Events and trends

Technology

• Explosive growth of the This article is about the Internet, the extensive, worldwide computer network available to the public. An internet is a more general term for any set of interconnected computer networks that are connected by internetworking. Graphic representation of the WWW information network structure around Wikipedia, as represented by hyperlinks The Internet... Internet; decrease in the cost of The tower of a personal computer. A computer is a device or machine for making calculations or controlling operations that are expressible in numerical or logical terms. Computers are constructed from components that perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of these components endow computers with the ability to... computers and other technology
• Reduction in size and cost of Cellular redirects here. For the 2004 movie see Cellular (movie). A mobile phone, the Sony Ericsson T630 A mobile phone is a device which behaves as a normal telephone whilst being able to move over a wide area (cf. cordless phone which acts as a telephone only within a limited... mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity
• The year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug) was a flaw in computer program design that caused some date-related processing to operate incorrectly for dates and times on and after January 1, 2000. It turned into a major fear that critical industries (electricity... Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K)
• Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers. The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually has come to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of Windows are fully-fledged operating systems. Windows was developed for IBM PC compatible computers... Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM PC (IBM 5150) with keyboard and green screen monochrome monitor (IBM 5151), running MS-DOS 5.0 The IBM PC (Personal Computer), is a trade mark of IBM. The predecessor of the current personal computers and progenitor of the PC compatible hardware platform, it was introduced in August 1981... IBM PCs
• Development of free operating system This article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of detergent. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is a computer operating system and its kernel. It is... Linux is started
• Breakthrough of CD redirects here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. A standard compact disc, often known as an audio CD to... compact disc technology, later branching into DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. DVDs are similar in appearance to compact discs. Two DVDs with different bottom sides. DVD pick-up head and drive. History During the early 1990s... DVD

Science

• Detection of Infrared Image of a possible extrasolar planet (lower left) in the Constellation Taurus, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Subsequently proven to be a background star, but heavily used by the media nonetheless. An extrasolar planet (or exoplanet) is a planet which orbits a star other than the Sun, and... extrasolar planets orbiting For alternate meanings see star (disambiguation) Hundreds of stars are visible in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Sagittarius Star Cloud in the Milky Way Galaxy. A star (Greek astron) is any massive gaseous celestial body in outer space. Stars appear as shining points in the... stars other than the sun
• Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to natural clones made either when an organism reproduces asexually or when two genetically... Cloning (of Dolly, the sheep) achieved
• The Human Genome Project (HGP) endeavoured to map the human genome down to the nucleotide (or base pair) level and to identify all the genes present in it. History The $3 billion project was founded in 1990 by the United States Department of Energy and the U.S. National Institutes... Human Genome Project begun
• DNA replication Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid which carries genetic instructions for the biological development of all cellular forms of life and many viruses. DNA is sometimes referred to as the molecule of heredity as it is inherited and used to propagate traits. During reproduction, it is replicated... DNA identification of individuals finds wide application in Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of law that regulates governmental sanctions (such as imprisonment and/or fines) as retaliation for crimes against the social order. The goal of this process is that of achieving criminal justice. According to criminal law, crimes are offences against the... criminal law
• The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope orbiting the Earth at the outer edges of the atmosphere. It is a space observatory in the Great Observatories program. Named after Edwin Hubble, it was launched into orbit in 1990 as a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency... Hubble Space Telescope launched; revolutionises Astronomy, which etymologically means law of the stars, (from Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος) is a science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring outside Earth and its atmosphere. It studies the... astronomy

War, peace and politics

• Reunification of The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany on October 3, 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1990 in video gaming January January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen... 1990
• See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. The lead up to the war began with... Gulf War and The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization made up of 191 states established in 1945. With the notable exception of the Holy See/ Vatican City (which is the sole permanent observer state), all countries recognized by the CIA as first-level sovereign entities, are members. Other entities recognized... United Nations embargo on The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi-Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the north-west, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. Its current leadership... Iraq in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991
• Break up of the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet Union in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991 - the end of the The Cold War ( 1947- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side were the... Cold War, The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States as sole world A superpower is a state with the ability to influence events or project power on a wide scale. In modern terms, this may imply an entity with a strong economy, a large population, and strong armed forces, including air power and satellite capabilities, and a huge arsenal of weapons of... superpower
• End of Apartheid ( International Phonetic Alphabet in English and in Afrikaans) is the policy and the system of laws implemented and enforced by White minority governments in South Africa from 1948 till 1990; and by extension any legally sanctioned system of racial segregation. The first recorded use of the word, which means... apartheid in The Republic of South Africa (pronunciation) is a large republic in Southern Africa. It is located at the southern tip of the continent, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. The small nation of Lesotho is entirely contained within South African territory. Its economy is the largest and most... South Africa and election of ANC redirects here. For other meanings see ANC (disambig). The African National Congress (ANC), originally (until 1923) South African Native National Congress, has been South Africas governing party since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. It was founded to defend the rights of the black majority on... ANC government of Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, (born 18 July 1918) is a former President of South Africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur and guerrilla leader. He is now almost universally considered to be a heroic freedom fighter. He spent his childhood... Nelson Mandela
• Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate actions leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. There is disagreement over whether the term genocide ought to be used for... Genocide in Rwanda is a country in central Africa. It is bordered by Uganda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The indigenous population consists of three ethnic groups. The Hutus, who comprise the majority of the population, are farmers of Bantu origin. The Tutsis are a pastoral people who arrived... Rwanda kills one million people, in 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. Events January January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from... 1994
• Peace process begins in Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. It has a land border with the Republic of Ireland in the island of Ireland and is otherwise bounded by sea. It covers 14,139 square kilometres (5,459 square miles) in the north-east... Northern Ireland
• Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. Translated, the name means Land of the South Slavs (jug in Jugoslavija means south). The first was a... Balkan war in former The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. It was formed in 1945 from remains of the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia under the name Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, in 1946 it changed its name to Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia and... Yugoslavia
• This article is about the African nation. For the Greek city, see Eretria. National motto: None Official languages Tigrigna, Arabic and English Capital Asmara President Isaias Afewerki Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 96th 121,320 km² Negligible Population  - Total (2002)  - Density Ranked 118th 4,298,269 37... Eritrea gains independence from This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityopiya, Amharic ኢትዮጵያ) is a country situated in an area known as the Horn of Africa. It has one of the most... Ethiopia
• North Yemen and South Yemen merge to form The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. National motto: none Official language Arabic Capital Sanaa President Ali Abdullah Saleh... Yemen
• A decade of women presidents in the The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and... Republic of Ireland
• The European Union or EU is an intergovernmental organisation of European countries, which currently has 25 member states. The Union was established under that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992. However, many aspects of the EU existed before that date through... European Union is declared in 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January - The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General George H. W. Bush becomes the first... 1992
• The The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The other one is Macau.) Administratively, the name Hong Kong... Hong Kong to the The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the worlds most populous country, with a population of over 1.3... People's Republic of China in July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1097 - Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian... July 1, 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. Events January January 3 - NBCs Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame... 1997
• U.S. president Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First ... Bill Clinton's sex scandal with Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American secretary known for a sex scandal concerning her sexual affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton while working as an intern at the White House. Lewinsky graduated with a Psychology degree from Lewis and Clark College in 1995, and afterwards... Monica Lewinsky and his Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government. Impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office; it comprises only a formal statement of charges, akin to an indictment in criminal law, and thus is only the first step towards possible... impeachment trial in 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events January January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to... 1998, which lasts the entire year
• Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. The corresponding movement is widely known as the anti-globalization movement, and is a largely grassroots effort, with support from some intellectual elites. Many regard the term anti-globalization as a misnomer, and... Anti-globalization protests

Economics

• Development of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (usually abbreviated GATT) functions as the foundation of the WTO trading system, and remains in force, although the 1995 Agreement contains an updated version of it to replace the original 1947 one. The GATT, as an international agreement, is very similar to a treaty... GATT, the For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states (WTO, 2004a). It was created on 1 January 1995 to replace the General Agreement on... World Trade Organization and other global economic institutions
• After 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January - The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General George H. W. Bush becomes the first... 1992 the booming of the US A stock market is a market for the trading of publicly held company stock and associated financial instruments (including stock options, convertibles and stock index futures). Trading Traditionally such markets were open-outcry where trading occurred on the floor of an exchange. These days increasingly the markets are cyber-markets... stock market, in reference to which Alan Greenspan (older image) Dr. Alan Greenspan, KBE (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist and Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He is considered by many to be the leading authority and key participant concerning inflation. Given the breadth of his experience, he has been referred to in the... Alan Greenspan coined the memorable phrase " Irrational exuberance is a phrase used by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech given during the stock market boom of the 1990s. The phrase was interpreted by financial pundits as a typically cryptic warning that the market might be overvalued. Although it is sometimes believed that Greenspan... irrational exuberance", which eventually stretched into the Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot.com) companies were the collection of start-up companies selling products or services using or somehow related to the Internet. They proliferated in the late 1990s dot-com boom, a speculative frenzy of investment in Internet and Internet-related technical stocks and enterprises... dot-com boom / dot-com bubble

Culture

• Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961 on an air-force base, Baden Söllingen, Germany) is a gay Canadian author and cultural commentator, raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Trained as a sculptor, he worked in Europe and Japan before returning to his hometown, where he began to write on youth... Douglas Coupland publishes the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, published in 1991, is the first novel by Douglas Coupland. It is Couplands most famous novel, partially due to the fact that it spawned the term Generation X. The original publishing of the novel was presented in a wide-paged dual column... Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularizing the term This article is about the demographic Generation X. For the comic book, see Generation X (comics); for the novel, see Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Generation X is a term used in demographics, the social sciences, and more broadly in popular culture. It generally consists of persons born... Generation X as the name of the generation
• Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (born February 21, 1961 in Pasco, Washington, USA) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist living in Portland, Oregon. He is best known for the award-winning novel Fight Club, which was later made into a film directed by Internet, based around his official web... Chuck Palahniuk publishes This article is for the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. For the film based on this novel, see Fight Club (film). Fight Club (1996) is the first published novel by Chuck Palahniuk, in which an unnamed protagonist struggles with the commercialization of American culture and male disenfranchisement and attempts to overcome... Fight Club and becomes an influential author of Generation X
• Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bands from cities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, such as Seattle, Olympia... Grunge music gains widespread mainstream acceptance in the early part of the decade
• Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. Originally, rapping was called MCing and accompanied DJing. Origins Rapping... Rap music gains widespread mainstream acceptance in the late part of the decade
• This article is about the color black; for other uses, see Black (disambiguation). Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. Color or light Black can be defined as the visual impression experienced in directions from which no visible light reaches the eye. (This makes a contrast with... Black becomes a dominant color in fashion, along with several dark colors (see This article is about the contemporary goth subculture. For the Germanic peoples, see the Goths. Goth is a modern subculture that gained visibility during the early 1980s within the gothic rock scene, a sub-genre of post punk, and continues to this day. It is associated with gothic tastes in... Goth, This article is about the film The Matrix. For other usages of the term, see Matrix. The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, and... the Matrix, and Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931), is an experienced American talk show host whose career has included stints as a game show host and all-purpose television personality. He was named after his fathers alma mater, a Manhattan Jesuit high school, and grew up in... Regis Philbin)
• Trance is an altered state of consciousness. To simulate a trance, one mentalist said that you should slump in your chair and act as though you have drunk a bottle of gin. For more information, see hypnosis and ecstasy. Trance is also a type of music. This is a disambiguation... Trance, Techno- is a prefix relating to technology. Techno music is a style of electronic music. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix... techno electronic music becomes widely popular in Europe/USA
• Dogme 95 is a movement in filmmaking developed in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring, and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. This movement is sometimes known as the Dogme 95 collective. The goal of the collective is to instill a sense of simplicity in filmmaking... Dogme 95 becomes the leading european artistic film movement by the end of the decade
• This article is about games played on consoles. Computer and video games is about games in general. A screenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game Boy A console game (better known as a video game) is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment, which consists of a moveable image... Video games become more advanced. The more influential game systems include the The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES or SNES) is a video game console designed and built by Nintendo in the 1990s. It was Nintendos second home console, the successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and... Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. An original PlayStation control pad. This model was later replaced by the Dual Shock. The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video... Sony Playstation, and the Sega Dreamcast The Sega Dreamcast (Japanese: ドリームキャスト; code-named Katana during development) was Segas last video game console. After the Dreamcast was discontinued, Sega withdrew from the console hardware business. The Dreamcast was released on November 27, 1998, in Japan and on... Sega Dreamcast, being one of the first to jumpstart the online gaming craze of the This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2000, see the links below. Millennia: 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium - 4th millennium Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s... 2000s.
• Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. They often feature a combination of speed, height, danger and spectacular stunts. Levels of danger vary widely, but there is always an element — an... Extreme sports reached a new height in popularity, and by 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Events January January 1 Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union Fred West, accused... 1995, were given their own annual tournament on ESPN, the X-Games
• A cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. In its historical original meaning, a cartoon is a full-size drawing made on paper as a study for a further artwork, such as a painting. However, cartoons were typically used in the production... Cartoons aimed at an adult audience become popular. Among the most successful are The Simpsons. Clockwise from top left: Homer, Marge, Maggie, Santas Little Helper, Bart, Snowball II, and Lisa. The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series and sitcom series in U.S. television history, with 16 seasons and 344 episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989. Highly satirical... The Simpsons(1989-), Ren and Stimpy are the title characters of two cartoon TV series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Ren Höek, a neurotic asthma-hound chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a fat simpleton cat wander around in nonsensical adventures reminiscent of the golden age of cartoons. While a product of... Ren & Stimpy(1991-1995) Beavis and Butt-head is an animated comedy show that aired on US TV station MTV from 1993 to 1997. It was created by Mike Judge, who later went on to write and produce the TV series King of the Hill and the live action movie Office Space. The show... Beavis & Butthead(1993-1997), This article is about the animated television series. For other uses go to South Park (disambiguation). The main characters of South Park (and the hundreds of secondary characters), as they appear in the title sequence. South Park is a comedy animated series created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Distributed... South Park(1997-), and Family Guy is an animated television series set in the fictional town of Quahog (pronounced KOH-hog), Rhode Island. The show was created by Seth MacFarlane, who voices many of the characters. The cast also includes actress Jennifer Tilly, That 70s Show star Mila Kunis, actor Seth Green, Mad TV... Family Guy(1999-)

Others

• Global Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. Biologists classify human beings as Homo sapiens (Latin for knowing man), a primate species of mammal with a highly developed brain, belonging to the family of great apes, along with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans... human impact on the An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. An environment may be thought of as a superset, of which the given system is a subset. An environment may have one or more parameters, physical or otherwise. The... environment widely accepted
• Divorce and scandal rock the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... British The term Royal House refers to the official designation and name of a royal family instead of surname. Reigning European Sovereign Houses Belgium: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Denmark: Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Netherlands: Orange-Nassau Norway: Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Spain: Bourbon (Borbón) Sweden: Bernadotte United Kingdom: Windsor... Royal House of The House of Windsor, previously called the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is the Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1917, during World War I, anti-German feeling among the people resulted in the Royal Family changing all of their German titles and... Windsor
• Assassination of Selena Selena Quintanilla Perez (April 16, 1971 - March 31, 1995) was a Mexican-American singer who is regarded as one of the biggest stars of the Tejano genre of music. Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she began her musical career... Selena Quintanilla
• O.J. Simpson at USC. Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), known by the initials O.J. (a common American abbreviation for orange juice) and nicknamed The Juice, is a Hall of Fame former college and professional football player and film actor. Simpson is perhaps now most famous for... O.J.'s trial, called by many the trial of the century
• You go, girl! becomes a popular phrase as the media gives feminist movements a boost with The The Spice Girls were a British vocal girl band. They enjoyed substantial commercial success through the mid to late 1990s and are currently the biggest selling girl group of all time, having sold in excess of 80 million albums and singles. They are also famous for popularizing the term Girl... Spice Girls, the WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. The Womens National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. Formed in 1996, the league started play in 1997. Penny Toler was the first woman to... WNBA, Womens boxing has existed as an officiated sport since the beginning of the 20th century. Compared to mens boxing, however, it lacked popularity and exposure. This might be attributed to the fact that womens boxing, at that period, confronted a society filled with stereotypes and which categorized... women's boxing, Sex and the City is an American cable television program based on the book of the same name. The show, set in New York City, focuses on the love lives of four female best friends who are reaching their forties. A sitcom with soap opera elements, the show often tackles... Sex and the City and others showcasing feminine talent
• The Vieques is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico. It is located to the east of the Puerto Rican mainland. Map of Puerto Rico and Vieques with inset of Caribbean. History Studies show that Vieques was first inhabited by Native Americans who came from South America about 1500 years before Christopher... Vieques controversy
• for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. According to Western jurisprudence, there must be a simultaneous concurrence of both actus reus (guilty action) and mens rea (guilty mind) for a crime to have been committed; except in crimes... Crime levels peak in the U.S. late in the decade and begin to taper off

People

World leaders

• Prime Minister Hon Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (born December 9, Australian trade union leader and politician, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. After a decade as leader of the Australian union movement, he entered politics and was Prime Minister within three years. He became by far the longest-serving... Bob Hawke ( Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australia)
• Prime Minister Hon Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944), Australian politician and 24th Prime Minister of Australia, took Australian politics by storm first as the reforming Treasurer in the Hawke government, then as the Prime Minister who pulled off an upset victory in the unwinnable election of 1993. But... Paul Keating ( Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australia)
• Prime Minister John Howard John Winston Howard (born July 26, 1939), is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, coming to office on March 11, 1996 and winning re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004. He is Australias second-longest serving Prime Minister, after his hero Robert Menzies... John Howard ( Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australia)
• Prime Minister The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. Born in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Brian Mulroney became Prime Minister after his Progressive Conservative Party won the most parliamentary seats in Canadian history. He... Brian Mulroney ( Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada)
• Prime Minister Jean Chrétien ( Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada)
• "Paramount Leader" Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (Simplified Chinese: 邓小平; Traditional Chinese: 鄧小平; pinyin: Dèng Xiǎopíng; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; pronounced Dung Shyao-ping; August 22, 1904—February 19, 1997) was a revolutionary elder in the Communist Party of China (CPC) who... Deng Xiaoping ( The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the worlds most populous country, with a population of over 1.3... People's Republic of China)
• President Jiāng Zémín (born August 17, 1926) was the core of the third generation of Communist Party of China leaders, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the Peoples Republic of China from 1993 to 2003... Jiang Zemin ( The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the worlds most populous country, with a population of over 1.3... People's Republic of China)
• President Lee Teng-hui (Chinese: 李登輝; Taiwanese Romanization: L Teng-hui; pinyin: Lǐ Dēnghuī; born January 15, 1923) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He was the President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988... Lee Teng-hui ( The Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a multiparty democratic state that is composed of the... Republic of China on Taiwan)
• President The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Franjo Tuđman. Franjo Tuđman (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. Tuđmans political party HDZ (Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, Croatian... Franjo Tuđman ( The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic in the SFR Yugoslavia, but it achieved independence in 1991. It is a candidate for membership of the European Union... Croatia)
• President Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak ( Arabic : محمد حسنى سيد مبارك ) (born May 4, 1928), usually known as Hosni Mubarak (Mubarak also spelled Moubarak), has been the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt... Hosni Mubarak ( The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in northeastern Africa. Covering an area of about 1,020,000 km², it includes the Sinai Peninsula (considered part of... Egypt)
• President François Mitterrand ( The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France)
• President Jacques (René) Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. (  French pronunciation?) He was elected President of the French Republic in 1995 and 2002. As President, he is an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. In 1959, after completing studies at the École Nationale dAdministration... Jacques Chirac ( The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France)
• Chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998. Born on April 3, 1930 in Ludwigshafen, Germany, to a Catholic family, Kohl participated in the late stage of WWII as a teenage soldier. He joined the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) in 1947... Helmut Kohl ( The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany)
• Chancellor Gerhard Schröder ( The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany)
• Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee (often wrongly spelt Behari; अटल िबहारी वाजपेयी in Sanskrit) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 until May 19, 2004. Vajpayee is a native of... Atal Bihari Vajpayee ( The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. India has grown significantly, both in population and in strategic importance in the last two decades. The Indian economy is... India)
• President President Khatami Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (Persian: حجت‌الاسلام سید محمد خاتمی; born October, 1943 in Ardakan) is the fifth and current President of Iran. He has been president since... Mohammad Khatami ( Iran ( Persia: ایران) is a Middle Eastern country located in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia. The name Iran is a modern cognate of Aryan meaning Land of the Aryans. Iran borders Pakistan (909km of border) and Afghanistan (936km... Iran)
• President Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majid al-Tikrītī (Often spelt Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937... Saddam Hussein ( The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi-Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the north-west, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. Its current leadership... Iraq)
• Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (יצחק רבין) (March 1, 1922–November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and military general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He was the... Yitzhak Rabin ( The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea... Israel)
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (also Binyamin, and in Israel commonly Bibi) (Hebrew: בנימין נתניהו) (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel. A member of the conservative Likud party, he was Prime Minister from April 1996 to... Benjamin Netanyahu ( The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea... Israel)
• Emperor His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito of Japan His Imperial Majesty Akihito (明仁) (born December 23, 1933) is the current and 125th Japan. Akihito is the eldest son and the fifth child of the Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and the Empress Kojun (Nagako). Titled Tsugu no miya (継宮; Prince Tsugu... Akihito ( Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan)
• President Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (Arabic محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسين... Yasser Arafat ( The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. The Palestinian... Palestinian Authority)
• Pope Official papal image of John Paul II. His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on October 16, 1978... Pope John Paul II
• Taoiseach Charles James Haughey (born September 16, 1925) was the sixth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. He served three periods as Taoiseach: from 1979 to 1981, from March to December 1982, and from 1987 to 1992. He was first elected as a Fianna Fáil TD in 1957 and held... Charles Haughey ( The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and... Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Albert Reynolds (born November 3, 1932) was the eighth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1992 to 1994. He was first elected in 1977 and retained his Dáil seat until his retirement in 2002. Reynolds has served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs (1979-1981), Minister for Transport... Albert Reynolds ( The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and... Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach John Bruton (born May 18, 1947) was the ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1994 to 1997, leading a Fine Gael-Labour-Democratic Left Rainbow Coalition. Bruton was first elected as a Fine Gael TD in 1969 and resigned his Dail seat in November, 2004. He previously served... John Bruton ( The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and... Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Patrick Bartholemew Bertie Ahern (Ir. Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachtairn) (born 12 September 1951) has served as the tenth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland since 1997. He has been a TD since 1977 and in 1994 became the sixth leader of Fianna Fáil. Ahern has also served as... Bertie Ahern ( The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and... Republic of Ireland)
• President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin  listen? (Борис Николаевич Ельцин, b. February 1, 1931, Sverdlovsk [now Yekaterinburg], Russia, USSR), became the first President of Russia in 1991, and the first democratically elected leader in... Boris Yeltsin ( The Russian Federation ( Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches... Russia)
• President President F.W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936) is a former President of South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. The last white man to be president, he oversaw the end of apartheid. de Klerk was also leader of the National Party (which... Frederik Willem de Klerk ( The Republic of South Africa (pronunciation) is a large republic in Southern Africa. It is located at the southern tip of the continent, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. The small nation of Lesotho is entirely contained within South African territory. Its economy is the largest and most... South Africa)
• President Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, (born 18 July 1918) is a former President of South Africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur and guerrilla leader. He is now almost universally considered to be a heroic freedom fighter. He spent his childhood... Nelson Mandela ( The Republic of South Africa (pronunciation) is a large republic in Southern Africa. It is located at the southern tip of the continent, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. The small nation of Lesotho is entirely contained within South African territory. Its economy is the largest and most... South Africa)
• President Kim Dae-jung (born December 3, 1925) is a South Korean politician. Long an opposition leader, he became president (after Kim Young-sam) in 1997. Early political career He first entered politics in 1954, opposing the policies of Syngman Rhee. Although he was elected as a representative for the parliament... Kim Dae-jung ( South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk (Hangul: 대한 민국; Hanja: 大韓民國)), is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. To the north, the Republic of Korea borders North Korea, with which it formed a... South Korea)
• President Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (Gorbachev)  listen? ( Russian: ; pronunciation: mih-kha-ILL ser-GHE-ye-vich gor-bah-CHYOHV) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. His attempts at reform led to the end of the Cold War, but also inadvertently caused the end... Mikhail Gorbachev ( The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet Union)
• Queen Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Elizabeth II ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. In each state she acts as the monarch of that state and is titled accordingly. For example, in Australia she is known as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth... et al.)
• Prime Minister The Right Honourable John Major, CH (born 29 March 1943) was a senior British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. He... John Major ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, commonly called Tony Blair (born 6 May 1953) has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 1997, when he brought the Labour Party into power after 18 consecutive years of Conservative government. As of 6 February 2005, he is the Labour... Tony Blair ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... United Kingdom)
• President Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce... George H.W. Bush ( The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States)
• President Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First ... Bill Clinton ( The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States)
• President The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Slobodan Milošević. Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић... Slobodan Milošević ( Official language Serbian written in Cyrillic alphabet1 Capital Belgrade2 President3 Svetozar Marović Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 105th 102,350 km² 0.25% Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 70th 10,662,087 104/km² Currency In Serbia the Serbian dinar (exception: in Kosovo the... Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Entertainers

• Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American film actress, known for her wide appeal and box office prowess. Sandra majored in drama at East Carolina University. She dropped out to pursue acting in New York City, but found it difficult to establish herself. She... Sandra Bullock ( Movie poster for Speed Speed is a 1994 film directed by Jan de Bont, starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock (her breakout role), and Dennis Hopper. Written by Graham Yost, the story is about an Los Angeles police officer (Reeves) who has to stop a insane bomber/extortionist (Hopper) who has... Speed, A Time to Kill is the name of a legal suspense thriller authored by John Grisham in 1989, and also of the novels feature film 1996 adaptation. The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton, in Ford County, Mississippi -- a portmanteau of two Jackson, MS suburbs-- Clinton... A Time to Kill)
• Tim Burton (born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California) is a film director known for his dark, humorous, quirky style. He started his career as a Disney animator and all his films portray a very stylized reality. Many of his films draw on gothic themes. He was born Timothy William... Tim Burton ( Edward Scissorhands is a movie directed by Tim Burton released in 1990. The movie is a fable set in an exaggerated stereotype of both the 1950s and late 1980s. It also has a central theme of the isolated, misunderstood major character; a theme that shows up in a lot of... Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns is the second Batman movie starring Michael Keaton as Batman. This time Batman has to stop Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, Max Shreck, played by Christopher Walken, and The Penguin, played by Danny DeVito. It was released in 1992, and directed by Tim Burton. The score by Danny... Batman Returns)
• James Eugene Carrey (originally Carré) (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian/American film actor, comedian, writer and producer who was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario. He is best known for his manic, slapstick performances in comedy films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective... Jim Carrey ( Ace Ventura, Pet Detective is a 1994 wacky comedy movie, directed by Tom Shadyac. It starred Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox and Dan Marino, among others. The story follows the adventures of Ace Ventura, a detective who specializes in cases involving pet animals, in his search for Snowflake, the missing mascot... Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask is a comic book series created by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke, published by Dark Horse Comics. It is about a magic mask that gives anyone who wears it physical invulnerability and a number of reality-defying powers (for instance, the ability to produce useful objects out of... The Mask)
• Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. Born in Lynwood, California, Costner spent his teenage years and pre-actor adulthood in Orange County, California, graduating from Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California in 1973... Kevin Costner ( Dances with Wolves is a 1990 film which tells the story of a cavalry officer who befriends a band of Dakota Indians, sacrificing his career and ties to his own people. It stars Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli... Dances with Wolves, JFK is a 1991 film which purports to tell the history of the President of the United States John F. Kennedys assassination. The film follows the 1967 to 1969 investigation led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner) and interweaves flashbacks of the theories behind... JFK, Waterworld was a 1995 film that was co-produced by Kevin Costner and directed by Kevin Reynolds. It held the unfortunate distinction of being the biggest failure of a film, in terms of box office returns, that had yet been produced at that time, causing some critics to dub the... Waterworld)
• Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a popular American actress and stand-up comedian. Like many successful stand-up performers, her material was turned into the subject matter for her successful 1990s sitcom, Ellen (initially called These Friends of Mine). The show was hugely... Ellen DeGeneres ( Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for the first season) was a U.S. television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from 1994 to 1998. It was created by Mitchell Hurwitz (Arrested Development). The title role of Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, was a... Ellen)
• Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio, born November 11, 1974), is an American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George DiCaprio and Irmalin Idenbirkin. His name allegedly came about because his pregnant mother was standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting at a museum... Leonardo DiCaprio ( Titanic is a 1997 dramatic movie released by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox. The bulk of the plot is set aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic during her fateful maiden voyage in 1912. The movie won 11 Academy Awards on March 23, 1998 including best picture of 1997. Titanic... Titanic)
• Ralph Fiennes in Spider Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is a British actor. Born in Suffolk, he is the older brother of actor Joseph Fiennes. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. He is the only actor ever... Ralph Fiennes ( Movie poster of Schindlers List Schindlers List is a 1993 movie based on the book Schindlers Ark by Thomas Keneally (the book was later renamed Schindlers List as well). The movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, relates the tale of Oskar Schindler, a German entrepreneur who was... Schindler's List, The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje which deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned man, his Canadian nurse, a thief, and a British Army sapper as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian monastery. Novel The English Patient is... The English Patient)
• Mel Gibson, 1982 Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born Australian-reared actor, director and producer best known for either acting in Mad Max movie series, the Lethal Weapon series, Braveheart and directing The Passion of the Christ. Overview Gibson was born Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson in... Mel Gibson ( Cover of the 2002 DVD release of Braveheart. Braveheart is an American motion picture released in 1995 that was very loosely based on the life of William Wallace, a major Scottish hero. Mel Gibson played Wallace and also directed the film. The film won numerous awards including the 1995 Academy... Braveheart)
• Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name of Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955), is a well-known movie actress, comedian, and singer. She was born in New York, New York. After success as a stand up comedian in the San Francisco Bay Area, Goldberg created... Whoopi Goldberg ( Sister Act is a 1992 movie starring the singer Whoopi Goldberg, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Whoopis role was originally written for Bette Midler. Also in the cast are Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes and Harvey Keitel. Whoopi Goldberg plays a singer who witnesses her lover... Sister Act, This article is about the paranormal. For other meanings, see Ghost (disambiguation). Reputed ghost of a monk. Taken in a church in England Ghosts are the supposed apparitions of the dead. A ghost is often thought to be the spirit or soul of a person who has remained on Earth... Ghost, Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 film starring James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, and Alec Baldwin. It focuses on the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. External links Ghosts of Mississippi at the Internet Movie Database Categories: Movie stubs... Ghosts of Mississippi, Hollywood Squares is a American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. The board for the game is actually a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing... Hollywood Squares)
• This article is about the actor Thomas Jeffrey Hanks. See Thomas Hanks for information about the scientist. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. He is well known for... Tom Hanks ( Forrest Gump is the eponymous protagonist of a heavily satirical novel by Winston Groom, and of a 1994 Paramount Pictures film based on the novel. Gump himself was said to have been named after Nathan Bedford Forrest. The film The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and tells the story... Forrest Gump, Film poster for Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg dealing with the World War II Battle of Normandy. The film is particularly notable for the intensity of the scenes in its first twenty minutes or so, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault... Saving Private Ryan, Philadelphia is a 1993 movie written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme. It stars Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas and Mary Steenburgen. Hankss character, Andrew Beckett, is an attorney working for a high-priced law firm in Philadelphia. When he is unable... Philadelphia, Toy Story is a computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation film by Pixar Animation Studios and released by The Walt Disney Company in theaters on November 21, 1995. Followed by Toy Story 2 in 1999, the video Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins in 2000 and the TV series... Toy Story, The Green Mile (1996) is a serial novel by Stephen King, later republished with all six volumes in a trade paperback. More or less as a challenge, Stephen King published this story as a serial in six parts. Just as in Charles Dickens time, the story was crafted while the... The Green Mile)
• A separate article is about composer Antony Hopkins. (At this time it is a stub article; please help if you can.) Sir Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a British-born American actor who was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Margam, near Port Talbot, Wales to Richard and... Anthony Hopkins ( Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in the film version The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the novel and the film based on it, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is sent to question... The Silence of the Lambs, This is about the emperor of ancient Rome. For other things named Titus, please see Titus (disambiguation). Titus Titus Flavius Vespasianus (December 30, CE 39–September 13, 81) ruled the Roman Empire from 79 to 81. Titus was the elder son of the emperor Vespasian and Domitilla. In 61... Titus)
• Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born 15 June 1963) is an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of an acting coach. Hunt co-starred with Paul Reiser in the television sitcom Mad About You, winning Emmy Awards for her performance in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. Hunt... Helen Hunt ( Mad About You is a United States sitcom which appeared on NBC from 1992 to 1999. The popular show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a recently married couple living in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public... Mad About You, Twister may mean: the game Twister the movie Twister a slang word for a tornado a tongue twister, something difficult to pronounce The name of a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. See also: Twistor. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Twister, As Good As It Gets is also a novel by British author Simon Nolan (ISBN 0704381087). As Good As It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cranky writer named Melvin Udall who forms a relationship with a waitress who is a single mother... As Good as It Gets)
• Categories: 1948 births | Cinema actors | American actors | African-American actors | Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee | Actor stubs ... Samuel L. Jackson ( Goodfellas is a 1990 film about the mafia directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, which is itself based on a true story. The film stars Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway, Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, Lorraine Bracco as Hills wife... Goodfellas Pulp fiction is the common name for the kind of fiction originally found in a pulp magazine (but also for similar fiction published elsewhere). Pulp Fiction was a 1994 movie, whose poster parodied a pulp magazine. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Pulp Fiction)
• Nicole Kidman Nicole (Mary) Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Australian actress and singer. Early life Kidman is the daughter of Dr Antony David Kidman, and his wife Janelle Ann (nee Glenny). Her father was a cancer research specialist in Washington, D.C; because of which Nicole was born... Nicole Kidman ( My Life has been frequently used as a title for autobiographies, including that of: Bill Clinton Leon Trotsky It has also been used for: a 1993 film an album by Mary J. Blige a song by John Lennon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... My Life, Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 film directed by Stanley Kubrick (who completed editing the film just before his death) and starring real-life husband and wife (at the time) Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The film was based on the novel Traumnovelle by Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler. The screenplay... Eyes Wide Shut)
• Demi Moore (born November 11, 1962), born Demetria Guynes, is an American actress with a trademark husky voice. Moore as Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter (1995) A friend persuaded Moore to drop out of high school at age 16 to become an actress. Her big break came playing the... Demi Moore ( This article is about the paranormal. For other meanings, see Ghost (disambiguation). Reputed ghost of a monk. Taken in a church in England Ghosts are the supposed apparitions of the dead. A ghost is often thought to be the spirit or soul of a person who has remained on Earth... Ghost, For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. The teasing involves the slowness of undressing, while the audience... Striptease, A Few Good Men is a 1992 drama film which tells the story of military lawyers who encounter a high-level conspiracy while trying to defend their Marine client on a count of murder. It stars Tom Cruise as Lt. Daniel Kaffee, Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep, Demi... A Few Good Men)
• Photo of Michelle Pfeiffer Michelle Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and singer. Born in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer, she has three siblings, an older brother and two younger sisters. In 1981, she married actor Peter Horton, but they later divorced... Michelle Pfeiffer ( The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by Edith Wharton. The work won for her a Pulitzer Prize in fiction that same year. The novel is set in the middle and upper classes of 1870s Old New York. Newland Archer, a lawyer set to enter into a marriage with... The Age of Innocence, Batman Returns is the second Batman movie starring Michael Keaton as Batman. This time Batman has to stop Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, Max Shreck, played by Christopher Walken, and The Penguin, played by Danny DeVito. It was released in 1992, and directed by Tim Burton. The score by Danny... Batman Returns)
• Julia Fiona Roberts (born on October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA) is an Oscar-winning actress. Roberts first caught the attention of moviegoers with her performance in the film Mystic Pizza in 1988. The following year she was featured in Steel Magnolias as a young bride battling diabetes, garnering... Julia Roberts ( Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy motion picture that was one of the top films at the box office in 1990. The winner of the Golden Globe Award and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead performance as Los Angeles streetwalker Viv Ward, actress Julia... Pretty Woman, For the movie of the same name, see Notting_Hill_(movie) For Notting Hill in Melbourne, Australia, see Notting Hill Notting Hill is a district of London located to the west of the centre and close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park. It lies within the Royal Borough of... Notting Hill)
• Quentin Tarantino, playing Mr. Brown in the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs. Here Tarantinos character, Mr. Brown, explains that Madonnas Like a Virgin is all about dick dick dick dick dick dick dick dick dick. Quentin Tarantino (born March 27, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American screenwriter... Quentin Tarantino ( Pulp fiction is the common name for the kind of fiction originally found in a pulp magazine (but also for similar fiction published elsewhere). Pulp Fiction was a 1994 movie, whose poster parodied a pulp magazine. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Pulp Fiction)
• Jerry Seinfeld. Jerome Jerry Seinfeld (Yiddish סײַנפֿעלד), born April 29, 1954, is an American actor, writer and comedian from Brooklyn, New York. Straight from graduation at Queens College, Seinfeld tried out at an open mic night at New Yorks Catch A Rising Star... Jerry Seinfeld ( Seinfeld logo Seinfeld is a television sitcom, considered to be one of the most popular and influential of the 1990s in the U.S., to the point where it is often cited as epitomizing the self-obsessed and ironic culture of the decade. It stars Jerry Seinfeld playing a character... Seinfeld)
• Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is an English actress most famous for her role in the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic. She was born in Reading, Berkshire, England. Her career began on television, with an appearance in an episode of the BBC medical drama Casualty in 1989, followed by... Kate Winslet ( Titanic may refer to: RMS Titanic, the British ocean liner which sank in 1912. Films made by the name of Titanic: Titanic, made in 1943, a German film directed by Werner Klingler and Herbert Selpin. Titanic, made in 1953, directed by Jean Negulesco. Titanic, the 1997 blockbuster, directed by James... Titanic)
• Michael Myers (born May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and motion picture producer. Both his parents are from Liverpool, UK, and Myers carries a UK passport: he has stated that he considers himself to be British. One of Myers first acting jobs was with... Mike Myers (Wayne's World, Saturday Night Live logo (2004 Season) Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night ninety-minute live comedy-variety show which has been broadcasted virtually every Saturday night on the American NBC network since its debut on October 11, 1975. It is one of the longest-running network entertainment... Saturday Night Live)
• Dana Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and comedian from Missoula, Montana. When he was three years old, his family moved to San Carlos, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Carlmont High School, and received his Bachelors degree in communications from San Francisco... Dana Carvey (Wayne's World)
• Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in London), better known as Phil Collins, is a British rock/pop musician. He was the lead drummer for the jazz-fusion group Brand X and progressive rock band Genesis. Phil Collins from his 1984 music video Against All Odds (Take A... Phil Collins
• Harrison Ford as Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor who between 1977 and 1983 appeared in what were then four of the top ten highest-grossing movies ever. In most of his roles, Ford plays a tough, wise-cracking... Harrison Ford (actor)
• Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957) was a Canadian professional wrestler spawned from the famous Hart family of wrestling. He had several monikers; Bret The Hitman Hart, (adopted from boxer Thomas Hearns), the Excellence of Execution, and perhaps the most resounding, The best there is, the best there was... Bret Hart
• Ashley Judd on the cover of Harpers Bazaar Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968 in Granada Hills, California) is an American actress. Her mother and sister are country singers, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd, respectively. Her birth name is Ashley Tyler Ciminella. Her film debut was a small part... Ashley Judd
• Michael Keaton, (born September 9 or September 5, 1951 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Keaton was born in an Irish Catholic family of 7 children. Keatons real name is Michael John Douglas, but he could not use his real last name professionally because the Screen Actors Guild... Michael Keaton
• Shawn Michaels performing his trademark entrance pose with pyros in background Michael Shawn James Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is a professional wrestler better known as Shawn Michaels or the Heartbreak Kid. He currently performs for World Wrestling Entertainment in its RAW brand. Early career Although born... Shawn Michaels
• Liam Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is a Northern Irish actor. He was born William John Neeson in Ballymena, County Antrim, and was a former youth boxing champion. He has made numerous films and a hit single, and has been called the worlds most attractive man. High-profile appearances... Liam Neeson
• Jack Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a highly successful American method actor. He is best known for portraying antagonistic, cynical, neurotic and aggressive characters. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, and has been nominated for an Academy Award a dozen times, winning three of them. He has also... Jack Nicholson
• Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is a blue-eyed, blonde-haired American actress. She was born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut. She specializes in romantic comedies, but has dabbled in other film genres as well. Ryan studied journalism at New York University. She went... Meg Ryan
• Adam Sandler (born September 9, American actor, comedian, producer, and musician who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire. In the late 1980s, Sandler portrayed Smitty on The Cosby Show (1985-1989). He also was a writer for the MTV game show Remote Control, on... Adam Sandler (actor)
• M. Night Shyamalan (born Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, on August 6, 1970) is a screen writer and director. He is best known for the movies The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village Hallmarks of Shyamalans films include unexpected plot twists, realistic treatment of horror or science fiction themes, and... M. Night Shyamalan
• Steve Williams American professional wrestler Steve Williams (wrestler) American professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin American track and field athlete Steve Williams (athlete) British rower Steve Williams (rower) Caddy for Tiger Woods Steve Williams (caddy) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Mira Sorvino (born September 28, 1967) is an Oscar-winning American actress, who has appeared in Romy and Micheles High School Reunion, At First Sight, Blue in the Face, Summer of Sam and Mighty Aphrodite. Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, and is the daughter of veteran actor... Mira Sorvino
• Billy Bob playing in movie Pushing Tin Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955, in Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American actor. He has married five times and his most recent ex-wife is actress Angelina Jolie. He first came to semi-prominence as a cast member on the NBC... Billy Bob Thornton
• Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970), is an American film actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was given a Buddhist upbringing. Her Swedish mother, Nena, was briefly married to Timothy Leary (to whom she was introduced by Salvador Dalí) before marrying Umas father, Robert Thurman, a professor of... Uma Thurman
• A classic high-elevation leg drop by the Undertaker to Heidenreich Mark Calaway (also spelled [incorrectly] as either Callaway or Calloway; born March 24, 1962 in Houston, Texas), better known by his stage name of The Undertaker, is an American professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. He is a four... The Undertaker
• Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 as Walter Bruce Willis) is an American actor. Born at a military base in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, he was raised in Penns Grove, New Jersey and moved to New York to become an actor. He first found fame with his starring role in the... Bruce Willis (the Die Hard is an action film released in 1988. Starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman, and directed by John McTiernan, this film was a smash success that started a subgenre of films unofficially nicknamed Die Hard in a... where a solitary hero fights a deadly cat-and-mouse game against... Die Hard series)
• U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos, vocals, and bass, Adam Clayton on bass and guitar, and Larry Mullen, Jr. on drums. U2 has been one of the most popular rock bands in... U2 ( Achtung Baby is an album by Irish rock band U2, released on November 19, 1991 (see 1991 in music). The album was released two years after lead vocalist Bono announced the band would have to go away and dream it all up again, following the mixed reception of 1989s... Achtung Baby)

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• Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970, Las Vegas, USA) is a American professional tennis player (1986_). As of 2004, he has won over $25 million in prize money and achieved a number 1 ranking on the ATP tour. Agassi at the 1997 US Open Family life Agassi, an ethnic... Andre Agassi (U.S Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a... tennis player)
• Sergey Bubka (Сергій Бубка) (born 14 December 1963 in Voroshilovgrad U.S.S.R., today Luhansk, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian athlete. He is the first pole vaulter to clear 6.1 metres (20 feet). He set the current world record of... Sergey Bubka (Ukrainian This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as Track and Field. Thus, Track and Field redirects here. If you are looking for the American English definition of the word athletics, which is used... track and field athlete)
• Roger Clemens pitching for the Houston Astros in 2004, his first season in the National League William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962 in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed The Rocket, is among the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Clemens spent most of his childhood... Roger Clemens (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
• Linford Christie Linford Christie (born April 2, 1960) is a former British athlete. Born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Christie followed his parents, who had emigrated five years before, to Britain at the age of seven. He did not take up athletics until he was 19. In 1986, he was the... Linford Christie (English This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as Track and Field. Thus, Track and Field redirects here. If you are looking for the American English definition of the word athletics, which is used... track and field athlete)
• Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 - February 18, 2001) was an American NASCAR driver. He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He died in a racing accident in turn four on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Earnhardt grew up in a racing family. His father, Ralph... Dale Earnhardt (U.S. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean motorcycle racing. It is one of the worlds most popular spectator sports and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized. History The Start Auto racing began almost immediately after... racing driver)
• Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969 in Kiln, Mississippi) has been the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers football team in the National Football League since 1992. Favre is considered one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL. Brett Favre Favre played college football at... Brett Favre (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
• Paul Gascoigne (born in Gateshead, England on May 27, 1967) is an English football player, often referred to by his nickname Gazza. His career has included playing for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Middlesbrough and Rangers. He has also played 57 games for England. He is currently on a football... Paul Gascoigne (English The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
• Haile Gebrselassie (born April 18, 1973) is a long distance track and road running athlete born as one of ten children in Assela, Arsi, Ethiopia. He is considered by many to be one of the best distance runners of all time. His prodigious distance running ability may have resulted in... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopian This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as Track and Field. Thus, Track and Field redirects here. If you are looking for the American English definition of the word athletics, which is used... track and field athlete)
• Ryan Joseph Giggs (born 29 November 1973 in Cardiff) is a football player for Manchester United. Originally named Ryan Joseph Wilson, he subsequently adopted his mothers surname. He was born in Wales, but was brought up in England. He played for the England Schoolboys team, but plays for the... Ryan Giggs (Welsh The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
• Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon (top) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. battle for position at the EA Sports 500 in 2004. Jeffrey Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971 in Vallejo, California), a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion, drives the #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. His major sponsors include DuPont and Pepsi. Jeff... Jeff Gordon (U.S. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean motorcycle racing. It is one of the worlds most popular spectator sports and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized. History The Start Auto racing began almost immediately after... racing driver)
• Steffi Graf honored at the WTA. Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969 in Mannheim, Germany) is a former tennis player, considered one of the greatest female players in history. She won 22 Grand Slam titles, 2nd most in history. In 1988, she became the third woman to win the... Steffi Graf (German Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a... tennis player)
• Wayne Gretzky playing for the New York Rangers in 1997 Wayne Douglas Gretzky (born January 26, 1961) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, he is known as The Great One, and considered by many to be the best player of all time. Early years... Wayne Gretzky (Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
• Hicham El Guerrouj (born September 14, 1974) is a world record setting middle distance athlete who has now moved up to compete in long distance events. Next athletics season in 2005 he plans to better Kenenisa Bekeles world record of 12min.37sec in the 5000m. Born in Berkane, Morocco... Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as Track and Field. Thus, Track and Field redirects here. If you are looking for the American English definition of the word athletics, which is used... track and field athlete)
• Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a professional boxer who has earned millions of dollars and made history. He won a bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games after losing a controversial disqualification to New Zealands Kevin Barry. His nickname is The Real Deal. He debuted... Evander Holyfield (U.S. Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see Boxer (disambiguation). In computer science, boxing is a way to wrap primitive types over object types. See object type. Boxer engines for automotive applications redirect to either Flat-4 or Flat-6. 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003... boxer)
• Miguel Induráin (Spanish Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. It involves riding bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, and other human powered vehicles (HPVs). As a sport it is governed internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale in Switzerland (for upright bicycles) and by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association... cyclist)
• Andrew Johns (born 15th May 1974) is an Australian rugby league player. He usually plays halfback, but has played in other positions at times throughout his career. He was born in Cessnock the son of a coal miner and country rugby league player. After playing junior rugby league in Cessnock... Andrew Johns (Australian Rugby league is a team sport, played by teams of 13 players per side (usually plus 4 substitutes). The aim is to carry an oval ball up the field towards the opponents in-goal area. Touching the ball down behind this line scores a try, the main aim of the... Rugby League player)
• Michael Duane Johnson, (born September 13, 1967), is a U.S. former athlete, considered by many to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He holds world records for the 200m (19.32 s), 400m (43.18 s) and 4 x 400 relay (2:54.20, as part of the... Michael Johnson (U.S. This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as Track and Field. Thus, Track and Field redirects here. If you are looking for the American English definition of the word athletics, which is used... track and field athlete)
• This page is about the basketball player. For other Michael Jordans, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former National Basketball Association player, by many accounts the best in history. An unstoppable force at both ends of the floor, Jordan... Michael Jordan (U.S. James Naismiths basic rules. 1895 The free throw line was officially placed 15 feet from the basket. Before this, many gyms had the line 20 feet from the basket. 1896 A field goal or basket was changed from counting as three points to two points. Free throws were changed... basketball player)
• Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969 in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is an outstanding West Indian cricketer. He is a talented left-handed batsman with an exceptional ability to build massive innings. Lara is the world record holder for the highest individual score in both first-class... Brian Lara (Trinidadian A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in... cricketer)
• This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional hockey player. Nicknamed Le Magnifique and Super Mario, his surname literally means the best. He was born on the same day... Mario Lemieux (Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
• Tony Lockett (born in Ballarat on March 9, 1966) is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of Australian Rules Football. He is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career that commenced in 1983 with St Kilda Football... Tony Lockett (Australian Australian rules football (also known as Aussie Rules or Footy) is a game played between two teams of 18 players, generally played on cricket ovals during the winter months. Developed in Melbourne, this football code has become the predominant winter sport in many parts of Australia. General description Football competitions... Australian Rules Football player)
• Jonah Tali Lomu (born May 12, 1975) is a New Zealand rugby union player who has so far played 73 times (63 of these were test matches) as an All Black debuting in 1994. He is generally regarded as the first superstar of rugby unions professional era. Lomu was... Jonah Lomu (New Zealand A Rugby match in the Stade de France Rugby union is a team sport that was (according to legend) developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. Two teams, each of 15 players have the task of outscoring the opposing team. Players clutch an ovoid... rugby union player)
• Mark McGwire hits a home run during his last Major League season in 2001 Mark David McGwire, (born October 1, 1963 in Pomona, California) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1986 through 2001. In his prime, he was perhaps the Babe Ruth of the 1990s. Like Ruth, he... Mark McGwire (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
• Karl Malone (born July 24, 1963 in Summerfield, Louisiana) is a professional basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2003-04 season. Previously, he spent many years as a player for the Utah Jazz. Arguably the greatest power forward ever, he received the NBA... Karl Malone (U.S. James Naismiths basic rules. 1895 The free throw line was officially placed 15 feet from the basket. Before this, many gyms had the line 20 feet from the basket. 1896 A field goal or basket was changed from counting as three points to two points. Free throws were changed... basketball player)
• Mark Douglas John Messier (born January 18, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta) was an Ice Hockey center in the National Hockey League, who spent a quarter of a century in the professional ranks (1979-2004) with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks. He is one of the fiercest... Mark Messier (Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
• Muttiah Muralitharan (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy), also simply referred to as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer specializing in off spin bowling. He has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1992 since making his Test debut against Australia at Colombo in the Australian cricket... Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lankan A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in... cricketer)
• Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1993 Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, American baseball player born in Havre de Grace, Maryland and raised in nearby Aberdeen. He was a shortstop and later third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles who played between 1981 and 2001. He was known as the iron... Cal Ripken Jr. (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
• Patrick Roy playing for the Colorado Avalanche in 1999 Patrick Roy (pronounced wha) (born October 5, 1965, in Quebec City, Quebec) is an ice hockey goaltender, National Hockey Leagues all-time leader in wins and games played. He was born on the same day as Mario Lemieux. Roy started... Patrick Roy (Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
• David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965 in Key West, Florida) is an American former NBA basketball player, who was considered one of the greatest to ever play. A devout born-again Christian, Robinson is also an amateur musician who enjoys playing various instruments at home. His nickname is The... David Robinson (U.S. James Naismiths basic rules. 1895 The free throw line was officially placed 15 feet from the basket. Before this, many gyms had the line 20 feet from the basket. 1896 A field goal or basket was changed from counting as three points to two points. Free throws were changed... basketball player)
• Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971, Washington, DC), is a retired American professional tennis player. He is considered by many to have been the greatest ever to play the game. Biography Sampras was the third son of Greek immigrants, Sam and Georgia Sampras. From an early age, Pete showed signs... Pete Sampras (U.S Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a... tennis player)
• Barry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968) was a running back in the National Football League who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions. He was the seventh of eleven children born to William and Shirley Ann Sanders in Wichita, Kansas. Biography Sanders first attempt at running back... Barry Sanders (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
• Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969) is a German Formula One (F1) driver. He is statistically the most successful F1 driver ever, with the most career victories, and a record seven world driver championships. His nicknames are the red baron and Schumi. As of 2004, he earns an estimated US... Michael Schumacher (German Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean motorcycle racing. It is one of the worlds most popular spectator sports and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized. History The Start Auto racing began almost immediately after... racing driver)
• Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973), originally Monika Seleš, is an accomplished female tennis player and the winner of many tournaments including nine Grand Slam titles. Monica Seles was also the first female power player with her powerful two-fisted shots and her Andre Agassi-like serve return. Seles... Monica Seleš (Yugoslavian Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). It is officially called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis or court tennis), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a... tennis player)
• Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 _ May 1, 1994), better known as Ayrton Senna, was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One world championship three times. His death in 1994 is still mourned by Brazilians and he remains one of the most beloved Formula One personalities... Ayrton Senna (Brazilian Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean motorcycle racing. It is one of the worlds most popular spectator sports and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized. History The Start Auto racing began almost immediately after... racing driver)
• Emmitt Smith Emmitt James Smith III (b. May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American football player. He starred at the University of Florida, and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1990, becoming an integral part of their three Super Bowl championship teams in four years following the... Emmitt Smith (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
• John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is a former NBA player. He played his entire career (1984-2003) with the Utah Jazz. Stockton was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and played college basketball for Gonzaga University in his hometown. He was selected by the Jazz in the first... John Stockton (U.S. James Naismiths basic rules. 1895 The free throw line was officially placed 15 feet from the basket. Before this, many gyms had the line 20 feet from the basket. 1896 A field goal or basket was changed from counting as three points to two points. Free throws were changed... basketball player)
• Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born April 24, 1973) is a living cricket legend and member of the Indian cricket team since 1989. He made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989 at the age of 16. He is widely regarded as one of the best batsmen of all time and possibly... Sachin Tendulkar (Indian A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in... cricketer)
• Alberto Tomba (popularly called Tomba la Bomba) is a retired professional Italian nationality. He was born in Castel de Britti, Bologna, on December 19, 1966 to Marco and Maria Grazia Tomba . He started doing various sports like tennis, soccer, dirt biking and above all skiing. External links Tomba biography page... Alberto Tomba (Italian Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings. Originally used primarily for transportation, skiing evolved into a popular recreational and competitive activity during the 20th century. History Main article: History... skier)
• Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966, New York City, USA) is a professional boxer. His once immense promise and skill in the boxing ring has been hampered by a series of criminal charges. Early years Born in New York City, Tyson is a boxer with a respect and knowledge... Mike Tyson (U.S. Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see Boxer (disambiguation). In computer science, boxing is a way to wrap primitive types over object types. See object type. Boxer engines for automotive applications redirect to either Flat-4 or Flat-6. 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003... boxer)
• Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is best known for holding the record of most Test wickets from 2000, when he broke the... Courtney Walsh (Jamaican A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in... cricketer)
• Shane Keith Warne (born September 13, 1969) is an Australian cricketer, born in Victoria. Shane Warne is regarded by many as the best leg spin bowler ever to play cricket. He currently holds the record for highest number of test wickets. He crossed Muttiah Muralitharans record on 15th October... Shane Warne (Australian A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in... cricketer)
• Stephen Rodger Waugh (born June 2, 1965) was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999-Jan 2004. Making his debut as an all-rounder complementing his batting with aggressive medium pace, Steve came into the Australian ODI and test teams in the summer of 1985-86 (against... Steve Waugh (Australian A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and is popular mainly in... cricketer)
• Tony Hawk (born May 12, 1968 in Carlsbad, California) is often regarded as the most skilled and best-known skateboarder today. He is sometimes compared to Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky for his dominance of the sport. Among the areas he dominates in the sport is the vert ramp. He... Tony Hawk (American Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. They often feature a combination of speed, height, danger and spectacular stunts. Levels of danger vary widely, but there is always an element — an... Extreme sport athlete)

See also

• In the 1990s, music had gone through the rap and house revolution, totally changing the landscape of music. While up to the 1980s, music seemed to get louder and louder, the 1990s music seemed to take a step back in rhythm, going from the aforementioned Rap revolution, to the slower... 1990s music groups

External links

• 90s memories and memorabilia (http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/)