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1993
(
MCMXCIII
) was a
common year
starting on Friday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 1993rd year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 993rd year of the
2nd millennium
, the 93rd year of the
20th century
, and the 4th year of the
1990s
decade.
- February 11
?
Janet Reno
is selected as
Attorney General of the United States
.
- February 17
? A ferry sinks in
Haiti
, killing about 1, 200 out of the 1, 500 passengers on board.
- February 24
? Canadian Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney
resigns amidst political and economic turmoil.
- February 26
?
World Trade Center Bombing
: In
New York City
, a van parked below the North Tower of the
World Trade Center
explodes, killing 6 people and injuring more than 1, 000.
- February 28
? Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the
Branch Davidian
compound near
Waco
,
Texas
, with a warrant to arrest leader
David Koresh
on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid, and a 51-day standoff begins.
- January 25
- Kylie Padilla, Filipina actress
- January 26
?
Cameron Bright
, Canadian actor
- February 7
?
David Dorfman
, American actor
- February 19
-
Victoria Justice
, American singer and actress
- February 21
-
Empress Shruck
, Filipina actress
- February 26
?
Taylor Dooley
, American actress
- March 4
-
Bobbi Kristina Brown
, American singer and television personality (d.
2015
)
- May 14
-
Miranda Cosgrove
, American actress and singer
- May 18
?
Jessica Watson
, Australian sailor
- June 26
?
Ariana Grande
, American singer
- July 26
?
Taylor Momsen
, American actress
- July 28
?
Cher Lloyd
, English singer
- August 11
?
Alyson Stoner
, American actress and dancer
- August 26
?
Keke Palmer
, American actress and dancer
- September 1
?
Ilona Mitrecey
, French singer
- October 2
?
Tara Lynne Barr
, American actress
- December 8
?
AnnaSophia Robb
, American actress
- January 2
?
Vladimir Makogonov
, Azerbaijani chess player (b.
1904
)
- January 5
?
Westley Allan Dodd
, American murderer (b.
1961
)
- January 6
?
Dizzy Gillespie
, American musician (b.
1917
)
- January 6
?
Rudolf Nureyev
, Russian dancer (b.
1938
)
- January 7
?
Toshihiko Izutsu
, Japanese philosopher (b.
1914
)
- January 8
?
Hans Bertram
, German Film director (b.
1906
)
- January 9
-
Paul Hasluck
, Governor-General of Australia (b.
1905
)
- January 9
-
Mario Genta
, Italian footballer (b.
1912
)
- January 10
-
Luther Gulick
, American academic (b.
1892
)
- January 11
-
Tommy Walker
, Scottish footballer (b.
1915
)
- January 12
-
Jozef Czapski
, Polish artist (b.
1896
)
- January 13
-
Rene Pleven
,
Prime Minister of France
(b.
1901
)
- January 13
-
Camargo Guarneri
, Brazilian composer (b.
1907
)
- January 13
-
Charles Tillon
, French politician (b.
1897
)
- January 14
-
Manfred Lachs
, Polish diplomat (b.
1914
)
- January 15
?
Sammy Cahn
, American songwriter (b.
1913
)
- January 16
?
Jon Pall Sigmarsson
, Icelandic strength athlete (b.
1960
)
- January 16
-
Glenn Corbett
, American actor (b.
1930
)
- January 17
?
Albert Hourani
, British historian (b.
1915
)
- January 18
?
Eleanor Hibbert
, English writer (b.
1906
)
- January 20
?
Audrey Hepburn
, Belgian-born actress (b.
1929
)
- January 23
?
Thomas Dorsey
, American musician (b.
1899
)
- January 24
?
Thurgood Marshall
, American jurist (b.
1908
)
- January 24
?
Ugur Mumcu
, Turkish journalist (b.
1942
)
- January 25
?
Hedi Amara Nouira
, Tunisian politician (b.
1911
)
- January 26
?
Jan Gies
, Dutch resistance leader (born
1905
)
- January 26
?
Jeanne Sauve
, Governor-General of Canada (born
1922
)
- January 27
?
Andre the Giant
, French professional wrestler and actor (b.
1946
)
- January 28
-
Helen Sawyer Hogg
, Canadian astronomer (b.
1905
)
- December 2
?
Pablo Escobar
, Colombian drug lord (shot) (b.
1949
)
- December 4
?
Frank Zappa
, American musician (b.
1940
)
- December 6
?
Don Ameche
, American actor (b.
1908
)
- December 7
?
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
, 1st
President of Cote d'Ivoire
(b.
1905
)
- December 7
?
Wolfgang Paul
, German physicist (b.
1913
)
- December 12
?
Jozsef Antall
,
Prime Minister of Hungary
(b.
1932
)
- December 14
?
Myrna Loy
, American actress (b.
1905
)
- December 16
?
Kakuei Tanaka
, Japanese Prime Minister (b.
1918
)
- December 18
?
Sam Wanamaker
, American actor (b.
1919
)
- December 28
?
William L. Shirer
, American journalist and historian (b.
1904
)
- December 31
?
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
, President of Georgia (b.
1939
)
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