1993 in the United States

Summary

Events from the year 1993 in the United States.

1993
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also:

Incumbents edit

Federal government edit

Events edit

January edit

 
January 20: Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd U.S. president
 
January 20: Al Gore becomes the 45th U.S. vice president

February edit

 
February 26: World Trade Center bombing

March edit

April edit

 
April 19: The Waco Siege ends with a deadly fire
 
April – October: The Great Flood of 1993

May edit

  • May 1 – An outbreak of a respiratory illness later identified as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome begins in the southwestern United States; 32 patients die by the end of the year.[3][4]
  • May 5 – The West Memphis Three are three men who – while teenagers – were tried and convicted, in 1994, of the May 5, 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life imprisonment. During the trial, the prosecution asserted that the children were killed as part of a Satanic ritual.
  • May 20 – President Bill Clinton signs the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 into federal law.

June edit

July edit

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September edit

October edit

  • October 3 – A large-scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; eighteen Americans and over 1,000 Somalis are killed.
  • October 8 – David Miscavige announces the IRS has granted full tax exemption to the Church of Scientology International and affiliated churches and organizations, ending the Church's 40-year battle with the IRS and resulting in religious recognition in the United States.
  • October 16 – U.S. President Bill Clinton sends six American warships to Haiti to enforce United Nations trade sanctions against their military-led regime.[7]
  • October 25 – Actor Vincent Price dies of lung cancer.
  • October 27 – Wildfires begin in California, which eventually destroy over 16,000 acres (65 km2) and 700 homes.[8]
  • October 31 – Actor River Phoenix dies of drug-induced heart failure on the sidewalk outside the West Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room.

November edit

December edit

Ongoing edit

Undated edit

Sport edit

Births edit

January edit

 
Ashley Argota

February edit

 
Jennifer Stone
 
Victoria Justice

March edit

 
Anthony Davis

April edit

 
Sofia Carson
 
Chance the Rapper

May edit

 
Debby Ryan
 
Miranda Cosgrove

June edit

 
Swae Lee
 
Gunna

July edit

 
Raini Rodriguez
 
Elizabeth Gillies
 
Dak Prescott

August edit

 
Keke Palmer
 
Lucas Cruikshank

September edit

 
Blaire White
 
Sonya Deville

October edit

 
Angus T. Jones
 
Tiffany Trump
 
Charlie Kirk

November edit

December edit

 
Amouranth
 
Marques Brownlee

Date unknown edit

Deaths edit

January edit

 
Dizzy Gillespie
 
Audrey Hepburn
 
Thurgood Marshall

February edit

 
Lillian Gish

March edit

 
Helen Hayes
 
Polykarp Kusch

April edit

 
Cesar Chavez

May edit

 
Sun Ra

June edit

 
Conway Twitty
 
Pat Nixon

July edit

 
Davey Allison
 
Matthew Ridgway

August edit

 
Stewart Granger

September edit

 
Jimmy Doolittle

October edit

 
River Phoenix

November edit

 
Bill Bixby

December edit

 
Frank Zappa
 
Don Ameche

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tributes to Arthur Ashe". The Independent. 8 February 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2002-10-14. Retrieved 2016-02-07.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Altman, Lawrence. Virus that caused deaths among Navajos is isolated, New York Times, November 21, 1993.
  4. ^ Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome – United States, 1993, Centers for Disease Control.
  5. ^ Timeline of events in the Dustin Honken case, infamous Iowa killer
  6. ^ "Waiting to die: Dustin Lee Honken execution". Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  7. ^ Wire services. 6 Warships From US Go To Haiti[permanent dead link], October 16, 1993, Milwaukee Sentinel.
  8. ^ Reinhold, Robert.Thousands Flee As Brush Fires Rake California, October 28, 1993, New York Times.
  9. ^ FITI PROCHARGER ATI MAIN WAREHOUSE, 14801 W 114TH TER, LENEXA, Kansas (KS) - Company Profile Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today
  10. ^ Zenko, Micah (3 August 2010). Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World. Stanford University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8047-7190-0.
  11. ^ Kaplan, Ilana (August 24, 2020). "How Rufus King's 'Just What I Need' Became Cliff's Love Song To Torrance In Bring It On". SPIN. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Hollywood Singer Manika Biography, News, Photos, Videos". Nettv4u.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (September 24, 2020). "NXT UK returns with the Heritage Cup tournament, Dot Net Weekly, WWE Raw poll results, Stephanie McMahon, Shane Thorne, Sonya Deville, Bison Smith". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  14. ^ Orenstein, Hannah (17 April 2017). "12 Things You Didn't Know About "13 Reasons Why" Actor Brandon Flynn". Seventeen. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  15. ^ King, Hunter (May 6, 2017). "Such a sweet & funny group of people! Thanks for having me #LifeInPieces what a great bday! :)". Twitter. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  16. ^ "Births". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. December 26, 1993. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2014-01-16. Peeples, Aubrey Shea, born to Wendy and Ashley, Lake Mary, Winter Park Memorial Hospital
  17. ^ Drakeo the Ruler profile
  18. ^ "Ali Lohan". TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  19. ^ "Eleanor Sanger Dies; TV Producer Was 63". New York Times. March 8, 1993. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

External links edit

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