▸ the year you arrived
1990
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You will be 36 this year — a child of the '90s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top of your year, by vibe
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Top 10 of 1990
Your stats
Your generation
Millennial
1990 belonged to
Janet Jackson
5 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Picture 1990: the Ninja Turtles on the TV, a pack of Dunkaroos close enough to grab, and just enough time to kill an afternoon wandering the mall.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
📰 Headlines
- Iraq invades Kuwait
- Nelson Mandela freed
- East & West Germany reunify
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Hubble Telescope launched
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Hubble Space Telescope launched
- Windows 3.0 ships
- Sega Genesis goes nationwide
- First web page (Berners-Lee)
- Adobe Photoshop 1.0
🏆 Sports
- Reds sweep the World Series
- Pistons repeat as NBA champs
- 49ers win Super Bowl XXIV
- Buster Douglas KOs Tyson
- Oilers win the Stanley Cup
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Hammer pants
- New Kids on the Block
- Game Boy mania
- Hypercolor shirts
👖 Clothes
- Acid-wash denim
- Neon windbreakers
- Hammer parachute pants
- Hightop fades
- Slap bracelets
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 25¢
- Gas: ~$1.16/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.23
- Median new home: ~$123,000
- Milk: ~$2.78/gal
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
🥤 In the fridge
How well do you remember 1990?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from 1990
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