 mame
Men in Black: The Series (cartoon, first episode)1997-10 meninblack-series
Battle Athletes Victory series1997-10-03 battleathletes
Starship Troopers film by Paul Verhoeven1997-11-07 starshiptroopers
Dragon Ball GT (anime) last episode1997-11-19Series dragonball
Last episode (MTV)1997-11-28Series beavisandbutthead
Tomorrow Never Dies1997-12Movie 007
First id Tech 2 game1997-12-09 firstpersonshooter idsoftwareengines idtech2
Macross Dynamite 7 first episode1997-12-18Series macross
Tournament of the Gods: Title Match OVA1997-12-19 toushintoshi-series
A Bug's Life1998Movie pixar
Aeon of Strife (AOS) StarCraft custom map released1998 moba
Crimson Skies: A Game of Aerial Combat board game1998 crimsonskies
Daily Star strip ceased1998 judgedredd
DVD introduced in Europe/Australia1998 dvd
DVD release of the 1982 film1998 thething
France1998 soccer worldcup
Initial release1998 sdl
Integrated support in Windows OSes1998 zip
International Space Station launched1998 spaceage spacestation
IPv6 standardized1998 tcpip
ISO/IEC 14882:1998 (C++98)1998 cpplanguage
Nagano1998olympic
Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics1998Sport japan olympic
Shadowrun 3rd edition1998 shadowrun
The New Addams Family started1998 addamsfamily
The Redhat team offically says RPM is mature and is RL's offical package manager1998 rpm
TLBT 6: The Secret of Saurus Rock1998 thelandbeforetime
VBE 3.01998 display-vesa
FreeDOS released1998-01-12 x86dos
ReactOS development started1998-02 microsoftwindows reactos
Atari name and assets sold to Hasbro Interactive1998-03 'Atari(Atari Games;Atari Europe S.A.S.U.;Atari Europe;Atarisoft)'
OpenGL 1.21998-03-18 opengl
CCS anime started1998-04-07 cardcaptorsakura clamp magicalgirl
Gimp Toolkit 1.0 released1998-04-14 gtk
First Unreal Engine 1 game1998-05-22 firstpersonshooter unrealengine1
Windows 98 released1998-06-25 microsoftwindows win95 win98 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Rekka no Honō anime last episode1998-07Series rekkanohono
EAX 2.01998-08 eax eax1 eax2 eax3
DirectX 6 released1998-08-07 directx5 directx6 glide3d s3texturecompression win95 win98 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Hasbro acquired the X-COM IP1998-08-19 xcom-series
Development started1998-09 vorbis
RoboCop: Alpha Commando first episode1998-09-07 robocop
Addams Family Reunion movie1998-09-22Movie addamsfamily
Antz (film)1998-10 dreamworks
Mortal Kombat: Conquest first episode1998-10-03 mortalkombat
OpenGL 1.2.11998-10-14 directx6 opengl
Book 8: The Path of Daggers1998-10-20 wheeloftime
First human hybrid clone1998-11 clonetechnology
Powerpuff Girls first episode1998-11-18 magicalgirl powerpuffgirls
The Prince of Egypt (film)1998-12 dreamworks
Star Trek: Insurrection1998-12-11Movie startrek
alien test1999
Beast Wars: Transformers last episode1999 transformers
First CPU (P3) with SSE1 introduced1999 x86-sse
Glide API made open source, Voodoo card specs released1999 glide3d
id Tech 1 source code released under GNU GPL license1999 idtech1
ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (a.k.a. C99)1999 clanguage
Medarot anime1999 medarot
MSAA published(?)1999 msaa
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost movie1999 scoobydoo
Spicy Air Tales book1999 crimsonskies
The Avengers: United They Stand (cartoon)1999Series marvel marvelavengers
Toy Story 21999Movie armymen pixar toystory
Transformers At The Moon fansite launched1999 transformers
Wing Commander (film)1999 wingcommander
Book #2: A Clash of Kings1999-02Book asongoficeandfire
The Matrix1999-03-31Movie cyberpunk matrix
Turn A Gundam1999-04-09 gundam
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century movie1999-04-17Movie detectiveconan
Spongebob season 1 first episode1999-05-01Series nicktoons spongebob
Windows 98SE released1999-05-05 win98 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace1999-05-19Movie starwars 'LucasArts'
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (last episode)1999-06-02Series startrek
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me1999-06-11Movie austinpowers
Angelic Layer manga1999-07-01 clamp
Lua 3.2 released1999-07-08 lua
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie1999-08-21 cardcaptorsakura
DirectX 7 released1999-09-22 directx6 directx7 win2k win95 win98 'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Angel spin-off series started1999-10 buffy
One Piece (anime) first episode1999-10-20 onepiece
Naruto Manga first book1999-11naruto
The World Is Not Enough 1999-11Movie 007
First id Tech 3 game1999-12-02 firstpersonshooter idsoftwareengines idtech3
Quake engine source released under GNU GPL license1999-12-21 quakeengine