Y: More Events That Shaped the Millennial Generation

1990
• Dr. Jack Kevorkian assists his first patient in death
• Hubble Space Telescope launched
• Clean Air Act passed
• MPAA new movie rating NC-17
• Operation Desert Storm/ Persian Gulf War begins

1991
• Jeffery Dahmer arrested for the murder of 16 people
• Video of Rodney King being beaten by 4 white police officers makes national headlines
• Rajiv Gandhi assassinated (former Indian Prime Minister)
• Diana and Charles separate
• Magic Johnson diagnosed with AIDS/HIV

1992
• Riots in South Central L.A. after the police officers in the Rodney King beating were found not guilty
• President Clinton elected
• Largest mall in the US opens (Mall of America in Minnesota)
• Birth of “reality TV” with MTV’s The Real World
• Hurricane Andrew strikes Homestead, FL (14 killed and 250,000 homeless)
• Johnny Carson leaves The Tonight Show
• Mike Tyson found guilty of rape
• Nicoderm, 1st nicotine transdermal patch to stop smoking, introduced

1993
• Death of at least 77 Branch Davidian cult member in Waco, Texas after government seige on their building (David Koresh leader)
• World Trade Center explosion
• Michael Jordon retires from basketball to play baseball
• Lorena Bobbitt trial for domestic dispute with her husband
• Last episode of Cheers airs