1993 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1993?
- January 1, 1993 – A single market within the European Community is introduced.
- January 3, 1993 – In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
- January 18, 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
- January 23, 1993 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- March 12, 1993 – Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
- March 24, 1993 – Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
- May 10, 1993 – In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
- May 28, 1993 – Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
- July 25, 1993 – The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
- September 22, 1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
- October 3, 1993 – Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
- October 4, 1993 – Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
- November 18, 1993 – In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution.
- November 20, 1993 – Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his “dealings” with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
- November 23, 1993 – Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
- December 2, 1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
- December 8, 1993 – The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
- December 11, 1993 – Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- December 30, 1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
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