What are some big events that happened in 1993?

Answer 1

The first bombing attack on the World Trade Center parking garage February 26, 1993.

The siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas began February 28, 1993.

The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries flood from April to October 1993.

Final episode of Cheers on May 20, 1993.

Pablo Escobar killed by authorities in Medellin, Colombia on December 2, 1993.

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Answer 2

Friday 01:

A single market within the European Community is introduced.

Sunday 03:

In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsinsign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

Tuesday 05:

Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).

Monday 25:

Mir Amir Kansi kills two employees outside CIAheadquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Tuesday 26:

Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.

» January 1993

February 1993
Thursday 04:

First public alpha version, 0.2 of Doom released.

Monday 08:

General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBCallegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settled the lawsuit the next day.

Tuesday 23:

Gary Coleman wins a $1,280,000 lawsuit against his parents.

Friday 26:

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Centergoes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. The buildings would be destroyed in a subsequent attack on September 11, 2001.

Sunday 28:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound inWaco, Texas with a warrant to arrest cult leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.

» February 1993

March 1993
Thursday 04:

Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspiratorMohammad Salameh.

Friday 05:

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is banned from international competition for life after testing positive for banned substances for the second time.

Saturday 20:

1993 – A Provisional Irish Republican Armybomb explodes in Warrington, northwest England, killing two children.

Monday 22:

The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Saturday 27:

Mahamane Ousmane becomes President of Niger.

» March 1993

April 1993
Monday 05:

The Child Support Act 1991, administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 06:

Russian nuclear accident at Tomsk 7.

Monday 19:

The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.

Friday 23:

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

Saturday 24:

An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of City of London.

» April 1993

May 1993
Thursday 20:

The television sitcom, Cheers ends an 11-year run on NBC.

Monday 24:

Microsoft unveils Windows NT.

» May 1993

June 1993
Sunday 06:

Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.

Monday 07:

Prince changes his name to a symbol and comes to be referred to as "The Artist formerly known as Prince".

Monday 14:

A weeklong product tampering scare, later proven to be a hoax, occurs as customers throughout the USA discover syringes in unopened cans of Diet Pepsi Cola.

Tuesday 22:

Dr. Charles Epstein of Tiburon, California, USA is injured by a mail bomb sent by theUnabomber.

Friday 25:

Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canadaand becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

» June 1993

July 1993
Saturday 03:

Steffi Graf wins Wimbledon.

Sunday 04:

The Argentine national football team defeats mexicoto win the Copa América 1993 inGuayaquil.

Monday 12:

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the shore of Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastatingtsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri.

Thursday 29:

The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

» July 1993

August 1993
Wednesday 04:

A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koonand Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.

Monday 09:

King Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office nine days after the death of his brother, King Baudouin.

Monday 16:

The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdock.

Saturday 28:

Ong Teng Cheong elected president of Singapore

Monday 30:

The Late Show with David Letterman debuts on CBS.

» August 1993

September 1993
Wednesday 15:

Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament.

Tuesday 21:

Grunge rock band Nirvana releases its album In Utero.

Wednesday 22:

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.

Thursday 23:

Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.

Friday 24:

Brøderbund releases the computer game Myst.

» September 1993

October 1993
Sunday 03:

Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Army Rangers and about 2000 Somalis are killed.

Monday 04:

Russian constitutional crisis of 1993: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders tanks to storm the Russian parliament building.

Wednesday 06:

Michael Jordan makes his first retirement from the NBA.

Monday 18:

Andreas Papandreou begins his second term as Prime Minister of Greece.

Monday 25:

Jean Chrétien becomes prime minister of Canadawith a massive majority for his Liberal Party in a general election in which the governing Progressive Conservatives lost 149 of 151 seats in the parliament.

» October 1993

November 1993
Monday 01:

The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.

Sunday 14:

Michael Jackson enters a drug rehabilitationprogram to treat an addictiontopainkillers.

Thursday 18:

In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution.

Tuesday 23:

Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prizeaward for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

Tuesday 30:

U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.

» November 1993

December 1993
Thursday 02:

NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Saturday 04:

A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.

Tuesday 07:

South Africa transitional executive council established

Wednesday 08:

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US PresidentBill Clinton.

Thursday 30:

Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

Answer 3

the twin towers falling other wise known as 9/11 the Iraq War the huge tsunami that happened in 2006 Hurricane Katrina

Answer 4

In February a car bomb went off by the World Trade Center and NASA lost contact with a Mars observer in December.

Answer 5

Jurassic Park was released!