1993

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

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.
• 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.

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]?