1993

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

Births

Deaths

February 11 - [George A Stephen]?, inventor .
February 11 - [Joy Garrett]?, actress.
February 11 - [Oksana Kostina]?, Russian gymnast.
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.
May 24 - Eritrean independence.
Bill Clinton succeeds George Bush as President of the United States of America.

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]?