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1993 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1993 – A single market within the European Community is introduced.
•  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.
•  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.
•  March 29, 1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
•  April 23, 1993 – Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
•  September 22, 1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
•  September 27, 1993 – The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
•  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.

•  January 12, 1993 – Zayn Malik, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction
•  February 26, 1993 – Taylor Dooley, American actress
•  March 4, 1993 – Jenna Boyd, American actress
•  April 12, 1993 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
•  May 22, 1993 – Ben Lewis, English photographer
•  July 11, 1993 – Rebecca Bross, Gymnast
•  August 1, 1993 – Leon Thomas III, American actor
•  August 5, 1993 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
•  October 9, 1993 – Scotty McCreery, American singer
•  November 24, 1993 – Ivi Adamou, Greek-Cypriot singer