Timeline January 1993

Events in January 1993 18

• 1908 – 1993 Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) Died 24 January 1993, aged 84 Thurgood Marshall was the first African American justice of the US Supreme Court, serving from 1967 to 1991. As a lawyer, he had argued and won Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that outlawed racial segregation in public schools. He died in Bethesda, Maryland, of heart failure.
• 1929 – 1993 Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) Died 20 January 1993, aged 63 Audrey Hepburn, star of "Roman Holiday," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and "My Fair Lady," died of appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland. In her later years she devoted herself to humanitarian work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She remains one of the most recognized actresses of Hollywood's golden era.
• 1938 – 1993 Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) Died 6 January 1993, aged 54 Rudolf Nureyev was a Soviet-born ballet dancer celebrated as one of the greatest of the 20th century, known for his 1961 defection to the West and his long partnership with Margot Fonteyn. He later directed the Paris Opera Ballet. He died in Paris of complications from AIDS.
• 1989 – 1993 G.H.W. Bush presidency 41st President — 1989 to 1993 George H.W. Bush served as the 41st President from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993. He oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall, German reunification, and led the Gulf War coalition that liberated Kuwait from Iraq.
• 1993 Australian Open 1993 Men: Jim Courier · Women: Monica Seles Seles' 4th consecutive Australian Open.
• 1993 Bill Wyman leaves the Stones Founding bassist departs — January 1993 Bill Wyman officially announced his departure from the Rolling Stones in January 1993 after more than 30 years as the band's bassist. He had privately decided to leave during the Steel Wheels tour in 1989. Darryl Jones became their regular touring bassist.
• 1993 Clinton deal — deficit reduction for low rates In a famous meeting at the Governor's Mansion in Little Rock in January 1993, Greenspan signals to President-elect Clinton's economic team that if Clinton pursues deficit reduction, the Fed will keep interest rates low — fuelling economic growth. Clinton, who had campaigned on middle-class tax cuts, pivots to deficit reduction. The implicit deal works: the deficit falls from $290 billion in 1992 to a surplus by 1998; the Fed keeps rates accommodative; the economy booms. Clinton's adviser James Carville famously says he wants to be reincarnated as the bond market, 'because you can intimidate everybody.'
• 1993 1993: Alain Prost Williams Prost won his fourth and final title with Williams before retiring at the end of the season, having been the sport's most successful driver in terms of race wins at that time.
• 1993 Czechoslovakia dissolves into Czech Republic and Slovakia The "Velvet Divorce" splits one state into two sovereign nations Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia at midnight on January 1, 1993, in a process negotiated by political leaders rather than decided by referendum. The split, dubbed the "Velvet Divorce," followed the negotiated dissolution of the federal government. Both successor states went on to pursue separate paths toward NATO and European Union membership.
• 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It (Film) Angela Bassett portrayed Turner in the biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It, earning an Oscar nomination. The film brought Turner's story of survival to a global audience.
• 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Season 1 The first Star Trek series not set primarily aboard a starship. DS9 is set on a space station near a wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant, commanded by Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Darker, more serialised and politically complex than its predecessors. Co-created by Michael Piller and Rick Berman, DS9 runs for 7 seasons until 1999.
• 1993 Creedence Clearwater Revival inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame No reunion John Fogerty refuses to play with Cook and Clifford.
• 1993 Sly and the Family Stone inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Sly turns up briefly on stage.
• 1993 The Doors inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Eddie Vedder sings Eddie Vedder stands in for Morrison.
• 1993 Van Morrison inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Absent Inducted, though he does not attend.
• 1993 Fleetwood Mac reunite for Bill Clinton's inauguration Don't Stop Play Clinton's campaign song at his inaugural gala.
• 1993 – 2001 Clinton presidency 42nd President — 1993 to 2001 Bill Clinton served as the 42nd President from January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001. He presided over budget surpluses and the dot-com boom, brokered peace in Northern Ireland and the Balkans, but was impeached over the Lewinsky scandal.
• 1993 Kurt Cobain plays Hollywood Rock in Rio Brazil Nirvana's biggest crowds, in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.