Historical Events in February 1993

Feb 2 Václav Havel becomes the first president of an independent Czech Republic, after the split with Slovakia

Feb 3 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
Feb 3 General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving

Feb 3 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Aangeles, California

Feb 6 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

Feb 7 Carmen Electra releases her self-titled debut album, "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

Feb 10 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people

Feb 11 President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be first female US Attorney General

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)

Feb 24 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins

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

Feb 28 7th American Comedy Award: Jerry Seinfeld

Feb 28 Gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas at Branch Davidian compound after FBI attempts a raid
Feb 28 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)