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What Happened In January 1993 In History

Historical Events for January, 1993

  • 1st » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
  • 1st » A single market within the European Community is introduced.
  • 2nd » Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy Jaffna lagoon massacre named kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
  • 3rd » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush e.g George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second START II or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
  • 5th » The oil tanker MV Braer known as MV 'Braer' runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
  • 6th » Indian Border Security Force units Sopore massacre called kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
  • 7th » The History of Ghana Recent events e.g Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
  • 7th » Bosnian War: The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina named Bosnian Army executes a Kravica attack (1993) known as surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
  • 13th » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour or 'Endeavour' heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
  • 15th » Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in Sicily called Sicily, Italy after three decades as a fugitive.
  • 19th » Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
  • 24th » Turkey known as Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
  • 25th » 1993 CIA shootings called Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1993

  • 1st » Jon Flanagan, English footballer
  • 1st » Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
  • 3rd » Kevin Ware, American basketball player
  • 4th » Martin Paasoja, Estonian basketball player
  • 6th » Lil Reese, American rapper
  • 7th » Varunya Wongteanchai, Thai tennis player
  • 8th » Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare disease (d. 2013)
  • 9th » Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
  • 9th » Kevin Korjus, Estonian race car driver
  • 11th » Flora Cross, French-American actress
  • 11th » Michael Keane (footballer born 1993) or Michael Keane, English footballer
  • 11th » Will Keane, English footballer
  • 12th » Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Guardians 4, and Tanpopo)
  • 12th » D.O. (singer) known as D.O. , South Korean singer, dancer and actor, Exo (band)
  • 12th » Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer
  • 13th » Xénia Krizsán, Hungarian heptathlete
  • 13th » Max Whitlock, English gymnast
  • 14th » Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
  • 16th » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
  • 16th » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
  • 17th » Frankie Cocozza, English singer
  • 19th » Gus Lewis, American-English actor
  • 19th » Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
  • 20th » Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
  • 21st » John Cofie, English footballer
  • 22nd » Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver
  • 22nd » Tommy Knight, English actor
  • 22nd » Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (d. 2013)
  • 25th » Kylie Padilla, Filipino actress
  • 26th » Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
  • 26th » Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 26th » Florian Thauvin, French footballer
  • 27th » Yaya Sanogo, French footballer
  • 28th » Richmond Boakye, Ghanaian footballer
  • 28th » Will Poulter, English actor
  • 29th » Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portuguese tennis player
  • 29th » Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer and model

Famous Deaths for January 1993

  • 3rd » Johnny Most, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
  • 4th » Charles Bridgford, Australian politician (b. 1910)
  • 5th » Westley Allan Dodd, American murderer (b. 1961)
  • 6th » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
  • 6th » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (b. 1910)
  • 6th » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian dancer (b. 1938)
  • 9th » Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
  • 13th » Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
  • 15th » Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
  • 16th » Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930)
  • 16th » Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (b. 1960)
  • 17th » Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
  • 18th » Eleanor Hibbert, English author (b. 1906)
  • 18th » Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)
  • 20th » Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-English actress (b. 1929)
  • 21st » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903)
  • 21st » Dimitris Nikolaidis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
  • 22nd » Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
  • 23rd » Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1899)
  • 23rd » Keith Laumer, American author (b. 1925)
  • 24th » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
  • 24th » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
  • 24th » Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (b. 1942)
  • 26th » Jan Gies, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
  • 26th » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)
  • 26th » Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
  • 27th » André the Giant, French wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
  • 29th » Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
  • 29th » Ron Kostelnik, American football player (b. 1940)

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