1. The Great Flood of 1993: The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers flood large portions of the American Midwest.
2. An executive order is issued requiring the United States Air Force to allow women to fly war planes.
3. The West Memphis Three are three men who – while teenagers – were tried and convicted, in 1994
4. Child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson
5. A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon
6. (cont.) to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
7. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
8. Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston
9. The Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
10. Soviet space program paraphernalia are put to auction in Sotheby's
