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 to dramas like My So-Called Life and The Sopranos.

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

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

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

'90s terrorism included a bounty of devastating events including the worst domestic terrorist attack - Timothy McVeigh's bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.

The '90s 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.