1999 CE

The Columbine High School massacre makes international headlines for being one of the deadliest school shootings in United States history; the Second Chechen War begins; concern grows over the Year 2000 problem; the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia escalates the Kosovo War; the Vargas tragedy devastates Venezuela; the 1999 Russian apartment bombings trigger a security crisis; the Kargil War erupts between India and Pakistan; the 1999 Martha's Vineyard plane crash kills John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and Pokémania sparks a global craze for Pokemon.

In the 1990s, the 20th century.