1993

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s

Years: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 - 1993 - 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

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Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003)

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Births

Deaths

• February 11 - George A Stephen, inventor .
• February 11 - Joy Garrett, actress.
• February 11 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast.
• June 26 - William H. Riker, political scientist
• July 31 - Baudouin I, fifth king of Belgium
• October 31 - Federico Fellini, italian film director
• December 4 - Frank Zappa, American rock musician

Events

• February 11 - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
• February 11 - Irina Privalova runs a world indoor record over 60 meters.
• February 11 - Janet Reno is selected by President Clinton as US Attorney General.
• February 26 - World Trade Center bombed by terrorists.
• May 24 - Eritrean independence.
• Bill Clinton succeeds George Bush as President of the United States of America.
• The second World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago

Sport

• January 31 - Super Bowl XXVII Dallas Cowboys (52) def. Buffalo Bills (17)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Russell A. Hulse, Joseph H. Taylor Jr.
• Chemistry - Kary B. Mullis, Michael Smith
• Medicine - Richard J. Roberts, Phillip A Sharp
• Literature - Toni Morrison
• Peace - Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk
• Economics - Robert Fogel, Douglas North