- January 18
- For the first time in the USA, Martin Luther King Day is officially observed in all fifty states. [1] [31]
- January 19
- Robert M Gates ends term as 15th director of US Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
- IBM announces a US$4.97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history. [31]
- Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern Iraqi no-fly zones. U.S. forces fire approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program. Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights. [31]
- January 20
- Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of US Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
- Catalina Vásquez Villalpando's term as Treasurer of the US ends. [548.98]
- Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd President of the USA. [1] [31]
- Market value of Microsoft reaches US$26.78 billion, above IBM at US$26.76 billion for the first time. Microsoft becomes the highest valued computer industry company, 14th among all public companies. [4]
- January 23
- 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman wins. [1]
- January 25
- 20th American Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win. [1]
- Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language. [1]
- Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years. [1]
- Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. [31]
- February 1
- New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman. [1]
- February 3
- Federal trial of four police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California. [1]
- February 4
- Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of US Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
- February 5
- R James Woolsey becomes 16th director of US Central Intelligence Agency. [1]
- U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act. [31]
- February 8
- General Motors sues NBC, after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. (NBC settles the lawsuit the following day.) [1] [31]
- February 10
- Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey airs on ABC-TV and draws an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people. [1]
- US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia. [1]
- February 11
- Janet Reno is nominated by President Bill Clinton as U.S. Attorney General. [1] [31]
- February 19
- Kenya Moore, 22, (Miss Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA. [1]
- February 23
- Actor Gary Coleman (Diff'rent Strokes) wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees. [1] [31]
- February 24
- 35th Grammy Awards: "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton wins. [1]
- February 26
- In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over 1,000. [1] [31]
- February 28
- 7th American Comedy Awards: Seinfeld wins. [1]
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins. [1] [31]
- March 1
- Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians. [1]
- March 4
- Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh. [31]
- March 9
- Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles, California police officers accused of violating King's civil rights when they beat him during an arrest. [1] [31]
- March 11
- Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate as Attorney General of the United States. [31]
- March 12
- Janet Reno is sworn-in as the first female Attorney General of the United States. [31]
- March 13
- The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec; it is reported to have killed 184. [1] [31]
- March 28
- 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins. [1]
- March 29
- 65th Academy Awards: Unforgiven, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win. [1]
- March 30
- Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years. [56]
- April 1
- Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM. [4]
- April 4
- At Camden Yards, Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. president to throw the first pitch of the baseball season from the pitcher's mound. [56]
- April 5
- Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [1]
- April 8
- STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit. [1]
- April 14
- Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript. [1]
- April 16
- Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King. [1]
- April 19
- A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire and shooting that kills 76 people, including leader David Koresh. [1] [31]
- George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and seven others, die in a plane crash. [1]
- April 22
- Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, DC. [1] [31]
- The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released. [5] [31]
- April 26
- STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit. [1]
- April 29
- In western Arizona, USA, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs. [53]
- April 30
- The Walt Disney Company announces an agreement to acquire Miramax Film Corporation. Disney will acquire Miramax's library of over 200 films. [6]
- May 8
- Sixteen-year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a three hour ride. [1]
- May 10
- Paul Cézanne's still life painting sells for US$28.6 million in New York City. [1]
- May 11
- 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins. [1]
- May 19
- Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,500 for first time (3,500.03). [1]
- May 20
- Intel announces availability of the Pentium processor. Prices are US$878 for 60 MHz, and US$965 for 66 MHz. [4]
- 274th and final episode of Cheers on NBC TV. [1]
- May 21
- Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe. [1]
- May 24
- At the COMDEX show, Microsoft formally launches the Windows NT operating system. Initial version is 3.1. Price is US$495, or US$295 as an upgrade from a previous Windows operating system. The software comprises over 4 million lines of code. [4]
- June 5
- In Minnesota, a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurs. [53]
- June 18
- John Sculley steps down as CEO of Apple Computer, remaining as chairman. The board of directors names Michael Spindler as new CEO. (Steve Jobs brought Sculley into Apple in 1983, who effectively forced Jobs out of the company two years later.) [4]
- June 22
- A Unabomber bomb injures Charles Epstein in Tiburon, California. [31]
- June 24
- A Unabomber bomb injures computer scientist David Gelernter at Yale University. [31]
- June 27
- U.S. President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur District of Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April. [31]
- July 2
- Disney re-releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theaters in the USA. The film had been painstakingly restored and flaws were fixed by Eastman Kodak's Cinesite division over 18 weeks. [6]
- July 19
- U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding gays in the American military. [31]
- July 20
- White House deputy counsel Vince Foster commits suicide in Virginia. [31]
- (month unknown)
- In the USA, the Wisconsin Powerball lottery grand prize of US$111 million is won by a couple. [40.40]
- August 1
- Riverboat gambling is launched in Mississippi state. [187.442]
- August 4
- A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights. [31]
- August 6
- Louis Freeh is confirmed by the United States Senate as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [31]
- August 21
- NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Observer orbiter three days before the spacecraft is scheduled to enter orbit around Mars. [5] [31]
- August 30
- The Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS. [31]
- September 13
- Palistinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D.C., after signing the Oslo peace accord. [31] [46.517] [129]
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien premieres on NBC. [31]
- September 21
- In Oregon, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. [53]
- September 22
- Barge Mauvilla on Mobile River bumps into a rail bridge; the Los Angeles - Miami train hits a kink in the rail and derails, killing 42 of 202 passengers plus 5 crew. [720.152]
- September 29
- Christies Auctions sells a US 1868 3-cent rose George Washington postage stamp with "B" grill embossing for US$96,000 (including buyer's fee). The stamp is one of four known. [302.24]
- October 3
- A large scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; two Black Hawk helicopters are shot down; 19 Americans and 500 Somalis are killed. [31] [129]
- October 8
- David Miscavige announces the IRS has granted full tax exemption to the Church of Scientology International and affiliated churches and organizations ending the Church's 40-year battle with the IRS and resulting in religious recognition in the United States. [31]
- October 14
- Stack's auctions the Reed Hawn Collection; the Mickley specimen of the Class I US 1804 Draped Bust dollar sells for $475,000. The Reed Hawn US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin sells for $875,000. [488.60] [525.78] [560.22] [686.18]
- October 27
- The Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas is imploded. [386.61]
- November 11
- Disney announces plans to build a 150-acre amusement park called Disney's America with a history theme in Piedmont, Virginia. The 3,000 acre, US$650 million development would also include a campground, golf course, 2500 homes, and two million square feet of office/commercial space. [6]
- November 17
- US Congress votes for NAFTA. [1]
- November 30
- U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. [31]
- December 1
- Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minnesota, killing 18. [1]
- December 2
- NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission (STS-61) to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope. [1] [31]
- December 5
- Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space. [1]
- December 7
- Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing 16 and injuring 29. [31]
- December 10
- id Software releases the Doom game for MS-DOS to the public, via the ftp site on the University of Wisconsin's computer system. The game's name was inspired by a scene in the movie The Color of Money. [4]
- December 13
- A U-2 spyplane crashes on a local training flight at Beale Air Force Base in California; US Air Force pilot Captain Richard Schneider is killed. [31]
- Year
- 92 million people visit casinos in the USA. [39]
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