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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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January 20: Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd U.S. president
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January 20: Al Gore becomes the 45th U.S. vice president

February

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February 26: World Trade Center bombing

March

April

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April 19: The Waco Siege ends with a deadly fire
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April – October: The Great Flood of 1993

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.[3][4]
  • 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.

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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.[7]
  • October 25 – Actor Vincent Price dies of lung cancer.
  • October 27 – Wildfires begin in California, which eventually destroy over 16,000 acres (65 km2) and 700 homes.[8]
  • October 31 – Actor River Phoenix dies of drug-induced heart failure on the sidewalk outside the West Hollywood nightclub The Viper Room.

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Births

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January

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Bryson Tiller
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Ashley Argota
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Lewis Pullman

February

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Jennifer Stone
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Victoria Justice
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Emily Rudd

March

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Anthony Davis

April

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Sofia Carson
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Chance the Rapper

May

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Debby Ryan
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Miranda Cosgrove
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Lynn Biyendolo
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Maika Monroe

June

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Swae Lee
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Gunna
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Ariana Grande

July

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Raini Rodriguez
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Elizabeth Gillies
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Dak Prescott

August

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Keke Palmer
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Lucas Cruikshank

September

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Blaire White
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Patrick Schwarzenegger
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Sonya Deville
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Ben Platt

October

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Angus T. Jones
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Tiffany Trump
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Charlie Kirk
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Xander Schauffele

November

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Benito Skinner
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Pete Davidson

December

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Amouranth
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Marques Brownlee
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AnnaSophia Robb

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Deaths

January

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Dizzy Gillespie
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Thurgood Marshall

February

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Lillian Gish

March

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Helen Hayes
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Polykarp Kusch

April

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Cesar Chavez

May

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Sun Ra

June

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Conway Twitty
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Pat Nixon

July

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Davey Allison
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Matthew Ridgway

August

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Stewart Granger

September

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Jimmy Doolittle

October

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River Phoenix

November

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Bill Bixby

December

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Frank Zappa
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Don Ameche
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References

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