Year (''' MCMXCIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian Calendar ).
The year 1993 marked the ''Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003)''.
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- January 7 - The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
- January 9 - Jean-Claude Romand kills his family and tries to burn himself inside his home in France .
- January 14 - The Polish Ferry '' Jan Heweliusz '' sinks off the coast of Rügen in the Baltic Sea , killing 54 people.
- January 15 - Salvatore Riina , the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Palermo , Sicily after 23 years as a fugitive.
- January 18 - For the first time, Martin Luther King Day is officially observed in all 50 U.S. states.
- January 19 - IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992 , the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.
- refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait , and the northern Iraqi No-fly Zones . U.S. forces fire approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program. Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights.
- January 20 - Bill Clinton succeeds George H.W. Bush as the 42nd President Of The United States Of America .
- January 25 - Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills 2 employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia .
- January 26 - Václav Havel is elected President of the Czech Republic .
- January 31 - The Buffalo Bills become the first team to lose 3 consecutive Super Bowl s as they are defeated by the Dallas Cowboys , 52-17, in Super Bowl XXVII .
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- February 5 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Family And Medical Leave Act .
- February 8 - General Motors sues NBC , after '' Dateline NBC '' allegedly rigged 2 crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day.
- February 11 - Janet Reno is selected by President Clinton as U.S. Attorney General.
- February 12 - James Bulger , 2, disappears from the Strand Shopping Centre in Liverpool – his body is found on a disused railway in Liverpool two days later.
- February 17 - A ferry sinks in Haiti , killing approximately 1,215 out of 1,500 passengers.
- February 22 - Two 11-year-old boys are charged with the murder of Jamie Bulger .
- February 23 - Actor Gary Coleman wins a $1,280,000 Lawsuit against his parents.
- February 24 - Yukihiro Matsumoto creates the Ruby Programming Language .
- , a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
- February 28 - Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas , with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and 5 Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.
- April - The Kuwait i government claims to uncover an Iraq i assassination plot against former U.S. President George H.W. Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait. Two Iraqi nationals, caught with smuggled Hashish and alcohol inside Kuwait, confess to driving a car-bomb into Kuwait on behalf of the Iraqi Intelligence Service .
- April 6 - A Nuclear Accident occurs at Tomsk 7 in Russia .
- April 6 -The '' HMS Richmond '' is launched by the Royal Navy .
- April 7 - The attack submarine '' Ex-Queenfish '' is recycled as part of the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program .
- April 10 - ANC activist Chris Hani is assassinated in South Africa .
- April 19 - A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco , Texas , ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including David Koresh .
- April 22 - In Washington, DC , the Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated.
- April 22 - 18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence is stabbed to death in London , England ; the attack is believed to have been racially motivated.
- April 22 - The Web Browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.
- April 23 - The WHO declares Tuberculosis a Global Emergency.
- April 27 - All members of the Zambia National Football Team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar , Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Match against Senegal (the most tragic incident to date in African football history).
- April 30 - The World Wide Web is born at CERN .
- April 30 - Tennis star Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by an obsessed fan of rival Steffi Graf at a tournament in Hamburg , Germany .
- April 30 - Virgin Radio (then Virgin 1215) launches in the UK at 12:15 pm
- June 5 - 24 Pakistan i troops in the UN Forces are killed in Mogadishu , Somalia
- June 6 - Mongolia holds its first direct presidential Election s.
- June 8 - In Paris , Christian Didier breaks into the home of Rene Bousquet, banker and former Vichy France administrator, and shoots him dead.
- June 9 - The Los Angeles Police Department raids the home of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss .
- June 9 - The Montreal Canadiens win their 24th (and most recent) Stanley Cup .
- June 11 - Jurassic Park , which now ranks 12th all-time among highest grossing films in Box Office history, debuted into theaters.
- June 14 - Mulitpartyists win a referendum on the future of the one-party system in Malawi .
- June 14 - Tansu Çiller becomes Prime Minister Of Turkey .
- June 18 - Iraq Disarmament Crisis : Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM weapons inspectors to install remote-controlled monitoring cameras at 2 missile engine test stands.
- June 20 - Japanese Earthquake: A 7.5 earthquake hits Japan, killing 385 people.
- June 20 - John Paxson 's three-point shot in Game 6 of the NBA Finals helps the Chicago Bulls secure a 99-98 win over the Phoenix Suns , and their third consecutive championship.
- June 22 - Japan 's New Party Sakigake breaks away from the Liberal Democratic Party .
- June 22 - A Unabomber bomb injures Charles Epstein in Tiburon, California .
- June 23 - In Manassas, Virginia , Lorena Bobbitt cuts off the Penis of her husband John Wayne Bobbitt .
- June 24 - A Unabomber bomb injures computer scientist David Gelernter at Yale University .
- June 24 - Andrew Wiles wins worldwide fame after presenting his solution for Fermat's Last Theorem , a problem that has been unsolved for more than 3 centuries.
- June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes the 19th and first female Prime Minister Of Canada .
- June 25 - Litas currency is introduced in Lithuania .
- June 27 - U.S. President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraq i intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad , in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April.
- June 27 - In Bad Kleinen, Germany , GSG 9 troopers arrest terrorists Birgit Hogefeld and Wolfgang Grams .
- July 5 - Iraq Disarmament Crisis : UN inspection teams leave Iraq. Iraq then agrees to UNSCOM demands and the inspection teams return.
- July 12 - A Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake off Hokkaidō , Japan launches a devastating Tsunami , killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri, Hokkaido .
- July 19 - U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his ' Don't Ask, Don't Tell ' policy regarding gays in the American military.
- July 20 - White House deputy counsel Vince Foster commits suicide in Virginia.
- ian police officers kill 8 street kids in Rio De Janeiro .
- July 23 - James Jordan , father of basketball superstar Michael Jordan , is murdered in Lumberton , North Carolina .
- July 26 - Asiana Air Flight 733 crashes into Mt. Ungeo in Haenam , South Korea killing 68.
- July 27 - Windows NT 3.1 , the first version of Microsoft 's line of Windows NT operating systems, is released to manufacturing.
- July 29 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
leader Yasir Arafat and Israel i prime minister Yitzhak Rabin , with US President, Bill Clinton .]]
- November 9 - Bosnian Croat forces destroy the '' Stari Most '', or Old Bridge of Mostar , Bosnia And Herzegovina , by tank fire.
- November 11 - Microsoft releases Windows 3.11 for Workgroups to manufacturing.
- November 17 - A teacher and 10 children, all from Hagley RC High School near Birmingham , are killed in A Minibus Crash On The M40 in Warwickshire .
- November 18 - In South Africa , 21 political parties approve a new Constitution .
- Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his dealings with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating .
- November 20 - An Avioimpex Yak 42D crashes into Mount Trojani near Ohrid , Macedonia . The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva , Switzerland to Skopje , but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport. All 8 crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers are killed.
- November 24 - In the United Kingdom , 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the Child Murder of 2-year-old James Bulger of Liverpool .
- November 28 - '' The Observer '' reveals a channel of communications has existed between the IRA and the British Government , despite the government's persistent denials.
- November 30 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
The following are references to year 1993 in fiction:
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- May 10 - Mirai Shida , Japanese actress
- May 13 - Alexander Montagu, Viscount Mandeville , British noble
- May 13 - William Michael Morgan , American singer
- May 14 - Miranda Cosgrove , American actress
- May 24 - Oliver Davis , American actor
- May 25 - The Dilley Sextuplets
- June 7 - Jordan Fry , American actor
- June 9 - Danielle Chuchran , American actress
- June 10 - Hugh Alexander Carnegie , British noble
- June 13 - Irvin Museng , Indonesian footballer
- June 25 - Barney Clark , British actor
- July 9 - Emily Hirst , Canadian actress
- July 26 - Taylor Momsen , American actress
- July 28 - Hannah Lochner , Canadian actress
- July 29 - Ang Ching Hui , Singaporean actress
- July 31 - Christian Byers , Australian actor
- August 2 - Ryan And Kyle Pepi , American twin actors
- August 2 - Hannah Midgley , British actress
- August 3 - Yurina Kumai , Japanese singer and actress
- August 5 - Suzuka Ohgo , Japanese child actress
- August 7 - Francesca Fisher-Eastwood , American actress
- August 11 - Alyson Stoner , American actress and dancer
- August 12 - Imani Hakim , American actress
- August 12 - Ewa Farna , Polish singer
- August 16 - Cameron Monaghan , American actor
- August 20 - Brianna And Brittany McConnell , American twin actors
- August 26 - Keke Palmer , American actress and singer
- September 1 - Ilona Mitrecey , French singer
- September 3 - Rina Koike , Japanese actress
- September 5 - Gage Golightly , American actress
- September 9 - Charlie Stewart , American actor
- September 12 - Jacob And Zachary Handy , American twin actors
- September 22 - Chase Ellison , American actor
- September 23 - Zach Tyler Eisen , American actor
- October 2 - Tara Lynne Barr , American actress
- October 8 - Angus T. Jones , American actor
- October 14 - Bryan Breeding , American singer
- October 25 - Tori Thompson , American singer and actress
- October 28 - Elliot John Crosby , English tenpin bowler
- October 30 - Brett Kelly , Canadian actor
- November 9 - Maya Ritter , Canadian actress
- November 15 - Saaya Irie , Japanese model, actress and singer
- December 3 - Gian Barbarona , Filipino singer
- December 6 - Elián González , Cuban refugee
- December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb , American actress
- December 10 - Rachel Trachtenburg , American musician
- December 15 - Matthew Koon , English stage actor
- December 20 - Yuna Nishimura , Japanese actor
- December 22 - Aliana Lohan , American actress and singer
- December 22 - Mark Klein , American singer and member of The Boogie Kings
- January 3 - Sean Devereux , English Salesian missionary and aid worker (b. 1965 )
- January 6 - Dizzy Gillespie , American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (b. 1917 )
- January 13 - Hugh Walters , British juvenile science fiction author (b. 1910 )
- January 16 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson , Icelandian Strongman
- January 20 - Audrey Hepburn , Belgian actress (b. 1929 )
- January 27 - André The Giant , French professional wrestler (b. 1946 ), real name: André René Roussimoff
- February 5 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz , American writer, producer, and director (b. 1909 )
- February 5 - Tip Tipping , American actor and stuntman (parachuting accident) (b. 1958 )
- February 6 - Arthur Ashe , American tennis player and activist (b. 1943 )
- February 11 - Robert W. Holley , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1922 )
- February 12 - James Bulger , Kidnapped British boy (b. 1990 )
- February 18 - Jacqueline Hill , British actress (b. 1929 )
- February 18 - Kerry Von Erich , American professional wrestler (suicide) (b. 1960 )
- February 20 - Ferruccio Lamborghini , Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1916 )
- February 24 - Bobby Moore , English footballer (b. 1941 )
- February 27 - Lillian Gish , American actress (b. 1893 )
- February 28 - Ruby Keeler , Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1910 )
- March 8 - Billy Eckstine , American musician (b. 1914 )
- March 11 - Dino Bravo , Italian-born professional wrestler (b. 1949 ), real name: Adolfo Bresciano
- March 17 - Helen Hayes , American actress (b. 1900 )
- March 20 - Polykarp Kusch , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )
- March 24 - John Hersey , American author (b. 1914 )
- March 31 - Brandon Lee , American actor (b. 1965 )
- April 1 - Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (b. 1954 )
- April 3 - Pinky Lee , American children's television host (b. 1907 )
- April 5 - Divya Bharti , Indian actress (b. 1974 )
- April 8 - Marian Anderson , American contralto (b. 1897 )
- April 13 - Wallace Stegner , American writer (car accident) (b. 1909 )
- April 15 - Robert Westall , British author (b. 1929 )
- April 17 - Turgut Özal , Turkish president and prime minister (b. 1927 )
- April 30 - Tommy Caton , English footballer (b. 1962 )
- May 1 - Pierre Bérégovoy , Prime Minister Of France (b. 1925 )
- May 8 - Avram Davidson , American writer (b. 1923 )
- May 14 - Patrick Haemers , Belgian criminal (b. 1953 )
- May 27 - Werner Stocker , German actor (b. 1955 )
- June 5 - Conway Twitty , country music singer (b. 1933 )
- June 7 - Drazen Petrovic , Croatian basketball player (b. 1964 )
- June 9 - Alexis Smith , Canadian actress (b. 1921 )
- June 10 - Les Dawson , British comedian (b. 1931 )
- June 13 - Deke Slayton , astronaut (b. 1924 )
- June 15 - John Connally , Governor of Texas (b. 1917 )
- June 15 - James Hunt , Former British racing driver and Commentator in Formula One - Heart Attack . (b. 1947 )
- June 19 - William Golding , English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )
- June 22 - Patricia Nixon , First Lady Of The United States (b. 1912 )
- June 24 - Archie Williams , American athlete (b. 1915 )
- June 26 - William H. Riker , American political scientist (b. 1920 )
- June 28 - G.G. Allin , American singer and bandleader (b. 1956 )
- June 28 - Boris Christoff , Bulgarian bass (b. 1914 )
- June 29 - Héctor Lavoe , Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946 )
- June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland , American actor (b. 1928 )
- July 2 - Fred Gwynne , American actor and comedian, mostly known as Herman Munster from The Munsters (b. 1926 )
- July 3 - Don Drysdale , baseball player (b. 1936 )
- July 3 - Curly Joe DeRita , American comedian (b. 1909 )
- July 13 - Davey Allison , American race car driver (helicopter crash) (b. 1961 )
- July 23 - James Jordan , father of basketball star Michael Jordan (b. 1936 )
- July 28 - Reggie Lewis , American basketball player (heart ailment) (b. 1965 )
- July 31 - Baudouin I , King of Belgium (b. 1930 )
- August 6 - Tex Hughson , baseball player (b. 1916 )
- August 10 - Øystein Aarseth , Norwegian musician ( Mayhem ) (b. 1968 )
- August 20 - Bernard Delfgaauw , Dutch philosopher (b. 1912 )
- September 4 - Hervé Villechaize , French-born actor (b. 1943 )
- September 9 - Helen O'Connell , American singer (b. 1920 )
- September 11 - Erich Leinsdorf , Austrian conductor (b. 1912 )
- September 22 - Maurice Abravanel , Greek-born conductor (b. 1903 )
- September 24 - Ian Stuart Donaldson , British musician (b. 1957 )
- September 27 - Jimmy Doolittle , American general (b. 1896 )
- October 5 - Jim Holton , Scottish footballer (b. 1951 )
- October 11 - Jess Thomas , American tenor (b. 1927 )
- October 12 - Tofik Bakhramov , Russian footballer (b. 1926 )
- October 17 - Criss Oliva , American lead guitarist of Savatage (b. 1964 )
- October 25 - Danny Chan , Hong Kong singer (b. 1958 )
- October 25 - Vincent Price , American actor (b. 1911 )
- October 31 - Federico Fellini , Italian film director (b. 1911 )
- October 31 - River Phoenix , American actor (drug overdose) (b. 1970 )
- November 1 - Severo Ochoa , Spanish–born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1905 )
- November 6 - Michael Vernon , Australian consumer activist (b. 1932 )
- November 12 - H. R. Haldeman , American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1926 )
- November 21 - Bill Bixby , American actor (b. 1934 )
- November 22 - Anthony Burgess , English author (b. 1917 )
- December 1 - Ray Gillen , American singer (b. 1959 )
- December 2 - Pablo Escobar , Colombian drug lord (b. 1940 )
- December 3 - Lewis Thomas , American physician and essayist (b. 1913 )
- December 4 - Frank Zappa , American guitarist and composer (b. 1940 )
- December 5 - Doug Hopkins , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1961 )
- December 7 - Wolfgang Paul , German physicist, Noble Prize laureate (b. 1913 )
- December 7 - Felix Houphouet-Boigny , Cote D'Ivoire president.
- December 9 - Danny Blanchflower , Irish footballer and football manager (b. 1926 )
- December 13 - Vanessa Duriès , French novelist (car crash) (b. 1972 )
- December 29 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan , Soviet Armenian actor (b. 1930 )
- December 31 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia , first President Of Georgia (b. 1939 )
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