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1990[]

Oct 3
(DE) — The Federal Republic (West) and the Democratic Republic (East) are reunited, with Berlin becoming the federal capital.
?
(JP) — Renraku Computer Systems founder Inazo Aneki is born[1] in Chiba.[2]

1991[]

Oct 1
(US) — Associate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retires: President Michael Dukakis appoints Archibald Sessenbrunner.[3]
?
(US) — Daniel Coleman, future Ghost Dance prophet Daniel Howling Coyote, is born inside a Ute[4] Native American reservation in Nevada.[5]

1992[]

Nov
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is elected 42nd President.[6][7][8]

1993[]

Jan
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is inaugurated as President.[6]
?
(US) — The first of three Associate (Burger) Supreme Court Justices leaves office.[6]

1994[]

?
(US) — Chief Supreme Court Justice Warren E. Burger retires for health reasons:[6] President Jeffrey Lynch appoints Terrence Ordell.[7]
(UK) — Future Lord Protector Edward Gordon-Windsor is born.[9]

1995[]

?
(JP) — Kasigi Toda, future Yakuza "Oyabun" of the Yamato-gumi, is born.[10]

1996[]

?
(US) — The Lynch administration initiates[11] a wave of deregulation: the President oversees massive budget cuts to the defense establishment and social service programs, as well as the privatization of several federal agencies and public services.[6][12]
Nov
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is re-elected President.[6]

1997[]

Jan
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is sworn in for his second presidential term.
Jul 1
(CN) Control of the Hong Kong territory reverts back to the mainland;[13] Wuxing's CEO Wu Kuan-Lei becomes an outstanding proponent of a free and independent Hong Kong region.[14]
?
(US) — Shiawase opens a new metallurgical engineering plant: it draws huge amounts of power from the regional utility grid, skyrocketing Shiawase's energy costs.[15]
(US) — In Chicago, Illinois, the television station WSAF[16] (future KSAF) goes on the air.[17]

1998[]

late 1998
(US) — The NYC branch of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) truckers labor union goes on strike, causing a severe food shortage.[18][6]
?
(US) — The last of three Associate (Burger) Supreme Court Justices leaves office.[6]
(US) — Shiawase approaches the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and demands the right to set up a private nuclear plant to bypass the regional utility grid; the NRC refuses permission: Shiawase challenges its decision via lawsuit with the Supreme Court.[15]
(CA) — In Québec Province, separatist advocates are finally elected into government positions.[19]
(UK) — Future King George VIII is born.[20]
(?) — Elven spike baby Maria Cinebal is born.[21]
(?) — The synthetic blood substitute Perfluoro-4-methyl-octahydroquinalidine (P4MO) is developed.[22]

1999[]

Jan 8[23]
(US) — Against pleas from union leadership, rank-and-file IBT members in NYC reject the NYS government's final contract offer and continue their strike, triggering city-wide food riots.[18][6]
Feb 12[23]
(CA) — Their submitted land claim long left unsettled and eventually disallowed,[24] the Dene tribe in the Northwest are forced to leave their land, clearing the area for further business development.
Feb 21[25]
(US) — During the strike-caused food shortage in NYC, a Seretech Medical Research (SMR) truck - mistaken for a food transport vehicle - is attacked[23] in Staten Island: throughout the night and into dawn, the ensuing riot-turned-firefight-turned-siege of a SMR facility in New Jersey[18] claims the lives of twenty Seretech employees and two hundred rioters, with thousands injured on both sides.[26][27][28][29]
May 6[23]
(US) — In the aftermath of the NYC riots, state and federal governments sue Seretech for criminal negligence tied to its security forces' actions: The United States vs. Seretech Corporation results in a conviction, which Seretech's lawyers immediately appeal.[18][30][31][32][29]
Oct 3
(CA) — In Québec Province, the military launches its third and final assault on the Sovereign Mohawk Nation (SMN) stronghold in the tribe's Kahnawake reservation: at local dawn, the perimeter is breached; by noon, the fighting is over and the SMN is completely wiped out. In the aftermath, all Canadian - and, in an unprecedented and unexpected move, United States - Mohawks are relocated to a "Protection Center" near Swift Current, Saskatchewan.[33][34]
Oct 25
(ID) — Timor-Leste secedes and becomes independent.[35]
Oct 26[23]
(US) — The Supreme Court hands down its landmark Seretech Decision in the corporation's favor; the ruling upholds Seretech's - and by extension, all corporations' - right to maintain a private armed force to protect both its personnel and its property.[18][36][30][31][37][32][29]
Nov 6
(AU) — The first referendum regarding whether to become a republic is held: a "no" vote is returned and the monarchy remains.[38]
?
(?) — Elven spike baby James Telestrian III is born.[39]
(?) — JackPoint creator "FastJack" is born.[40][41][29]
  1. ↑ o75194104Brainscan p. 135, 147
  2. ↑ o07914318Corporate Enclaves p. 83
  3. ↑ o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 126
  4. ↑ o82435997Native American Nations Volume One p. 120
  5. ↑ o23681902The Grimoire: 15th Edition, 2053 p. 13
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 o19635559The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America p. 78
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125, 126
  8. ↑ o66078292Conspiracy Theories (p. 126, 152) mentions a "President O'Neill" between Dukakis and Lynch
  9. ↑ o66933837London Sourcebook p. 36
  10. ↑ o53846041Spy Games p. 79
  11. ↑ o66078292Conspiracy Theories (p. 125) dates it 1992
  12. ↑ o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125, 126, 127
  13. ↑ o40000561Prime Runners p. 68
  14. ↑ o58300297Corporate Guide p. 176
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 o39057206Corporate Shadowfiles p. 18
  16. ↑ o82792918Threats p. 46
  17. ↑ o82792918Threats p. 48
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 o39057206Corporate Shadowfiles p. 17
  19. ↑ o19635559The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America p. 64
  20. ↑ o66933837London Sourcebook p. 27
  21. ↑ o38715534Shadows of North America p. 147
  22. ↑ o46697594Shadowtech p. 93
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 o34954845Sixth World Almanac p. 8
  24. ↑ o57446066Native American Nations Volume Two p. 74
  25. ↑ o34954845Sixth World Almanac (p. 8) dates it Apr 12
  26. ↑ o10798697Shadowrun First Edition p. 12
  27. ↑ o90387045Shadowrun Second Edition p. 20, 22
  28. ↑ o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 22, 24
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 o12707240Shadowrun 20th Anniversary p. 24
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 o10798697Shadowrun First Edition p. 13
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 o90387045Shadowrun Second Edition p. 22
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 24
  33. ↑ o82435997Native American Nations Volume One p. 97
  34. ↑ o57446066Native American Nations Volume Two p. 63
  35. ↑ o70096438Shadows of Asia p. 158
  36. ↑ o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125
  37. ↑ o35702881Shadowrun Third Edition p. 22
  38. ↑ o57038227Target: Awakened Lands p. 18
  39. ↑ ?Lone Wolf p. 171
  40. ↑ o26531536Denver: The City of Shadows p. 74
  41. ↑ o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 22
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