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{{Events by month|1993}}
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[[File:1993 Events Collage.png|From left, clockwise: [[Ramzi Yousef]] and other [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic terrorists]] [[1993 World Trade Center bombing|detonate a truck bomb]] in the subterranean garage of [[List of tenants in 1 World Trade Center (1971–2001)|the North Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]], killing 7; the [[White House (Moscow)|Russian White House]] is shelled during a [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]] after Russian president [[Boris Yeltsin]] imposed a [[self-coup]]; [[Czechoslovakia]] is peacefully [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|dissolved]] into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]; in the U.S., the [[ATF]] [[Waco siege|besieges]] a compound belonging to [[David Koresh]] and the [[Branch Davidians]] in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; [[Eritrea]] overwhelmingly votes to gain [[1993 Eritrean independence referendum|independence]] from [[Ethiopia]]; [[1993 Storm of the Century|a major snow storm]] passes over the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Canada]], leading to 318 fatalities; [[drug lord]] and [[narcoterrorism|narcoterrorist]] [[Pablo Escobar]] is killed by [[Military Forces of Colombia|Colombian special forces]]; the [[Oslo I Accord]] is signed in an attempt to resolve the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].|300x300px|thumb|right]]
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* [[January 3]] – In Moscow, Presidents [[George H. W. Bush]] (United States) and [[Boris Yeltsin]] (Russia) sign the [[START II|second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]].
* [[January 3]] – In Moscow, Presidents [[George H. W. Bush]] (United States) and [[Boris Yeltsin]] (Russia) sign the [[START II|second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]].
* [[January 5]]
* [[January 5]]
** US$7.4 million stolen from [[Brink's]] Armored Car Depot in [[Rochester, New York]], in fifth largest robbery in U.S. history.
** US$7.4 million is stolen from the [[Brink's]] Armored Car Depot in [[Rochester, New York]], in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history.
** {{MV|Braer}}, a [[Liberia]]n-registered [[oil tanker]], runs aground off the Scottish island of [[Mainland, Shetland]], causing a massive oil spill.
** {{MV|Braer}}, a [[Liberia]]n-registered [[oil tanker]], runs aground off the Scottish island of [[Mainland, Shetland]], causing a massive oil spill.
* [[January 6]]
* [[January 6]]
** [[Douglas Hurd]] becomes the first high-ranking British official to visit [[Argentina]] since the [[Falklands War]].
** [[Douglas Hurd]] is the first high-ranking British official to visit [[Argentina]] since the [[Falklands War]].
** [[January 6]]–[[January 20|20]] – The [[Bombay riots]] take place in [[Mumbai]].
** [[January 6]]–[[January 20|20]] – The [[Bombay riots]] take place in [[Mumbai]].
* [[January 7]] – [[Fourth Republic of Ghana]] inaugurated, with [[Jerry Rawlings]] as president.
* [[January 7]] – The [[Fourth Republic of Ghana]] is inaugurated, with [[Jerry Rawlings]] as president.
* [[January 8]]–[[January 17|17]] – The [[Braer Storm of January 1993]], the most intense [[extratropical cyclone]] on record for the northern Atlantic Ocean, occurs.
* [[January 8]]–[[January 17|17]] – The [[Braer Storm of January 1993]], the most intense [[extratropical cyclone]] on record for the northern Atlantic Ocean, occurs.
* [[January 13]]
* [[January 13]]
** [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] (CWC) signed.
** The [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] (CWC) is signed.
** [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq|US, British and French aircraft attack Iraqi Surface to Air Missile sites in Southern Iraq]].
** [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq|US, British and French aircraft attack Iraqi Surface to Air Missile sites in Southern Iraq]].
* [[January 14]] – The Polish ferry {{MS|Jan Heweliusz}} sinks off the coast of [[Rügen]] in the [[Baltic Sea]], killing 54 people.
* [[January 14]] – The Polish ferry {{MS|Jan Heweliusz}} sinks off the coast of [[Rügen]] in the [[Baltic Sea]], killing 54 people.
* [[January 19]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: [[Iraq]] refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and [[Kuwait]], and the northern [[Iraqi no-fly zones]]. U.S. forces fire approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at [[Baghdad]] factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program (→ [[January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq]]). Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights.
* [[January 19]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: [[Iraq]] refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and [[Kuwait]], and the northern [[Iraqi no-fly zones]]. U.S. forces fire approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at [[Baghdad]] factories linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program (→ [[January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq]]). Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights.
* [[January 20]] – [[Bill Clinton]] [[First inauguration of Bill Clinton|sworn in]] as the 42nd [[President of the United States]].
* [[January 20]] – [[Bill Clinton]] is [[First inauguration of Bill Clinton|sworn in]] as the 42nd [[President of the United States]].
* [[January 24]] – In [[Turkey]], thousands protest against the murder of journalist [[Uğur Mumcu]].
* [[January 24]] – In [[Turkey]], thousands protest against the murder of journalist [[Uğur Mumcu]].
* [[January 25]] – [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]] [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] succeeds [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative]] [[Poul Schlüter]] as [[Prime Minister of Denmark]].
* [[January 25]] – [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]] [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] succeeds [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative]] [[Poul Schlüter]] as [[Prime Minister of Denmark]].
* [[January 26]] – [[Václav Havel]] elected President of the Czech Republic.
* [[January 26]] – [[Václav Havel]] is elected President of the Czech Republic.


=== February ===
=== February ===
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* [[February 4]] – Members of the right-wing Austrian [[Freedom Party of Austria]] split to form the [[Liberal Forum]] in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party.
* [[February 4]] – Members of the right-wing Austrian [[Freedom Party of Austria]] split to form the [[Liberal Forum]] in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party.
* [[February 10]]
* [[February 10]]
** [[Lien Chan]] named by [[Lee Teng-hui]] to succeed [[Hau Pei-tsun]] as [[Premier of the Republic of China]].
** [[Lien Chan]] is named by [[Lee Teng-hui]] to succeed [[Hau Pei-tsun]] as [[Premier of the Republic of China]].
** ''[[Mani pulite]]'' scandal: Italian legislator [[Claudio Martelli]] resigns, followed by various politicians over the next two weeks.
** ''[[Mani pulite]]'' scandal: Italian legislator [[Claudio Martelli]] resigns, followed by various politicians over the next two weeks.
* [[February 14]]
* [[February 14]]
** [[Glafcos Clerides]] defeats incumbent [[George Vasiliou]] in the Cypriot presidential election.
** [[Glafcos Clerides]] defeats incumbent [[George Vasiliou]] in the Cypriot presidential election.
** [[Albert Zafy]] defeats [[Didier Ratsiraka]] in the Madagascar presidential election.
** [[Albert Zafy]] defeats [[Didier Ratsiraka]] in the Madagascar presidential election.
* [[February 22]] – [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 808]] voted on, deciding that "an international tribunal shall be established" to prosecute violations of international law in [[Yugoslavia]]. The tribunal is established on [[May 25]] by [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 827|Resolution 827]].
* [[February 22]] – [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 808]] is voted on, deciding that "an international tribunal shall be established" to prosecute violations of international law in [[Yugoslavia]]. The tribunal is established on [[May 25]] by [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 827|Resolution 827]].
* [[February 26]] – [[World Trade Center bombing]]: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] explodes, killing six people and injuring over one thousand.
* [[February 26]] – [[World Trade Center bombing]]: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] explodes, killing six people and injuring over one thousand.


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** Electrochemist [[Faiza Al-Kharafi]] is appointed rector (president) of [[Kuwait University]], the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East.
** Electrochemist [[Faiza Al-Kharafi]] is appointed rector (president) of [[Kuwait University]], the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East.
* [[July 7]]–[[July 9|9]] – The [[19th G7 summit]] is held in Tokyo, Japan.
* [[July 7]]–[[July 9|9]] – The [[19th G7 summit]] is held in Tokyo, Japan.
* [[July 8]] – [[1993 India floods|Monsoonal floods in South Asia]] begin, going on to kill more than three thousand people over the next month.<ref name="dartmouth-register">{{Cite web|title=1993 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/1993sum.htm|archive-date=2003-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031018232924/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/1993sum.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MONSOON FLOODS SPREAD DESTRUCTION ACROSS SOUTH ASIA, KILLING 3,000|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/07/31/monsoon-floods-spread-destruction-across-south-asia-killing-3000/daf85676-a95d-4f2f-a755-731f47d7a22e/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=S. Asia Floods Kill 4,200; More Deaths Feared|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-27-mn-17522-story.html}}</ref>
* [[July 11|July 7]] – [[Hurricane Calvin (1993)|Hurricane Calvin]] lands in Mexico. It is the second Pacific hurricane on record to land in Mexico in July and kills 34.
* [[July 11|July 7]] – [[Hurricane Calvin (1993)|Hurricane Calvin]] lands in Mexico. It is the second Pacific hurricane on record to land in Mexico in July and kills 34.
* [[July 12]] – The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[1993 Okushiri earthquake|Hokkaidō earthquake]] affects northern Japan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe'') and triggers a devastating [[tsunami]] that kills 230 on the small island of [[Okushiri, Hokkaido]].
* [[July 12]] – The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[1993 Okushiri earthquake|Hokkaidō earthquake]] affects northern Japan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe'') and triggers a devastating [[tsunami]] that kills 230 on the small island of [[Okushiri, Hokkaido]].
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* [[August 28]]
* [[August 28]]
**[[Ong Teng Cheong]] becomes the first [[President of Singapore]] elected by the population.
**[[Ong Teng Cheong]] becomes the first [[President of Singapore]] elected by the population.
**The first [[Power Rangers]] series: [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]], was transform from [[Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger]]. Premiere
**The first ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series, ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' (an adaptation of ''[[Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger]]''), [[Day of the Dumpster|premieres]] in the United States.
* [[August 31]] – Russia completes removing its troops from [[Lithuania]].
* [[August 31]] – Russia completes removing its troops from [[Lithuania]].


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* [[October 21]] – A coup in [[Burundi]] results in the death of president [[Melchior Ndadaye]] and sparks the [[Burundi Civil War]].
* [[October 21]] – A coup in [[Burundi]] results in the death of president [[Melchior Ndadaye]] and sparks the [[Burundi Civil War]].
* [[October 25]] – [[1993 Canadian federal election]]: [[Jean Chrétien]] and his [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] defeat the governing [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]], which falls to a historic low of two seats.
* [[October 25]] – [[1993 Canadian federal election]]: [[Jean Chrétien]] and his [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] defeat the governing [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]], which falls to a historic low of two seats.
* [[October 27]]–[[October 31|31]] – The Southland Firestorm, formed of more than fourteen separate fires in Southern California burning simultaneously, burns more than 700 homes and 160,000 acres.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM / DAY FIVE: The Southland Fires | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-31-mn-51791-story.html|newspaper=[[LA Times]]|date=1993-10-31|access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref> Two of these fire are the [[Laguna Fire (1993)|Laguna Fire]] which burned more than 16,000 acres (6,500 hectares), destroyed hundreds of homes and caused $528 million in damage in [[Orange County, California]], and the [[Kinneloa Fire]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]] which caused a fatality.


===November===
===November===
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* [[December 7]]
* [[December 7]]
** In [[Garden City, New York]], six people are murdered and 19 injured in the [[Long Island Rail Road massacre]], a racially motivated mass shooting perpetrated by Colin Ferguson, a black Jamaican immigrant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/09/ny-train-killings-suspect-was-motivated-by-bias/37c1df9a-fb70-48d9-b176-81d3352e2fb7/?noredirect=on |last1=Gladwell |first1=Malcolm |author-link1=Malcolm Gladwell |last2=Stassen-Berger |first2=Rachel E. |title=N.Y. Train Killings Suspect Was 'Motivated By Bias' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 9, 1993 |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/09/ny-train-killings-suspect-was-motivated-by-bias/37c1df9a-fb70-48d9-b176-81d3352e2fb7/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}</ref>
** In [[Garden City, New York]], six people are murdered and 19 injured in the [[Long Island Rail Road massacre]], a racially motivated mass shooting perpetrated by Colin Ferguson, a black Jamaican immigrant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/09/ny-train-killings-suspect-was-motivated-by-bias/37c1df9a-fb70-48d9-b176-81d3352e2fb7/?noredirect=on |last1=Gladwell |first1=Malcolm |author-link1=Malcolm Gladwell |last2=Stassen-Berger |first2=Rachel E. |title=N.Y. Train Killings Suspect Was 'Motivated By Bias' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 9, 1993 |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/09/ny-train-killings-suspect-was-motivated-by-bias/37c1df9a-fb70-48d9-b176-81d3352e2fb7/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The 32-member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25451/ |last1=Padaychee |first1=Vishnu |last2=Fine |first2=Ben |author-link2=Ben Fine |title=The role and influence of the IMF on economic policy in South Africa's transition to democracy: the 1993 CCFF revisited |journal=Review of African Political Economy |date=July 2, 2018 |volume=46 |issue=159 |pages=157–167 |doi=10.1080/03056244.2018.1484352 |s2cid=158444181 |access-date=15 October 2021 |via=SOAS Research Online |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026204610/https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25451/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Cape Town]], marking the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with Black members.
** The 32-member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25451/ |last1=Padaychee |first1=Vishnu |last2=Fine |first2=Ben |author-link2=Ben Fine |title=The role and influence of the IMF on economic policy in South Africa's transition to democracy: the 1993 CCFF revisited |journal=Review of African Political Economy |date=July 2, 2018 |volume=46 |issue=159 |pages=157–167 |doi=10.1080/03056244.2018.1484352 |s2cid=158444181 |access-date=15 October 2021 |via=SOAS Research Online |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026204610/https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25451/ |url-status=live |hdl=10.1080/03056244.2018.1484352 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> in [[Cape Town]], marking the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with Black members.
** [[List of heads of state of Ivory Coast|President of Ivory Coast]] [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] dies at 88, the oldest African head of state.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/obituaries/felix-houphouet-boigny-ivory-coast-s-leader-since-freedom-in-1960-is-dead.html |last=Noble |first=Kenneth B. |title=Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Ivory Coast's Leader Since Freedom in 1960, Is Dead |journal=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 December 1993 |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180545/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/obituaries/felix-houphouet-boigny-ivory-coast-s-leader-since-freedom-in-1960-is-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is succeeded four days later by [[Henri Konan Bédié]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/11/world/new-ivory-coast-president-is-named-by-supreme-court.html |title=New Ivory Coast President Is Named by Supreme Court |journal=The New York Times |agency=[[The Associated Press]] |date=11 December 1993 |page=7 |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016073636/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/11/world/new-ivory-coast-president-is-named-by-supreme-court.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[List of heads of state of Ivory Coast|President of Ivory Coast]] [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] dies at 88, the oldest African head of state.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/obituaries/felix-houphouet-boigny-ivory-coast-s-leader-since-freedom-in-1960-is-dead.html |last=Noble |first=Kenneth B. |title=Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Ivory Coast's Leader Since Freedom in 1960, Is Dead |journal=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 December 1993 |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180545/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/obituaries/felix-houphouet-boigny-ivory-coast-s-leader-since-freedom-in-1960-is-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is succeeded four days later by [[Henri Konan Bédié]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/11/world/new-ivory-coast-president-is-named-by-supreme-court.html |title=New Ivory Coast President Is Named by Supreme Court |journal=The New York Times |agency=[[The Associated Press]] |date=11 December 1993 |page=7 |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016073636/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/11/world/new-ivory-coast-president-is-named-by-supreme-court.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 8]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] signs into law the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Clinton Signs NAFTA -- December 8, 1993 |work=American President: An Online Reference Resource |url=http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/events/12_08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010231531/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/events/12_08 |archive-date=10 October 2010 |publisher=[[University of Virginia|Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia]] |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[December 8]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] signs into law the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Clinton Signs NAFTA -- December 8, 1993 |work=American President: An Online Reference Resource |url=http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/events/12_08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010231531/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/events/12_08 |archive-date=10 October 2010 |publisher=[[University of Virginia|Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia]] |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] – [[id Software]] releases the first-person shooter game ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]''.
* [[December 11]]
* [[December 11]]
** One of the three blocks of the Highland Towers near [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] [[Highland Towers collapse|collapses]], killing 48.<ref>{{cite web |title=History Asia - The Highland Towers Disaster |publisher=[[A&E Television Networks]] |year=2008 |url=http://www.historyasia.com/synopsis.aspx?libId=1401&sId=826&sTime=1320 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711171851/http://www.historyasia.com/synopsis.aspx?libId=1401&sId=826&sTime=1320 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
** One of the three blocks of the Highland Towers near [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] [[Highland Towers collapse|collapses]], killing 48.<ref>{{cite web |title=History Asia - The Highland Towers Disaster |publisher=[[A&E Television Networks]] |year=2008 |url=http://www.historyasia.com/synopsis.aspx?libId=1401&sId=826&sTime=1320 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711171851/http://www.historyasia.com/synopsis.aspx?libId=1401&sId=826&sTime=1320 |archive-date=11 July 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
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** Representatives of [[Israel]] and the [[Holy See]] sign the [[Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel]], preparing for the establishment of [[Holy See–Israel relations|diplomatic relations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19931230_santa-sede-israele_en.html |title=Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel |date=30 December 1993 |website=[[vatican.va]] |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125171740/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19931230_santa-sede-israele_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Representatives of [[Israel]] and the [[Holy See]] sign the [[Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel]], preparing for the establishment of [[Holy See–Israel relations|diplomatic relations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19931230_santa-sede-israele_en.html |title=Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel |date=30 December 1993 |website=[[vatican.va]] |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125171740/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19931230_santa-sede-israele_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Argentina]] passes a measure allowing President [[Carlos Menem]] and all future presidents to run for a second consecutive term. It also shortens presidential terms to four years and removes the requirement for the president to be [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/30/world/argentine-senate-backs-menem-on-second-term.html |last=Nash |first=Nathaniel C. |author-link=Nathaniel C. Nash |title=Argentine Senate Backs Menem on Second Term |journal=The New York Times |date=30 December 1993 |page=A5 |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016141330/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/30/world/argentine-senate-backs-menem-on-second-term.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Argentina]] passes a measure allowing President [[Carlos Menem]] and all future presidents to run for a second consecutive term. It also shortens presidential terms to four years and removes the requirement for the president to be [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/30/world/argentine-senate-backs-menem-on-second-term.html |last=Nash |first=Nathaniel C. |author-link=Nathaniel C. Nash |title=Argentine Senate Backs Menem on Second Term |journal=The New York Times |date=30 December 1993 |page=A5 |access-date=16 October 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016141330/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/30/world/argentine-senate-backs-menem-on-second-term.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* Severe floods hit South Asia, killing over 4,000 people in [[Bangladesh]], India and [[Nepal]].
* Wildfires in [[California]] destroy over {{convert|16000|acre|km2}} and 700 homes.


== Births and deaths ==
== Births and deaths ==

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From left, clockwise: Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing 7; the Russian White House is shelled during a constitutional crisis after Russian president Boris Yeltsin imposed a self-coup; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; in the U.S., the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea overwhelmingly votes to gain independence from Ethiopia; a major snow storm passes over the U.S. and Canada, leading to 318 fatalities; drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; the Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Byzantine calendar7501–7502
Chinese calendar壬申年 (Water Monkey)
4690 or 4483
    — to —
癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
4691 or 4484
Coptic calendar1709–1710
Discordian calendar3159
Ethiopian calendar1985–1986
Hebrew calendar5753–5754
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2049–2050
 - Shaka Samvat1914–1915
 - Kali Yuga5093–5094
Holocene calendar11993
Igbo calendar993–994
Iranian calendar1371–1372
Islamic calendar1413–1414
Japanese calendarHeisei 5
(平成５年)
Javanese calendar1925–1926
Juche calendar82
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4326
Minguo calendarROC 82
民國82年
Nanakshahi calendar525
Thai solar calendar2536
Tibetan calendar阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
2119 or 1738 or 966
    — to —
阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
2120 or 1739 or 967
Unix time725846400 – 757382399
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1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1993rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 993rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1990s decade.

1993 was designated as:

  • International Year for the World's Indigenous People

The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993.[1]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

The aftermath of the World Trade Center bombing.

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

Main article: November 1993

December[edit]

Main article: December 1993

Births and deaths[edit]

Main pages: Category:1993 births and Deaths in 1993

Nobel Prizes[edit]

References[edit]

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