1993
German activist and businessman Markus Sebastian Rabanus relocates his real estate and publishing offices to the Pankow area of Berlin.
1993
As part of the Oslo Agreement with the Palestinians, Israel agrees to release so-called "political prisoners," but refuses to release any with "blood on their hands." President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Warren Christopher insist that all prisoners be released.
1993 January
Yeltsin meets with U. S. President George Bush to sign the START II arms reduction treaty.
1993 January 5
The U.S. House of Representatives passes, by twenty-two votes, a rules change which will allow an increase in voting rights to delegates from Washington, DC and the United States territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. (The District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have large African-American populations.) In the past, the delegates took part in committee actions and votes, but not votes on the House floor, which were restricted to representatives from "the states" because the Constitution stipulated that only "the states" should have legislative authority. Delegates may now participate in all but the final votes affecting legislation.
1993 January 7
Senator Carol Moseley Braun is one of two women elected to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Braun claimed she was inspired to run partly as a result of angry feelings over the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas
hearings in 1991. The all-male Judiciary Committee had been admonished by the public for its role in the handling of the hearings.
1993 January 8
The unemployment rate for December 1992 reaches 7.3 percent, according to United States Labor Department figures.
1993 January 18
New Hampshire renames its January holiday from Civil Rights Day to King Day. This is the first time all 50 states have a holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.
1993 January 24
Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice and lifelong supporter of civil rights, dies of hear failure at Bethesda, Maryland.
1993 February 19
Russian officials show what they say are two pieces of Hitler's skull to the world press. Many historians remain skeptical of their authenticity.
1993 February 25
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former West German Foreign Minister, is awarded the diploma of Honorary Doctor of Moscow’s Institute of International Relations.
1993 February 28
ATF agents assault the Branch Dividian Compound in Waco, Texas. Six Davidians and four ATF agents are killed. A bizarre 51 day siege of the compound by law enforcement then begins.
1993 March 2
The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Voinovich v. Quilter, rules that the authority to create voting districts dominated by ethnic minorities is held by individual states. The issue was brought before the Court because of concern over the reorganization practices of Ohio's state legislative voting districts in 1990.
1993 March 11
The Russian Congress of People's Deputies passes a resolution limiting the powers of government to implement reforms.
1993 March 20
Boris Yeltsin introduces "special presidential rule" in Russia.
1993 March 23
Speaker of Congress Khasbulatov calls for impeachment of Yeltsin. who survives the motion of impeachment in a close vote in the Congress of People's Deputies.
1993 April
Former U.S. president, George Bush, pays an unofficial visit to Kuwait.
1993 April 3
The US-Russian summit begins in Vancouver, British Columbia.
1993 April 9
Civil rights champion Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is elected as leader of the National Association for the Advancement ofColored People in Baltimore, Maryland.
1993 April 17
In a civil suit, two of the four Los Angeles police officers charged in the beating of black motorist Rodney King are convicted, while the other two are acquitted. Officer Lawrence M. Powell is
convicted of violating King's rights to an arrest without "unreasonable
force." Powell delivered the majority of hits to King with his baton. Sgt.
Stacey C. Koon is convicted of allowing the violation by Powell to occur.
Officers Theodore J. Briseno and Timothy E. Wind are found not guilty on all
charges. As a result of the riots in 1991, the people of Los Angeles were on
edge awaiting the new verdict. Riot training for 7,000 Los Angeles police
officers and advance notice of the verdict to the police prepared them for the
possibility of future rioting.
1993 April 19
after a 51-day standoff, U.S. federal agents storm the Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. A Fire breaks out killing a total of 78 Branch Davidian cult members, including their leader David Koresh, Nine members survive and are taken prisoner.
1993 April 25
A Russian referendum supports President Yeltzin and the new reforms.
1993 May 17
The United States Supreme Court sends the case of American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People back to the lower courts.
Until decisions by the lower courts, the federal Fair Housing Act may be
interpreted to extend coverage toward homeowner's insurance. The NAACP charged
that the insurance company refused to sell to blacks or charged them exorbitant
fees. The practice is also known as "redlining."
1993 May 19
The Dow Jones average closes above 3,500 for the first time in its U.S. history.
1993 May 19
Clinton staff members set off a political controversy by abruptly firing the entire staff of the White House travel office. Five of the seven staffers are later reinstated and assigned to other duties.
1993 May 23
The Washington Post begins publishing portions of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's papers. Immediately following Marshall's death, his papers are made available
for use by "researchers or scholars engaged in serious research."
These conditions were requested by Marshall when he turned his papers over to
the Library of Congress after his retirement. Supreme Court Chief Justice
Rehnquist wrote Librarian of Congress James H. Billington a letter admonishing
him for lack of judgment in releasing the papers so soon. Marshall's friends,
family, and colleagues displayed similar feelings of anger at the papers' speedy
release.
