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Encyclopedia Britannica: Tiger Woods
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Tiger Woods, an American golfer who enjoyed one of the greatest amateur careers in the history of the game and became a dominant player on the professional circuit in the late 1990s. In...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Nelson Mandela
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History features Nelson Mandela, a black nationalist and first black president of South Africa (1994-99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Ru Paul
Learn about RuPaul, the American entertainer who carved out an idiosyncratic place in popular culture as perhaps the most famous drag queen in the United States in the 1990s and early 21st century.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Snoop Dogg
Learn about the life of American rapper and songwriter, Snoop Dogg, who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s and was for many the epitome of West Coast hip-hop culture.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Usher
Learn about the life and career of Usher, the American musician whose smooth vocals and sensual ballads helped establish him as a rhythm-and-blues superstar beginning in the late 1990s.
Digital History
Digital History: Entering a New Century
As the U.S. approached the new century, it was an appropriate time to reflect on the accomplishments and failures of the 1900s both within the country and internationally.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Family Tree, Carlos Salinas
A brief biography about former Mexican leader Carlos Salinas discusses his unpopularity in Mexico. Links to other related sites are also provided.
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Brief overview from Geographia.com of the history of Venezuela from the Indians to the early 1990s. Gives general facts and dates related to historical figures and events.
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Venezuela Plaza Bolivar
Brief overview from Geographia.com of the history of Venezuela from the Indians to the early 1990s. Gives general facts and dates related to historical figures and events.
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Brief overview from Geographia.com of the history of Venezuela from the Indians to the early 1990s. Gives general facts and dates related to historical figures and events.
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Russia 1990
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Piskarovskoe Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Piskarovskoe Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Piskarovskoe Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Piskarovskoe Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Piskarovskoe Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Piskarovskoe Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad
1990s small collection of photos that include battlefield areas, gravesite markers, and memorials of the 900 day seige of Leningrad during WWII.
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Unesco: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Charlotte Davis (1924 2005)
Charlotte Davis (later Charlotte Davis Mooers) worked with information retrieval and programming language research from World War II through the early 1990s
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Millford Plantation
A monumental 2-story Greek Revival mansion built in 1839 and meticulously restored in the early 1990s.
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The Massed
An in-depth view of Pat Oliphant's career in editorial cartooning. There are many good images of political satire about issues from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Pat Oliphant: The
An in-depth view of Pat Oliphant's career in editorial cartooning. There are many good images of political satire about issues from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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Khan Academy: The Gulf War
The United States led a UN coalition to free Kuwait from Iraq in 1991. Learn about events leading up to the war and the far-reaching consequences of this action. Included is a summary, questions for analysis, references for further...
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Khan Academy: The Presidency of Bill Clinton
The presidency of Bil Clinton was marked by great success and also a scandal leading to impeachment. Understand the logistics of his presidency by reading the following summary, answering critical thinking questions, using the...