I was kind of busy during the '90s what with raising kids, buying a house and working. Other than inane and vapid TV programming, Clinton scandals and the AWB what else was there?
A highly controversial presidential election (2000).
The World Wide Web (whatever that is) was launched in 1991.
Coup attempt against Gorbachev.
The 1994 Republican Revolution.
Blackhawk Down.
Rwandan Genocide.
USS Cole bombing.
I could add the European Union being established by the Maastricht Treaty. But if it ends up dying before its 20th birthday, maybe the EU is not that significant a story, after all.