Events in the year 1993 in Germany.
Incumbents President - Richard von Weizsäcker Chancellor – Helmut Kohl
Events
January 18: Focus publishes its first issue. February 11: A man hijacks Lufthansa Flight 592. April 23: The 1993 World Horticultural Exposition begins in Stuttgart. May 28: Solingen arson attack of 1993. June 25–27: The first annual Düsseldorfer Jazz-Rally is held.
Elections
Hamburg state election, 1993
Film
43rd Berlin International Film Festival 6th European Film Awards
Music
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Births 20 March - Fabian Fahl, politician 13 June - Cansin Köktürk, politician 22 June - Loris Karius, footballer 17 August - Cinta Laura, Indonesian-German actress and singer 22 August - Laura Dahlmeier, biathlete (d. 2025) 9 December - Cem Ince, politician
Deaths
January 15 – Annemarie von Gabain, German linguist (born 1901) January 21 – Leo Löwenthal, German sociologist (born 1900) January 26 – Baron Axel von dem Bussche, German military officer, member of the anti-Hitler Resistance (born 1919) February 5 – Hans Jonas, German philosopher (born 1903) March 20 – Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) April 2 – Ernst von Bodelschwingh, German politician (born 1906) June 7 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian professional basketball player (born 1964) June 12 – Wilhelm Gliese, astronomer (born 1915) September 20 – Erich Hartmann, German World War II fighter pilot, highest-scoring fighter ace in world history (born 1922) October 1 – Karl Bach, German Olympic fencer (born 1920) October 30 – Maria Matray, German screenwriter and actress (born 1907) November 18 – Fritz Feld, German actor (born 1900) December 7 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (born 1913)
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