News
After being nominated by President Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. She would serve on the court until her death in September 2020.
1993 Context: News, Entertainment, Lifestyle
News
After surrounding the Waco, TX compound of the religious sect Branch Davidians, federal authorities from the ATF and FBI launch tear gas cannisters into the facility causing a large fire. The fire resulted in the death of 76 members of the sect, including 25 children.
News:
Middle Eastern terrorists detonate a truck bomb under the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing six and injuring close to 1,000.
Television
MTV launches the animated satirical comedy show Beavis & Butthead which airs until 1997. The hit show, created and voiced by Mike Judge, spawns a movie spin-off in 1996. An additional season airs on MTV in 2011.
Advertising
A 1993 advertisement for Radio Shack computers.
Advertising
Magazine ad for the Ford Probe GT.
Advertising
Cover image from a 1993 in-line skating catalog.
Advertising
Pro football coach Bill Walsh in an ad for Sharp fax machines.
Advertising
Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Dogg Pound in a 1993 fashion ad for Cross Colours.
Fashion
Women's fashion from a 1993 British Vogue magazine.
Fashion
Men's clothing advertisement for GAP.
Fashion
Model Anna Nicole Smith in a 1993 ad for Guess.
Fashion
Men's clothing ad for Target.
Fashion
Model Nikki Taylor in a Seventeen Magazine photo spread.
Movies
Bill Murray and Andie McDowell in the hit 1993 comedy film Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis.
Movies
The science fiction film Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, is the highest grossing movie in the US in 1993.
Movies
The low budget film Dazed and Confused is released. The coming-of-age film, about the last day of school at a Texas high school, features an ensemble cast that introduces many future stars including Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Milla Jovovich and others.
Movies
The film Indecent Proposal starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson is a box office success, despite negative reviews.
Television
The superhero TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuts on Fox Kids. The popular show spawns a line of action figures and other merchandise, along with a movie version in 1995.
Television
The TV sitcom The Nanny debuts on CBS and runs until 1999. The show stars comedian Fran Drescher as a fashionable Queens door-to-door cosmetic sales woman who becomes Nanny to an upper class British family.
Lifestyle
Maryland high school girls strike a pose.
Lifestyle
American suburban neighborhood kids in 1993.
Lifestyle
Girls gather at Huntington Beach, California high school.
Lifestyle
High school kids doing research via computer in Ann Arbor, Michigan.