Event of Interest
Feb 2 Václav Havel becomes the first president of an independent Czech Republic, after the split with Slovakia
Václav Havel
Event of Interest
Feb 3 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Aangeles, California
Rodney King
- Feb 4 Admiral William Studeman ends term as acting director of CIA
- Feb 4 Russian space agency tests a 82-foot wide space mirror
- Feb 5 Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 and injuring 160
- Feb 5 R James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
- Feb 6 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 6 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
Riddick Bowe
Album Release
Feb 7 Carmen Electra releases her self-titled debut album, "Carmen Electra"
Carmen Electra
- Feb 8 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
- Feb 8 GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
- Feb 9 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
- Feb 10 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
- Feb 10 US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia
Event of Interest
Feb 10 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
Michael Jackson
Appointment of Interest
Feb 11 President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be first female US Attorney General
Bill Clinton
- Feb 11 43rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" and "The Wedding Banquet" win the Golden Bear (tie)
- Feb 13 Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
- Feb 13 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
- Feb 13 Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
- Feb 14 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
- Feb 14 35th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett wins (154.972 MPH)
- Feb 15 Bombings by mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogota, Colombia
- Feb 15 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester NY on WNVE 95.1 FM
- Feb 16 Sandra Völker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
- Feb 16 Western Australia's and Australia's first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office.
- Feb 17 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
- Feb 17 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
- Feb 18 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York
- Feb 19 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
- Feb 19 "Happy Nation" debut studio album by Ace of Base is released
- Feb 20 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
- Feb 20 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies' Golf Open
- Feb 20 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
- Feb 21 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
- Feb 21 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
- Feb 22 Vinod Kambli scores 224 v England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours
- Feb 23 Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
- Feb 23 India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England
- Feb 23 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team)
Music Awards
Feb 24 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins
Eric Clapton
- Feb 25 "Fool Moon" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 207 performances
- Feb 25 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
- Feb 25 Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low
- Feb 26 "World Trade Center bombing of 1993": truck bomb explodes in parking garage of NYC World Trade Center at 12:18pm, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000 in what was the deadliest act of terrorism perpetrated on US soil at the time
- Feb 26 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
- Feb 26 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
- Feb 27 PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
- Feb 28 "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
Event of Interest
Feb 28 7th American Comedy Award: Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld