The 90s (TRIH ep 23)
1994 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss how historians should treat recent history while taking the 1990s as their focus. They debate when a period becomes "history," the effects of proximity on perspective, and contrast nostalgic, upbeat memories (Britpop, club culture, rising tech) with darker global events (Rwanda, the breakup of Yugoslavia, Russia’s post-Soviet collapse).
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1994
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)