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Events[]

  • Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio", the Black Maria
  • Blacksmith Scene is made and presented by Thomas Edison
  • First major public movie show, Chicago World's Fair

Films released in 1893[]

  • Blacksmith Scene
  • Horse Shoeing

Births[]

  • January 15 - Ivor Novello born in Wales, UK
  • January 22 - Conrad Veidt born in Berlin, Germany
  • April 12 - Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920)
  • April 20 - Harold Lloyd born in Nebraska, USA
  • August 17 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
  • August 30 - Vera Kholodnaya born in Poltava, Ukraine
  • September 16 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director, the founder of London Films. (d. 1956)
  • October 14 - Lillian Gish born in Ohio, USA
  • December 7 - Fay Bainter, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1968)
  • December 23 - Ann Pennington born in Delaware, USA
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