1989 Year of the Young Reader begins

1990 David Dinkins sworn in as first black mayor of New York City NY

1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ

1990 New York City NY MTA stops token redemption at subway stations

1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV

1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR

1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak

1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes UN Secretary-General

1992 Bush is first US President to address Australian Parliament

1992 Curaçao becomes first in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education

1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers

1992 International Space Year begins

1992 New York City NY transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25

1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone

1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City NY's MTA

1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia

1993 Czechoslovakia splits into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1993 Harry Connick Jr arrested at a New York airport for gun possession

1994 Actor Cesar Romero dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 86.

1994 Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO, marries Marilyn French.

1994 Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant

1994 International Year of Family

1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)

1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect

1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect.

1995 Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union

1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory

1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as President of Brazil

1995 International Year of Tolerance

1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)

1995 Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for first wicket for Delhi

1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin

1996 Curaçao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)

1998 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week

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