What Happened in January 1993

Historical Events

Start II Signed

Jan 3 In Moscow, the Start II arms reduction treaty is signed by George H. W. Bush (USA) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia)

Musical Finale

Jan 3 Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical "The Secret Garden", based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel, starring Daisy Eagan and Mandy Patinkin, closes at St James Theater NYC after 706 performances and 3 Tony Awards

Stage and Screen Actor and Singer Mandy Patinkin

Jan 3 Michael Milkin, the "junk bond king", is released from jail after 22 months

Theatrical Finale

Jan 3 Neil Simon's stage comic-drama "Lost in Yonkers", starring Mercedes Ruehl and Kevin Spacey, closes at Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC, after 780 performances, 5 Tony Awards wins, and a Pulitzer Prize

Jan 4 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)

Lara's Maiden Test Century

Jan 5 Brian Lara scores his maiden Test century with 277 for the West Indies v Australia in drawn 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Reggie Jackson Elected

Jan 5 Former MLB player Reggie Jackson elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Jan 5 Oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil
Jan 5 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
Jan 5 Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (first legal hanging in America since 1965)
Jan 6 55 Kashmiri civilians are killed in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir by Indian Border Security Force units

Music History

Jan 6 Bassist Bill Wyman announces he will leave the band the Rolling Stones

Jan 6 Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
Jan 7 Bosnian War: Bosnian Army launches a surprise attack on Kravica, a village in Srebrenica
Jan 7 The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President

Elvis Presley Stamp

Jan 8 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale

Jan 8 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Michael Stich beats Emilio Sánchez of Spain 7-5, 6-3 for a 2-0 win, and Germany's first title

Jordan Makes 20,000 Points

Jan 8 Michael Jordan's game-high 35 points leads Chicago to 120-95 win over Milwaukee; gives him exactly 20,000 points in 620th game of his NBA career; 2nd-fastest to reach milestone after Wilt Chamberlain (499)

Letterman "The Tonight Show"

Jan 8 NBC offers "The Tonight Show" to David Letterman

"El Mariachi"

Jan 8 Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi" debuts at the Toronto Film Fetsival - will become lowest-budgeted film ever to gross $1 million

Jan 9 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100m free style (53.33)
Jan 10 "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 48 performances
Jan 10 Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
Jan 10 Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, musical "My Favorite Year", adapted from the 1982 film, and starring Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, and Lainie Kazan, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 37 performances and a Tony Award for Martin
Jan 11 British Airways ends one of the longest libel actions in its history
Jan 11 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW)

Perot Returns to Politics

Jan 11 Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics

Entrepreneur and Presidential Candidate Ross Perot

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jan 12 8th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Ruth Brown; Cream; Creedence Clearwater Revival; The Doors; Etta James; Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers; Van Morrison; Sly and the Family Stone; Dinah Washington; Dick Clark; and Milt Gabler

Lemieux's Diagnosis

Jan 12 NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma

Jan 13 French, British, and US fighter jets launch bombing raids in southern Iraq
Jan 13 STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
Jan 14 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
Jan 14 Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die

"Anna Christie"

Jan 14 Revived play "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances, starring Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson,

Eaton's Record Career Blocks

Jan 14 Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks

Jan 15 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, killing 2 people
Jan 15 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
Jan 15 Top Italian mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo, Sicily
Jan 16 25th NAACP Image Awards: "Boyz n the Hood" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Jan 17 14th ACE Cable Awards: Bravo! wins the Golden CableACE for its dedication to films, cultural arts and performing arts programming
Jan 17 AFC Championship, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami: Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins, 29-10
Jan 17 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 30-20
Jan 17 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45")

First Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 18 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states of the USA for 1st time

Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 18 West Indies beat Australia 2-0 win cricket's World Series Cup

"The Wheel"

Jan 19 Columbia Records releases "The Wheel", the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. co-produced by Cash and future husband John Leventhal

Country Singer and Songwriter Rosanne Cash

Jan 19 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
Jan 19 Oakland As unveil new elephant logo
Jan 19 Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA
Jan 19 STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
Jan 20 Adm Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA

Bill Clinton Inaugurated

Jan 20 Bill Clinton (D) inaugurated as 42nd US President

Inauguration Firsts

Jan 20 Maya Angelou is 1st African American and woman to recite a poem at inauguration of a US President - "On the Pulse of Morning" for Bill Clinton

Fela Kuti Arrested

Jan 21 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder

Afrobeat Musician and Composer Fela Kuti

Jan 22 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77

50th Golden Globes

Jan 23 50th Golden Globes: "Scent of a Woman", Al Pacino, & Emma Thompson win

Gooch's 100th 100

Jan 23 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack, India

Jan 23 Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 61

Bob Packwood Accused

Jan 23 NY Newsday reports Oregan Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women

Kerrigan US Champion

Jan 23 US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan

Jan 24 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000
Jan 24 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed
Jan 24 Soyuz TM-16 launches
Jan 24 Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
Jan 24 US men's Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis

20th American Music Awards

Jan 25 20th American Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win

Jan 25 Five people were shot outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders.
Jan 25 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
Jan 25 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
Jan 26 Everton scores a 3-1 away win over Wimbledon at Selhurst Park in London; lowest ever attendance at an EPL fixture, 3,039
Jan 26 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
Jan 27 DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
Jan 29 Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman

Percy Lavon Julian Stamp

Jan 29 US postal service issues a stamp commemorating chemist Percy Lavon Julian

Jan 30 100,000 Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism

Seles Beats Graf

Jan 30 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown

Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles

Jan 31 "St Joan" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 49 performances
Jan 31 9th Sundance Film Festival: "Ruby in Paradise" and "Public Access" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

Courier Retains Title

Jan 31 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Jim Courier retains title; repeats previous year's win over Stefan Edberg 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5

Jan 31 Super Bowl XXVII, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17; MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, QB

Events in 1993

Famous Birthdays

Jan 1 Sifan Hassan, Oromo-Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m/10,000m 2020; World C'ship gold 1500, 10,000m 2019), born in Adama, Ethiopia

Bryson Tiller (31 years old)

Jan 2 American singer and rapper ("Don't"; "Exchange"; "Wild Thoughts"), born in Louisville, Kentucky

Jan 8 Klara Söderberg, Swedish pop-country-folk singer-songwriter (First Aid Kit - "Emmylou"), born in Enskede, Sweden
Jan 10 (Amritpal) "AP" Dhillon, Indo-Canadian rapper ("Majhail"; "Brown Munde"), and music producer, born in Gurdaspur, India
Jan 10 Rauw Alejandro [Ocasio], Puerto Rican reggaeton and R&B singer-songwriter("Fantasias"; "Todo de Ti"), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jan 11 Flora Cross, French-American actress, born in Paris, France

Zayn Malik (31 years old)

Jan 12 British pop singer (One Direction, 2010-15 - "Story Of My Life"; solo -"Pillowtalk"), born in Bradford, England

Jan 14 Molly Tuttle, American bluegrass guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter, born in Santa Clara, California
Jan 18 Morgan York, American actress, born in Burbank, California
Jan 19 Jack Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy & grandson of John F. Kennedy, born in New York City
Jan 21 Sei Young Kim, South Korean golfer (PGA Women's C'ship 2020; LPGA 72-hole scoring record 257), born in Seoul, South Korea
Jan 22 Daryl McCormack, Irish actor (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), born in Nenagh, Ireland
Jan 22 Netta Barzilai, Israeli singer (Eurovision song contest winner 2018), born in Hod HaSharon, Israel
Jan 24 Ashley Jade Stern, American daughter of radio personality Howard Stern, born in Long Island, New York

Cameron Bright (31 years old)

Jan 26 Canadian actor (The Twilight Saga: X-Men), born in Victoria, British Columbia

Jan 29 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu [Kiriko Takemura], Japanese singer, born in Tokyo, Japan

Born in 1993

Famous Weddings

Kim Alexis

Jan 2 Supermodel Kim Alexis (32) weds ice hockey player Ron Duguay (35)

Jan 12 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow

Elizabeth Montgomery

Jan 28 Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (59) weds actor Robert Foxworth (51)

Famous Deaths

Jan 1 "Georgia" Tom [Dorsey], American blues and gospel pianist, songwriter ("Peace In The Valley"), and evangelist, dies at 93
Jan 1 June Clayworth, American actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma at 87
Jan 1 Phyllis Hill, American stage and film dancer and actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72
Jan 3 Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
Jan 4 Charles Bridgford, Australian politician
Jan 4 Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
Jan 4 Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
Jan 5 Anthony Wakefield Cox, English architect, dies at 77
Jan 5 George L. George, Russian-American journalist and film director (Towards Independence) dies at 85
Jan 5 Jennifer Raine Bissell, British actress (Thriller, Rush: Inspired by Battlefield), dies from a heart ailment 60
Jan 5 Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
Jan 5 Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
Jan 5 Leonce Gras, Flemish singer and conductor, dies at 84
Jan 5 Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
Jan 5 Ronnie Welsh, American actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
Jan 5 Westley Allan Dodd, American serial murderer and sex offender, dies in 1st hanging in US since 1965 at 31

Jan 6 Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Liechtenstein (daughter of Charles I last Emperor of Austria), dies at 70
Jan 6 John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, a creator of bebop & modern jazz (A Night In Tunisia), dies of cancer at 75
Jan 6 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), dies of AIDS at 54
Jan 7 Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
Jan 7 Robert Cowan, Scottish CEO (Highlands & Islands Enterprises), dies at 60
Jan 8 Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
Jan 8 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
Jan 8 Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), dies at 63
Jan 9 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
Jan 9 Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
Jan 9 Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
Jan 10 Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
Jan 10 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
Jan 11 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
Jan 12 Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45

Jan 13 (Mozart) Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, pedagogue, and conductor, dies at 85
Jan 13 Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies at 91
Jan 14 Elisabeth Antoinette de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
Jan 14 Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (Intl Court of Justice), dies
Jan 15 Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C'ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), dies at 88
Jan 15 Huub Jacobse [Hendrik Hubert Jacobse], Dutch politician (VVD), dies at 68
Jan 15 Ken Cory, American actor (The Candidate; Without A Trace), dies of AIDS at 51
Jan 15 Sammy Cahn [Cohen], American lyricist ("Three Coins in a Fountain"; "High Hopes"; "Call Me Irresponsible"), dies of heart failure at 79
Jan 16 Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
Jan 16 Freddie Cochrane, American boxer (World Welterweight champion 1941-1946), dies at 77
Jan 16 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum), dies of lung cancer at 59
Jan 16 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
Jan 16 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
Jan 17 Albert Hourani, English historian (b. 1915)
Jan 17 Barbara Buczek, Polish pianist, composer (Anekumena – Concerto for 89 Instruments; Two Impressions), and teacher, dies at 53

Jan 17 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
Jan 18 Eleanor Hibbert (née Burford), British author of historical fiction, romance, and crime novels, dies at 86
Jan 18 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
Jan 18 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright and director (Machine Child), dies
Jan 18 Mike Templeton, American, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
Jan 19 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
Jan 19 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
Jan 19 Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
Jan 19 William LeMassena, American stage and screen actor (All That Jazz; As The World Turns, 1985-92), dies of lung cancer at 76

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

Jan 20 British actress (Roman Holiday; Breakfast at Tiffany's; My Fair Lady), dies of colon cancer at 63

Jan 20 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], American playwright, actor, and director (Matchmaker, Tomorrow), dies at 80
Jan 20 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
Jan 21 Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (6 x MLB All Star; World Series 1935; AL MVP & batting champion 1937; Detroit Tigers), dies at 89
Jan 21 Jan Zimmer, Slovak composer, dies at 66
Jan 22 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86
Jan 22 Kobo Abe, Japanese playwright and writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68
Jan 23 Charles "Majeed" Greenlee, American jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp), dies at 65
Jan 23 Dudley Stevens, English entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57
Jan 23 Keith Laumer [Anthony LeBaron], American sci-fi author (Retief's War), dies at 67
Jan 23 Thomas A. Dorsey, American jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies at 93

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

Jan 24 1st African American supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84

Jan 24 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies at 50
Jan 25 Henry Louis Miller, American Rear Admiral (WW II-Pacific), dies at 80
Jan 26 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
Jan 26 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
Jan 26 Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor-General of Canada (1984-90), dies at 70
Jan 26 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80

André the Giant (1946-1993)

Jan 27 French pro wrestler (WWF World Heavyweight C'ship 1988; WWF World Tag Team C'ship [with Haku] 1989), dies of congestive heart failure at 49

Jan 28 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
Jan 28 John Steadman, American actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of a lung ailment at 83
Jan 29 Hank Werba [Herman Werblowski], American journalist (Variety), dies at 79
Jan 29 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
Jan 30 Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88