1993 in the United States

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Events from the year 1993 in the United States.

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Incumbents

= Federal government =

::George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) (until January 20)

::Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) (starting January 20)

::Dan Quayle (R-Indiana) (until January 20)

::Al Gore (D-Tennessee) (starting January 20)

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Events

= January =

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File:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg becomes the 45th U.S. vice president]]

= February =

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  • February 6 – Former tennis player Arthur Ashe, 49, dies of complications due to HIV in New York. Ashe was believed to have contracted the virus from a blood transfusion during a heart surgery ten years earlier.{{cite news|title=Tributes to Arthur Ashe|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tributes-to-arthur-ashe-1471622.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tributes-to-arthur-ashe-1471622.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 February 1993}}{{cbignore}}
  • February 8 – General Motors Corporation sues NBC, after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two 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 Attorney General of the United States.
  • February 17 – President Clinton delivers his first address to the 103rd Congress.
  • February 26 – 1993 World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six 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 five Davidian followers die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.

= March =

= April =

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= May =

  • 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.Altman, Lawrence. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/us/virus-that-caused-deaths-among-navajos-is-isolated.html?pagewanted=all Virus that caused deaths among Navajos is isolated], New York Times, November 21, 1993.[https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00025007.htm Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome – United States, 1993], Centers for Disease Control.
  • 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 =

= July =

  • July 1 – Gian Ferri kills eight and injures six before committing suicide at a law firm in San Francisco, sparking new legislative actions for gun control.
  • July 15 – 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson: Evan Chandler institutes legal accusations against singer Michael Jackson of sexually molesting Jordan Chandler, Evan's 13-year-old son.
  • July 19 – U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding homosexuals serving in the American military.
  • July 20 – White House deputy counsel Vince Foster dies by suicide in Virginia.
  • July 25 – Greg Nicholson, his girlfriend and her two young daughters are murdered in Iowa by Dustin Honken and Angela Johnson. Nicholson was due to testify against Honken in court in relation to his drug activities.[https://desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/07/25/dustin-lee-honken-federal-execution-angela-johson-federal-death-penalty-iowa-murders-timeline/1826709001/ Timeline of events in the Dustin Honken case, infamous Iowa killer]{{Cite web |url=https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Waiting-to-die-Dustin-Lee-Honken-execution-571810051.html |title=Waiting to die: Dustin Lee Honken execution |access-date=2020-09-02 |archive-date=2020-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828171258/https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Waiting-to-die-Dustin-Lee-Honken-execution-571810051.html |url-status=dead }}
  • July 27 – Windows NT 3.1, the first version of Microsoft's line of Windows NT operating systems, is released to manufacturing.

= August =

= September =

= October =

  • 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.Wire services. [https://archive.today/20120714013801/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19931016&id=M9sVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5765,4325705 6 Warships From US Go To Haiti], October 16, 1993, Milwaukee Sentinel.
  • October 25 – Actor Vincent Price dies of lung cancer.
  • October 27 – Wildfires begin in California, which eventually destroy over {{convert|16000|acre|km2}} and 700 homes.Reinhold, Robert.[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/28/us/thousands-flee-as-brush-fires-rake-california.html?scp=1&sq=fires+california&st=nyt Thousands Flee As Brush Fires Rake California], October 28, 1993, New York Times.
  • October 31 – Actor River Phoenix dies of drug-induced heart failure on the sidewalk outside the West Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room.

= November =

= December =

  • December
  • The unemployment rate falls to 6.5%, the lowest since January 1991.
  • ProCharger, an automotive aftermarket manufacturer is founded in Kansas.[http://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2m1ntj7n/fiti-procharger-ati-main-warehouse/ FITI PROCHARGER ATI MAIN WAREHOUSE, 14801 W 114TH TER, LENEXA, Kansas (KS) - Company Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120717003754/http://start.cortera.com/company/research/k2m1ntj7n/fiti-procharger-ati-main-warehouse/ |date=2012-07-17 }}
  • December 2 – STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • December 7
  • Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 29.
  • Avi Arad founds Marvel Studios.
  • December 11 – A variety of Soviet space program paraphernalia are put to auction in Sotheby's New York, and sell for a total of US$6,800,000. One of the items is Lunokhod 1 and its spacecraft Luna 17; they sell for $68,500.

= Ongoing =

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Sport

Births

= January =

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= February =

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= March =

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= April =

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= May =

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= June =

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= July =

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= August =

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= September =

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= October =

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= November =

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= December =

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= Date unknown =

Deaths

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=January=

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=February=

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=March=

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=April=

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=May=

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=June=

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=July=

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=August=

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=September=

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=October=

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=November=

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=December=

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See also

References

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