1993 Calendar
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1993 Historical Event(s)
January 23, 1993
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
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.
April 23, 1993
– Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
July 16, 1993
– The Slackware operating system is first released.
August 9, 1993
– The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
September 22, 1993
– A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
November 4, 1993
– A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
December 2, 1993
– Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
December 7, 1993
– The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
December 15, 1993
– History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
Who Were Born On 1993?
April 14, 1993
– Vivien Cardone, American actress
May 10, 1993
– Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
May 22, 1993
– Ben Lewis, English photographer
July 28, 1993
– Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress
August 29, 1993
– Liam Payne, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction
September 5, 1993
– Gage Golightly, American actress
October 19, 1993
– Abby Sunderland, American sailor
November 19, 1993
– Kerim Frei, Austrian footballer
November 30, 1993
– Yuri Chinen, Japanese actor and singer
December 16, 1993
– Lola Créton, French actress