1993

Czechoslovakia divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Palestinians given limited autonomy in Israel
Apartheid ends in South Africa
Chinese is the third most spoken language in the world (after French and English)
Life expectancy rises from an average of 46 years in 1960 to 63 years
Number of refugees, worldwide, now 19.7 million
Siege of Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas
The Holocaust Museum opens in Washington, D.C.
Robert Waller's The Bridges of Madison County
John Gresham's The Client
Rush Limbaugh's See I Told You
"Intelligent" metal (gets harder under stress)
Mapping of the male chromosome
Pentium processor
Songs - "Whoot, There It Is", "All That She Wants", "Dreamlover", "Again"
Films - "Jurassic Park", "Unforgiven", "The Piano", "Philadelphia", "Groundhog Day", "Short Cuts"
TV - "The X-Files", "Frasier", "L.A.P.D. Blue", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
Audrey Hepburn, Thurgood Marshall, Lillian Gish, Rudolf Nureyev, "Dizzy" Gillespie, Arthur Ashe, Helen Hayes, Marian Anderson, "Deke" Slayton, Curley Joe DeRita, Raymond Burr, Vincent Price, River Phoenix, and Frank Zappa die