January 1993

Friday 01:

A single market within the European Community is introduced.

Saturday 02:

Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans.

Sunday 03:

In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

Tuesday 05:

Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).

Thursday 14:

David Letterman announces he is moving his television talk show from NBC to CBS.

Monday 18:

For the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is officially observed in all 50 United States states.

Tuesday 19:

IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992 which is the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.

Monday 25:

Mir Amir Kansi kills two employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Tuesday 26:

Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.

Sunday 31:

Super Bowl XXVII: The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills, 52-17.