1993 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1993?
- January 1, 1993 – A single market within the European Community is introduced.
- January 6, 1993 – Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
- January 7, 1993 – The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
- January 23, 1993 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- February 26, 1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
- February 28, 1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group’s leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
- March 12, 1993 – The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.
- March 27, 1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
- April 30, 1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
- June 6, 1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
- July 2, 1993 – 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival are killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.
- July 4, 1993 – Sumitomo Chemical’s resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others.
- September 9, 1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
- October 16, 1993 – Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.
- November 1, 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
- November 11, 1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- December 4, 1993 – A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
- 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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