Timeline Friday 1 January 1993

Events on Friday 1 January 1993 3

• 1993 1993: Alain Prost Williams Prost won his fourth and final title with Williams before retiring at the end of the season, having been the sport's most successful driver in terms of race wins at that time.
• 1993 Czechoslovakia dissolves into Czech Republic and Slovakia The "Velvet Divorce" splits one state into two sovereign nations Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia at midnight on January 1, 1993, in a process negotiated by political leaders rather than decided by referendum. The split, dubbed the "Velvet Divorce," followed the negotiated dissolution of the federal government. Both successor states went on to pursue separate paths toward NATO and European Union membership.
• 1993 What's Love Got to Do with It (Film) Angela Bassett portrayed Turner in the biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It, earning an Oscar nomination. The film brought Turner's story of survival to a global audience.