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Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s? 2020s? 2030s? 2040s?

Years: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 - 1996 - 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

International Year for the Eradication of Poverty

Births

Deaths

February 11 - [Amelia Rosselli]?, poet.
February 11 - [Bob Shaw]?, science fiction writer.
February 11 - [Cyril Poole]?, English cricket player.
February 11 - [Kebby Musokotwane]?, prime minister of Zambia (1985-1989).
February 11 - [Phil Regan]?, actor.
December 20 - Carl Sagan - US astronomer
May 31 - Paul Peter Piech, artist
Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of science

Events

ID Software releases the first person shooter computer game, Quake
Martina Hingis youngest person in history (age 16) to win at Wimbledon?([Ladies Doubles]? event)
Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta? Georgia, USA
May 23 - Swede [[Göran Kropp]] reaches Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen after having bicycled there from Sweden.

Sport

January 28 - Super Bowl XXX Dallas Cowboys (27) def. Pittsburgh Steelers (17)

Nobel Prizes

Physics - [David M. Lee]?, - [Douglas D. Osheroff]?, [Robert C. Richardson]?
Chemistry - Robert Curl, [Sir Harold Kroto]?, Richard Smalley
Medicine - [Peter C Doherty]?, [Rolf M Zinkernagel]?
Literature - Wislawa Szymborska
Peace - [Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo]? and [Jose Ramos-Horta]?
Economics - [James Mirrlees]?, [William Vickrey]?