Timeline February 1993

Events in February 1993 12

• 1888 – 1993 Inge Lehmann Discoverer of Earths Core The seismologist who reasoned that the Earth must have a solid inner core based on seismic wave data.
• 1893 – 1993 Lillian Gish (1893-1993) Died 27 February 1993, aged 99 Lillian Gish was a pioneering actress of American silent cinema, celebrated for her roles in D.W. Griffith films including "Birth of a Nation" and "Broken Blossoms." Her career spanned over 75 years, from the earliest days of film through television in the 1980s. She died in New York City.
• 1909 – 1993 Ruby Keeler (1909-1993) Canadian-born American dancer and actress, star of 42nd Street.
• 1941 – 1993 Bobby Moore (1941-1993) Died 24 February 1993, aged 51 Bobby Moore captained the England national football team to victory in the 1966 World Cup, the country's only World Cup title. He played the majority of his career at West Ham United and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the sport's history. He died of colon cancer in London.
• 1943 – 1993 Arthur Ashe The Trailblazer First Black man to win Wimbledon and the US Open; the US Open stadium is named for him.
• 1993 Kurt Cobain records In Utero with Steve Albini Pachyderm Studio Recorded in two weeks in Minnesota.
• 1993 "Groundhog Day" released in theaters Bill Murray comedy popularizes the time-loop narrative device "Groundhog Day," starring Bill Murray as a cynical weatherman who relives the same day repeatedly, opened in US theaters to critical acclaim. The film's premise became so culturally embedded that "Groundhog Day" entered common usage as a phrase for a repetitive situation. It is now widely regarded as one of the best comedies of the 1990s.
• 1993 Indoor world record -- 6.15m, Donetsk, 21 February 1993 On 21 February 1993, in his adopted home city of Donetsk, Bubka sets an indoor world record of 6.15m -- the greatest height ever cleared by a pole vaulter indoors. The record stands for 27 years, until Armand Duplantis clears 6.17m at the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour. Donetsk is the city where he trained under Vitaly Petrov; setting the record there carries personal significance. By this point Bubka is competing for independent Ukraine, having represented the Soviet Union and the Unified Team in his earlier career.
• 1993 Little Richard receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Grammys Honoured by the industry that never gave him a competitive Grammy.
• 1993 World Trade Center bombing Truck bomb attack strikes the World Trade Center in New York A truck bomb detonated in the parking garage beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over a thousand. The attack, planned by Ramzi Yousef, aimed to topple one tower into the other. It was the first major terrorist attack on the complex, eight years before the September 11 attacks.
• 1993 Ruby Keeler dies in Rancho Mirage Ruby Keeler dies aged 83.
• 1993 Waco siege 51-day standoff between the FBI and Branch Davidians in Texas Following a botched ATF raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, federal agents laid siege to the property for 51 days. The standoff ended on April 19 when a fire broke out during an FBI assault, killing David Koresh and around 75 followers, including many children. The event became a flashpoint in American debates over federal law enforcement.