- The Detroit Pistons win the NBA championship.
- The Govenment shuts down over Columbus Day Weekend due to a deficit reduction package negotiated by President George H. W. Bush.
- Gianni Versace designs the costumes for the San Francisco Opera's production of Capriccio.
- Adobe releases the first version of Photoshop.
- Lonnie George Johnson, a black engineer, invents the Super Soaker water gun.
- Nothing Compares 2 U, which is performed by Sinéad O'Connor and written by Prince, is released.
- The programming language Python is released.
- Boris Yeltsin becomes the first President fo the Russian Federation.
- Linux is released by Linus Torvalds.
- The Berlin Wall falls.
- Nintendo releases the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
- Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W.
- Thierry Mugler completes his first haute couture collection.
- The first text message is sent.
- Kriss Kross releases Jump.
- Vogue releases it's iconic 100th anniversary special cover. It features 2 WOC on the cover at the same time.
- Mae Carol Jemison, the first black woman in space, leaves NASA to form her own technology research company, The Jemison Group Inc.
- Hocus Pocus is released.
- The first female African-American Senator, Carol Moseley Braun, takes office in Illinois.
- The Chicago Bulls become the NBA Champions.
- Amazon is founded.
- Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction hits cinemas.
- Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president.
- Nirvana releases Unplugged in New York. It was recorded in 1993.
- JavaScript is released.
- The cult classic movie Clueless is hits theaters.
- Dick Cheney becomes the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company.
- eBay is launched.
- The DVD is invented.
- Tickle Me Elmo is released.
- "One in a Million" by Aaliyah is released.
- Toyota gives us the Prius, the first mass-produced hybrid automobile.
- André Leon Talley returns to Vogue as the editor-at-large.
- House speaker Newt Gingrich resigns.
- TLC gives us No Scrubs.
- The Blair Witch Project and The Matrix are released.