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1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s - 2030s - 2040s - 2050s - 2060s - 2070s - 2080s

Year
1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999

Month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Day
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31

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) — Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retires: President Michael Dukakis appoints Archibald Sessenbrunner.[3]
?
(US) — Daniel Howling Coyote is born "Daniel Coleman" inside a Ute[4] reservation in Nevada.[5]

1992[]

Nov 3
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch defeats incumbent Michael Dukakis and becomes 42nd President.[6][7]

1993[]

Jan 20
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is inaugurated as President.
?
(US) — The first of three Burger-era Supreme Court Justices leaves office.[7]

1994[]

?
(US) — The Supreme Court's Chief Justice Warren E. Burger retires for health reasons:[7] President Jeffrey Lynch appoints Terrence Ordell.[6]
(UK) Future Lord Protector Edward Gordon-Windsor is born.[8]

1995[]

?
(JP) — Kasigi Toda, future Yakuza "Oyabun" of the Yamato-gumi, is born.[9]

1996[]

?
(US) — The Lynch administration begins a massive deregulation program.[10][7]
Nov 3
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is re-elected President.[7]

1997[]

Jul 1
(CN) Control of Hong Kong reverts back to the mainland;[11] Wuxing's CEO Wu Kuan-Lei becomes an outstanding proponent of a free and independent Hong Kong.[12]
?
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is sworn in for his second presidential term.
(US) — Shiawase opens a new metallurgical engineering plant: it draws huge amounts of power from the regional utility grid, skyrocketing Shiawase's energy costs.[13]
(US) — In Chicago, Illinois, the television station KSAF goes on the air.[14]

1998[]

late 1998
(US) — In NYC, NYS, the local branch of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) truckers labor union goes on strike, causing a severe food shortage.[15]
?
(US) — The last of three Burger-era Supreme Court Justices leaves office.[7]
(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 legal action with the Supreme Court.[13]
(CA) — In Quebec Province, separatist advocates are finally elected into government positions.[16]
(UK) — Future King George VIII is born.[17]
(?) — Elven spike baby Maria Cinebal is born.[18]
(?) — The synthetic blood substitute Perfluoro-4-methyl-octahydroquinalidine (P4MO) is developed.[19]

1999[]

Jan 8[20]
(US) — In NYC, against pleas from IBT leadership, rank-and-file members reject the NYS government's final contract offer and continue their strike, triggering city-wide food riots.[15]
Feb 12
(CA) — Their submitted land claim sitting long unprocessed in government halls, the Dene tribe in the Northwest are forced to leave their land, clearing the area for further business development.[20]
Feb 21[20][21]
(US) — During the strike-caused food shortage in NYC, a Seretech Medical Research (STM) truck mistaken for a food transport vehicle is attacked in Staten Island: throughout the night and into dawn, the ensuing riot-turned-firefight-turned-siege of a STM facility in New Jersey claims the lives of twenty Seretech employees and two hundred rioters, with thousands injured on both sides.[15][22][23][24][25]
May 6[20]
(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.[15][26][27][28][29]
Oct 3
(CA) — In Quebec Province, the military launches its third and final assault on the Sovereign Mohawk Nation (SMN) stronghold in Kahnawake: at local dawn, the perimeter is breached; by noon, the fighting is over and the SMN is completely wiped out. In the aftermath, all Mohawks in North America are eventually relocated to a "Protection Center" near Swift Current, Saskatchewan.[30]
Oct 26[20]
(US) — The Supreme Court sets a precedent by issuing its landmark Seretech Decision, which upholds a corporation's right to maintain a private armed force to protect its personnel and property.[15][26][27][28][29]
Nov 6
(AU) — The first referendum regarding whether to become a republic is held: a "no" vote is returned and the monarchy remains.[31]
?
(ID) — Timor-Leste secedes and becomes independent.[32]

  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 o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125, 126
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 o19635559The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America p. 78
  8. o66933837London Sourcebook p. 36
  9. o53846041Spy Games p. 79
  10. o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 126, 127
  11. o40000561Prime Runners p. 68
  12. o58300297Corporate Guide p. 176
  13. 13.0 13.1 o39057206Corporate Shadowfiles p. 18
  14. o82792918Threats p. 48
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 o39057206Corporate Shadowfiles p. 17
  16. o19635559The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America p. 64
  17. o66933837London Sourcebook p. 27
  18. o38715534Shadows of North America p. 147
  19. o46697594Shadowtech p. 93
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 o34954845Sixth World Almanac p. 8
  21. o34954845Sixth World Almanac dates it Apr 12
  22. o10798697Shadowrun p. 12
  23. o90387045Shadowrun Second Edition p. 20, 22
  24. o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 22, 24
  25. o12707240Shadowrun 20th Anniversary p. 24
  26. 26.0 26.1 o10798697Shadowrun p. 13
  27. 27.0 27.1 o90387045Shadowrun Second Edition p. 22
  28. 28.0 28.1 o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 24
  29. 29.0 29.1 o12707240Shadowrun 20th Anniversary p. 24
  30. o82435997Native American Nations Volume One p. 97
  31. o57038227Target: Awakened Lands p. 18
  32. o70096438Shadows of Asia p. 158
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