1990s

The son of the famous president died in the 1999 accident, along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister Lauren Bessette.

In the 1990s, hysteria over Ty Inc's $5 plush toys fed a wave of theft, fraud and market manipulation. Values soared—then plummeted.

In 1997, 39 members of a religious sect were found dead by suicide inside a San Diego mansion. Why did they do it?

The attack by a group of Islamic fundamentalists announced the growing threat of terrorism on US soil.

Speculation fueled theories that a terrorist act had caused the crash that killed the 230 on board, but an investigation later concluded it was a tragic mechanical error.

The 1990 protest demonstrated the barriers that inaccessible buildings create for people with disabilities.

In the 1990s, eight adventurers spent two years separated from the rest of the world inside a futuristic greenhouse meant to mimic a spaceship—on Earth.

Born in the ashes of World War II, the currency used by 19 European countries went into effect on January 1, 1999.

Newt Gingrich was offended that Clinton hadn't talked to him on Air Force One.

A strategy to give congressional campaigns a unified, national message under the "Contract With America" led to a Republican sweep.

On April 2, 1993, the stock price of Phillip Morris dropped a whopping 26 percent, the largest price drop of any company―until Facebook's July 2018 tumble.

Remember when a little-known web blog helped blow up a presidency? And a music-streaming service called Napster wreaked havoc in the recording industry?

Timothy McVeigh developed his suspicion of government authority at a young age—but two pivotal events pushed him over the edge.

The Branch Davidians fell from public view after the disastrous raid of their compound, but they maintained a presence in Waco, Texas—and around the world.

Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign placed welfare reform at its center, claiming that his proposal would “end welfare as we have come to know it.”

When a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, it was the biggest terror attack in U.S. history—and launched the F.B.I.'s largest-ever manhunt.

What really happened during the 1993 siege between the government and mysterious cult leader David Koresh may never be known. But intriguing clues remain.

When Michael Isikoff broke the story of Ken Starr's investigation into the Lewinsky affair 20 years ago, he had no idea how much it would change the presidency and the country.

Ruby Ridge was the location of a violent 11-day standoff between an Idaho family and federal agents in 1992 that sparked the modern American militia movement.

The Monica Lewinsky scandal in the late 1990s involved President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern in her early 20s. In 1995, the two began a sexual relationship that continued sporadically until 1997. The impeachment of Bill Clinton was initiated in December 1998 by the House of Representatives for charges of lying under oath and obstructing justice.

The Waco Siege was a 51-day standoff between federal agents and members of a millennial Christian sect called the Branch Davidians at a Texas compound in 1993.

The Los Angeles riots erupted across the southern California city in spring 1992 after four LAPD officers were acquitted of assaulting motorist Rodney King.

The 1990s were a decade marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the emerging popularity of grunge music and the rapid rise of the World Wide Web.

The man who gave the world "Generation X" looks back at the oft-maligned 1990s.

Find out what happened to the key players in the siege of the Branch Davidian cult compound on February 28, 1993.

The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, carried out by Timothy McVeigh, killed 168 people and left hundreds more injured.

Columbine was a major school shooting on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnian Serb forces targeted Bosniak Muslims and Croatian civilians in attacks that killed 100,000 people over three years.