1993 34598 226173330 2008-07-17T04:06:52Z Weeliljimmy 4072667 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/74.129.136.28|74.129.136.28]] to last version by Jons63 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{year nav|1993}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1993''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXCIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display full 1993 [[Gregorian calendar]]). {{C20YearTOCship|1993|Templeton Prize}} ==Events of 1993== <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT INTO SEPARATE ARTICLES, please categorize the individual month articles using, for example, as per [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Year_categories]]. --> <!-- The calendar article is: [[common year starting on Friday]]. -- Remove any month-calendars here, such as: {{Month3|1|1|0}}. --> ===January=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * [[January 1]] – [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia]]: [[Slovakia]] and the [[Czech Republic]] separate in the so-called [[Velvet Divorce]]. * [[January 1]] – The [[European Community]] eliminates trade barriers and creates a European [[single market]]. * [[January 1]] – [[EuroNews]] is launched in Europe. * [[January 1]] – [[ITV]] companies [[GMTV]], [[Carlton Television]], [[Meridian Broadcasting]] and [[Westcountry Television]] start broadcasting, replacing [[TV-am]], [[Thames Television]], [[Television South|TVS]] and [[Television South West|TSW]] respectively. * [[January 3]] – In [[Moscow]], [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Boris Yeltsin]] sign the [[START II| second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]]. * [[January 5]] – The state of [[Washington]] executes [[Westley Allan Dodd]] by [[hanging]] (the first [[legal]] hanging in America since [[1965]]). [[Image:Bill Clinton.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bill Clinton]] inaugurated as [[President of the United States]].]] *[[January 5]] – $7.4 million USD stolen from [[Brinks]] Armored Car Depot in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York]]. Fifth largest robbery in US history. Four men, Samuel Millar, Father Patrick Moloney, former Rochester Police officer Thomas O'Connor, and Charles McCormick, all of whom had ties to the [[Irish Republican Army]], were accused. * [[January 5]] – [[MV Braer|M/V ''Braer'']], a [[Liberia]]n oil tanker, runs aground off the Scottish island of [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]], and begins spilling oil. * [[January 6]] – [[Douglas Hurd]] is the first high-ranking British official to visit [[Argentina]] since the [[Falklands War]]. * [[January 7]] – The [[Fourth Republic]] of [[Ghana]] is inaugurated, with [[Jerry Rawlings]] as president. * [[January 11]] – The ''Braer'' breaks up, causing a spill twice the size of that caused by the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]''. * [[January 14]] – The [[Poland|Polish]] [[ferry]] [[MS Jan Heweliusz|M/S ''Jan Heweliusz'']] sinks off the coast of [[Rügen]] in the [[Baltic Sea]], killing 54 people. * [[January 15]] – [[Salvatore Riina]], the [[Mafia]] boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] after 23 years as a fugitive. * [[January 19]] – [[International Business Machines|IBM]] announces a $4.97 billion loss for [[1992]], the largest single-year corporate loss in [[United States]] history. * [[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. Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights. * [[January 20]] – [[Bill Clinton]] succeeds [[George H.W. Bush]] as the 42nd [[President of the United States|President of the U.S.]] * [[January 24]] – In [[Turkey]], thousands protest the murder of journalist [[Uğur Mumcu]]. * [[January 25]] – [[Mir Aimal Kasi]] fires a rifle and kills two employees outside [[CIA]] headquarters in [[Langley, Virginia]]. * [[January 25]] – [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social democrat]] [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] succeeds [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|conervative]] [[Poul Schlüter]] as [[Prime Minister of Denmark]]. * [[January 26]] – [[Václav Havel]] is elected President of the Czech Republic. * [[January 31]] – The [[Buffalo Bills]] become the first team to lose 3 consecutive [[Super Bowl]]s as they are defeated by the [[Dallas Cowboys]], 52-17, in [[Super Bowl XXVII]]. ===February=== [[Image:WTC 1993 ATF Commons.jpg|thumb|180px|The aftermath of the [[World Trade Center bombing]].]] * [[February 4]] – Members of the right-wing [[Austria]]n [[FPÖ]] split to form the [[Liberal Forum]] in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party. * [[February 5]] – [[Belgium]] becomes a [[federal state]] rather than a [[monarchy|kingdom]]. * [[February 8]] – [[General Motors Corporation]] sues [[NBC]], after ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day. * [[February 10]] – [[Lien Chan]] is named by [[Lee Teng-Hui]] to succeed [[Hao Pei-tsun]] as [[Premier of the Republic of China]]. * [[February 10]] – [[Mani Pulite]] scandal: [[Claudio Martelli]] resigns, followed by various politicians over the next 2 weeks. * [[February 11]] – [[Janet Reno]] is selected by President Clinton as [[Attorney General of the United States]]. * [[February 14]] – [[Glafkos Klerides]] defeats incumbent [[George Vasiliou]] in Cypriot presidential election. * [[February 14]] – [[Albert Zafy]] defeats [[Didier Ratsiraka]] in Malagasy presidential election. * [[February 17]] – A ferry sinks in [[Haiti]], killing approximately 1,215 out of 1,500 passengers. * [[February 22]] – Two 11-year-old boys are charged with the [[murder of James Bulger]],whose body was found on [[February 14]]. * [[February 22]] – UN 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 will be established on [[May 25]] by Resolution 827. * [[February 24]] – [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Brian Mulroney]] resigns amidst political and economic turmoil. [[Kim Campbell]], his successor, becomes Canada's first female Prime Minister. * [[February 26]] – [[World Trade Center bombing]]: In [[New York City]], a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the [[World Trade Center]] explodes, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000. * [[February 28]] – [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] agents raid the [[Branch Davidian]] compound in [[Waco, Texas]], with a warrant to arrest leader [[David Koresh]] on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins. ===March=== * [[March 4]] – Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator [[Mohammad Salameh]]. * [[March 5]] – A [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonian]] [[Palair]] Flight 301, a [[Fokker F100|F-100]] on a flight to [[Zurich]], crashes shortly after take-off from [[Skopje]] killing 83 of the 97 on board. * [[March 9]] – [[Rodney King]] testifies at the federal trial of four [[Los Angeles, California]] police officers accused of violating his [[civil rights]] when they beat him during an arrest. * [[March 11]] – [[Janet Reno]] is confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. * [[March 12]] – [[1993 Bombay bombings]]: Several bombs explode in [[Bombay]], [[India]], killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more. * [[March 12]] – [[North Korea nuclear weapons program]]: [[North Korea]] announces that it plans to withdraw from the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty]] and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites. * [[March 13]]-14 – The [[Great Blizzard of 1993]] strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from [[Cuba]] to [[Québec]]; it is reported to have killed 184. * [[March 13]] – [[Australian federal election, 1993]]: The Australian Labor Party stays in power despite poor economic results. * [[March 17]] – The [[PKK]] announces a unilateral [[ceasefire]]. * [[March 20]] – [[Warrington bomb attacks]]: An [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb explodes in [[Warrington]] Town Centre and kills two children, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry. * [[March 22]] – The [[Intel]] Corporation ships the first [[Pentium]] chips * [[March 24]] – The Israeli [[Knesset]] elects [[Ezer Weizman]] as [[President of Israel]]. * [[March 24]] – [[South Africa]] officially abandons its nuclear weapons programme. President de Klerk announces that the country's six warheads had already been dismantled in 1990. * [[March 27]] – [[Jiang Zemin]] becomes [[President of the People's Republic of China]]. * [[March 27]] – Following a rash of [[integrist]] murders, [[Algeria]] breaks diplomatic relations with [[Iran]], accusing the country of interfering in its interior affairs. * [[March 27]] – [[Mahamane Ousmane]] is elected president of Nigeria. * [[March 28]] – [[French legislative election, 1993]]: [[Gaullist]]s win a majority and [[Édouard Balladur]] becomes [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]]. * [[March 29]] – The [[65th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], with ''[[Unforgiven]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. ===April=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * April – The Kuwaiti government claims to uncover an Iraqi assassination plot against former U.S. President [[George H.W. Bush]] shortly after his visit to Kuwait. Two Iraqi nationals confess to driving a car-bomb into Kuwait on behalf of the [[Iraqi Intelligence Service]].<ref>waybackdate|site=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?020930fr_archive02|date=20021014165340</ref> * [[April 1]] – The [[Holy See|Vatican]] orders the moving of the [[Carmelite]] [[convent]] at [[Auschwitz]]. * [[April 6]] – A [[nuclear accident]] occurs at [[Tomsk 7]] in [[Russia]]. * [[April 8]] – The [[Republic of Macedonia]] is admitted to the [[United Nations]]. * [[April 10]] – [[African National Congress]] activist [[Chris Hani]] is assassinated in [[South Africa]]. * [[April 16]] – [[Bosnian War]]: Fall of [[Srebrenica]]. * [[April 17]] – [[Laurence Powell]] and [[Stacey Koon]] are found guilty in the second Rodney King trial. * [[April 19]]- A [[Waco Siege|51-day stand-off]] at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, [[Texas]], ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including [[David Koresh]]. * [[April 22]] – In [[Washington, DC]], the [[Holocaust Memorial Museum]] is dedicated. * [[April 22]] – 18-year-old student [[Stephen Lawrence]] is stabbed to death in [[London]], [[England]]; the attack is believed to have been racially motivated. * [[April 23]] – The [[World Health Organization]] declares [[tuberculosis]] a Global Emergency. * [[April 23]] – [[Eritrea]]ns vote overwhelmingly for independence from [[Ethiopia]] in a [[United Nations]]-monitored referendum. * [[April 26]] – [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]] appoints [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] [[Prime Minister of Italy]]. * [[April 27]] – [[Yemeni parliamentary election, 1993]]: The [[General People's Congress]] wins a [[plurality]] of 121 seats. * [[April 27]] – All members of the [[Zambia national football team]] die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]. * [[April 28]] – An executive order requires the [[United States Air Force]] to allow women to fly war planes. * [[April 30]] – The [[World Wide Web]] is born at [[CERN]]. * [[April 30]] – Tennis star [[Monica Seles]] is stabbed in the back by an obsessed fan of rival [[Steffi Graf]] at a tournament in [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]. ===May=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * [[May 1]] – [[Pierre Bérégovoy]], former [[prime minister]] of [[France]], commits [[suicide]]. * [[May 1]] – A [[Tamil Tigers]] [[suicide bomber]] assassinates President [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] of [[Sri Lanka]]. * [[May 4]] – [[UNOSOM II]] assumes the [[Somalia]]n duties of the dissolved [[UNITAF]]. * [[May 9]] – [[Juan Carlos Wasmosy]] becomes the first democratically elected [[President of Paraguay]] in nearly 40 years. * [[May 10]] – [[Kader Toy Factory Fire]]: The world's worst factory fire occurs in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], killing 188 and injuring over 500. * [[May 15]] – [[Niamh Kavanagh]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1993|Eurovision Song Contest]] for Ireland with "[[In Your Eyes (Niamh Kavanagh song)|In Your Eyes]]." * [[May 16]] – The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] elects Prime Minister [[Süleyman Demirel]] as [[President of Turkey]]. * [[May 16]] – [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] defeats [[A.C. Milan]] in the [[1993 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League Final]]. * [[May 24]] – Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia. * [[May 27]] – A car bomb at the [[Uffizi Gallery]] in [[Florence]] kills five; the [[Mafia]] is suspected. * [[May 28]] – Eritrea and [[Monaco]] gain entry to the United Nations. ===June=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[June 1]] – [[President of Guatemala]] [[Jorge Serrano Elías]] is forced to flee the country after an attempted [[self-coup]]. * [[June 1]] – [[Burundian presidential election, 1993]]: The first multiparty elections in Burundi since the country's independence lead to the election of [[Melchior Ndadaye]], leader of the [[Front for Democracy in Burundi]]. The next day's [[Burundian legislative election, 1993|legislative election]] sees his party win with an overwhelming majority. * [[June 5]] – The [[National Assembly of Venezuela]] designates [[Ramón José Velásquez]] as successor of suspended [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]]. * [[June 5]] – 24 [[Pakistan]]i troops in the [[United Nations|UN forces]] are killed in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]] * [[June 5]] – [[United States Supreme Court]] rules on landmark case [[Minnesota v. Dickerson]] * [[June 6]] – Following the [[Revolutionary Nationalist Movement]]'s victory, [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]] becomes president of Bolivia * [[June 6]] – [[Mongolia]] holds its first direct presidential [[election]]s. * [[June 8]] – In [[Paris]], Christian Didier breaks into the home of [[René Bousquet]], banker and former [[Vichy France]] administrator, and shoots him dead. * [[June 8]] – The PKK-declared ceasefire ends. * [[June 9]] – The [[Montreal Canadiens]] win their 24th [[Stanley Cup]] defeating the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in the Finals. * [[June 14]] – [[Tansu Çiller]] becomes the first female [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]]. * [[June 14]] – Multipartyists win a referendum on the future of the one-party system in [[Malawi]]. * [[June 18]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM weapons inspectors to install remote-controlled monitoring cameras at 2 missile engine test stands. * [[June 20]] – Japanese Earthquake: A 7.5 earthquake hits Japan, killing 385 people. * [[June 20]] – [[John Paxson]]'s three-point shot in Game 6 of the NBA Finals helps the [[Chicago Bulls]] secure a 99-98 win over the [[Phoenix Suns]], and their third consecutive championship. * [[June 22]] – [[Japan]]'s [[New Party Sakigake]] breaks away from the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]. * [[June 23]] – In [[Manassas, Virginia]], [[Lorena Bobbitt]] cuts off the [[penis]] of her husband [[John Wayne Bobbitt]]. * [[June 24]] – A Unabomber bomb injures computer scientist [[David Gelernter]] at [[Yale University]]. * [[June 24]] – [[Andrew Wiles]] wins worldwide fame after presenting his solution for [[Fermat's last theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], a problem that has been unsolved for more than 3 centuries. * [[June 25]] – [[Kim Campbell]] becomes the 19th, and first female, [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. * [[June 25]] – [[Zoran Lilić]] succeeds to [[Dobrica Ćosić]] as [[President of Yugoslavia]]. * [[June 25]] – The [[Lithuanian litas|litas]] is introduced in [[Lithuania]]. * [[June 25]] – [[Jacques Attali]] resigns as President of the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]. * [[June 26]]-28 – [[Typhoon Koryn (1993)|Typhoon Koryn]] causes important damages in the [[Philippines]], [[China]] and [[Macau]]. * [[June 27]] – U.S. President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the [[Al-Mansur]] District of [[Baghdad]], in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April. * [[June 27]] – In Bad Kleinen, [[Germany]], [[GSG 9]] troopers arrest terrorists [[Birgit Hogefeld]] and [[Wolfgang Grams]]. ===July=== * [[July 2]] – An integrist mob sets fire to the hotel where ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' translator [[Aziz Nesin]] resides, killing 37. * [[July 5]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UN inspection teams leave Iraq. Iraq then agrees to UNSCOM demands and the inspection teams return. * [[July 7]]-9 – [[19th G7 summit]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan. * [[July 7]] – [[Hurricane Calvin (1993)|Hurricane Calvin]] lands in Mexico. It is the second Pacific hurricane to land in Mexico in July in recorded history, and kills 34. * [[July 12]] – A [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.8 [[earthquake]] off [[Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]] launches a devastating [[tsunami]] that kills 202 on the small island of [[Okushiri, Hokkaido]]. * [[July 16]]-17 – In [[Estonia]], the [[History of Russians in Estonia|majority Russian]] cities of [[Narva]] and [[Sillamäe]] organize illegal referendums on "territorial autonomy" to protest new citizenship laws. * [[July 19]] – [[Japanese general election, 1993]]: The loss of majority of the Liberal Democratic Party results in a coalition taking power. * [[July 19]] – U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his '[[Don't ask, don't tell]]' policy regarding gays in the American military. * [[July 20]] – [[White House]] deputy counsel [[Vince Foster]] commits suicide in Virginia. * [[July 23]] – [[Candelária massacre]]: [[Brazil]]ian police officers kill 8 street kids in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. * [[July 26]] – [[Miguel Indurain]] wins the [[1993 Tour de France]]. * [[July 26]] – [[Asiana Air Flight 733]] crashes into Mt. Ungeo in [[Haenam]], [[South Korea]] killing 68. * [[July 27]] – [[Windows NT 3.1]], the first version of [[Microsoft]]'s line of [[Windows NT]] operating systems, is released to manufacturing. * [[July 29]] – The [[Israeli Supreme Court]] acquits accused [[Nazi]] death camp guard [[John Demjanjuk]] of all charges and he is set free. ===August=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * [[August 4]] – A federal judge sentences [[Los Angeles Police Department]] officers [[Stacey Koon]] and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's [[civil rights]]. * [[August 4]] – The Japanese government issues the Kono statement acknowledging the [[comfort women]]'s deportation. * [[August 5]] – The discovery of the [[Tel Dan Stele]], the first archaeological confirmation of the existence of the [[Davidic line]], is announced. * [[August 6]] – According to [[Japanese government]] and [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] networks report, [[List of natural disasters by death toll#Storms_.28Non_cyclone.29|torrential rain and mudslides]] kill 72 in [[Kagoshima]], [[Japan]]. * [[August 9]] – King [[Albert II of Belgium]] is sworn into office 9 days after the death of his brother, King [[Baudouin I of Belgium|Baudouin I]]. * [[August 13]] – Over 130 die in the collapse of Royal Plaza Hotel at [[Nakhon Ratchasima]] in [[Thailand]]'s worst hotel disaster. * [[August 17]] – For the first time, the public is allowed inside [[Buckingham Palace]]. * [[August 19]] – In Norway, [[Varg Vikernes]] is arrested and charged with the murder of [[Øystein Aarseth]], of [[Mayhem]]. He would a receive a 21 year sentence for this and other crimes. * [[August 21]] – [[NASA]] loses radio contact with the [[Mars Observer]] orbiter 3 days before the spacecraft is scheduled to enter orbit around [[Mars]]. * [[August 28]] – [[Ong Teng Cheong]] becomes the first [[President of Singapore]] elected by the population. * [[August 30]] – Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania. * [[August 31]] – [[HMS Mercury (shore establishment)|HMS Mercury]] closes after fifty two years in commission. ===September=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Rabin at peace talks.jpg|thumb|250px|[[PLO]] leader [[Yasser Arafat|Yasir Arafat]] and [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]], with US President, [[Bill Clinton]].]] * [[September 4]] – The [[Essendon Football Club]] wins its 15th [[Australian Football League]] premiership over rivals [[Carlton Football Club]]. * [[September 4]] – [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] beats [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] in the [[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship]]. * [[September 13]] – [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993]]: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats, and Prime Minister [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] retains office. * [[September 13]] – [[PLO]] leader [[Yasser Arafat]] and [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]] shake hands in Washington D.C., after signing a peace accord. * [[September 15]]-21 – [[Hurricane Gert (1993)]] crosses from the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] to the [[Pacific Ocean]] through [[Central America]] and [[Mexico]]. * [[September 17]] – Removal of Russian troops from [[Poland]]. * [[September 19]] – [[Polish parliamentary election, 1993]]: A coalition of the [[Democratic Left Alliance]] and the [[Polish People's Party]] lead by [[Waldemar Pawlak]] comes into power. * [[September 22]] – [[Big Bayou Canot train disaster]]: A bridge collpases as the ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' crosses it, killing 47. * [[September 24]] – The [[Cambodia]]n monarchy is restored, with [[Norodom Sihanouk]] as king. * [[September 24]] – [[2000 Summer Olympics bids]]: The IOC selects [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] to be the site of the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. * [[September 26]] – The first mission in [[Biosphere 2]] ends after 2 years. * [[September 27]] – [[War in Abkhazia]]: [[Fall of Sukhumi]]; [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] accuses Russia of passive complicity. * [[September 30]] – An earthquake centered in [[Killari]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] kills over 10,000. ===October=== * [[October 2]]-5 – The [[Russian constitutional crisis of 1993]] culminates with Russian military and security forces clearing the [[White House of Russia]] Parliament building by force, squashing a mass uprising against President [[Boris Yeltsin]]. * [[October 3]] – A large scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in [[Mogadishu, Somalia]]; 19 Americans and 500 Somalis are killed. * [[October 5]] – [[China]] performs a [[nuclear test]], ending a worldwide ''de facto'' [[moratorium]]. * [[October 5]] – The papal [[encyclical]] ''[[Veritatis Splendor]]'' is promulgated. * [[October 8]] – [[David Miscavige]] announces the IRS has granted full tax exemption to the Church of Scientology International and affiliated churches and organizations ending the Church's 40-year battle with the IRS and resulting in religious recognition in the United States. * [[October 10]] – 292 are killed when the [[South Korean]] ferry ''Seohae'' capsizes off [[Pusan]], [[South Korea]]. * [[October 11]]-28 – The [[UNMIH]] is prevented from entering [[Haiti]]. On [[October 18]], economic sanctions (abolished in August) are reinstated. * [[October 13]] – [[Greek legislative election, 1993]]: [[Andreas Papandreou]] begins his second term as [[Prime Minister of Greece]]. * [[October 13]] – The fifth summit of the [[Francophonie]] opens in [[Mauritius]]. * [[October 19]] – [[Benazir Bhutto]] becomes the first elected woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state, in Pakistan. * [[October 21]] – A coup in [[Burundi]] result in the death of president Melchior Ndadaye and sparks the [[Burundi Civil War]]. * [[October 25]] – [[Canadian federal election, 1993]]: [[Jean Chrétien]] and his [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] defeat the governing [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] which falls to historic low of 2 seats. ===November=== * [[November 1]] – The [[Maastricht Treaty]] takes effect, formally establishing the [[European Union]]. * [[November 5]] – [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] passes Railways [[Act of Parliament|Act]], setting out the procedures for [[privatisation of British Rail]]. *[[November 9]] – [[Bosnian Croat]] forces destroy the ''[[Stari most]]'', or Old Bridge of [[Mostar]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], by tank fire. * [[November 11]] – [[Microsoft]] releases [[Windows 3.11]] for Workgroups to manufacturing. * [[November 11]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war]]: over 400 Sri Lankan military die in the [[Battle of Pooneryn]]. * [[November 12]] – [[London Convention]]: Marine dumping of [[radioactive waste]] is outlawed. * [[November 18]] – In a [[Puerto Rican status referendums|status referendum]], [[Puerto Rico]] residents vote with a slim margin to maintain [[Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)|Commonwealth]] status. * [[November 17]]-[[November 22|22]] – [[NAFTA]] passes the legislative houses in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]. * [[November 18]] – In [[South Africa]], 21 political parties approve a new [[constitution]]. * [[November 18]] – The first meeting of the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation]] opens in [[Seattle]]. * [[November 20]] – [[Savings and Loan scandal]]: The [[United States Senate]] Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of [[California]] senator [[Alan Cranston]] for his dealings with savings-and-loan executive [[Charles Keating]]. * [[November 20]] – An Avioimpex [[Yakovlev Yak-42]]D crashes into Mount Trojani near [[Ohrid]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]. The aircraft was on a flight from [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] to Skopje, but had been diverted to [[Ohrid]] due to poor weather conditions at the Skopje airport. All eight crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers are killed. * [[November 24]] – In the [[United Kingdom]], 11-year-olds [[Robert Thompson]] and [[Jon Venables]] are convicted of the [[child murder]] of 2-year-old [[James Bulger]] of [[Liverpool]]. * [[November 28]] – ''[[The Observer]]'' reveals a channel of communications has existed between the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] and the [[British government]], despite the government's persistent denials. ===December=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates. --> * [[December 2]] – ''[[STS-61]]'': [[NASA]] launches the Space Shuttle ''[[Endeavour]]'' on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. * [[December 2]] – [[War on Drugs]]: [[Colombia]]n [[drug lord]] [[Pablo Escobar]], head of the [[Medellín Cartel]], is gunned down in [[Medellín]] when police try to arrest him. * [[December 2]] – The announced merger ([[September 6]]) between [[Renault]] and [[Volvo]] fails; Volvo CEO [[Pehr G. Gyllenhammar]] resigns. * [[December 5]] – [[Rafael Caldera Rodríguez]] is elected President of Venezuela for the second time, succeeding to interim president [[Ramón José Velásquez]]. * [[December 7]] – [[Colin Ferguson]] opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a [[Long Island Rail Road]] train, killing 16 and injuring 29. * [[December 7]] – 32 member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in [[Cape Town]], marking the first meeting of an official government body in [[South Africa]] with black members. * [[December 7]] – [[President of Côte d'Ivoire]] [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] dies at 83, the oldest African head of state. He is succeeded 3 days later by [[Henri Konan Bédié]]. * [[December 10]] – [[id Software]] releases ''[[Doom (video game)|Doom]]'', a seminal [[first-person shooter]] that uses advanced [[3D graphics]] for computer games. * [[December 11]] – [[Chilean presidential election, 1993]]: [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]] is elected with 58% of the vote. * [[December 11]] – A variety of [[Soviet space program]] paraphernalia are put to auction in [[Sotheby's]] New York, and sell for a total of [[US$]]6.8M. One of the item is [[Lunokhod 1]] and its spacecraft [[Luna 17]]; they sold for $68,500. * [[December 12]] – [[Péter Boross]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] following the death of [[József Antall]]. * [[December 13]] – [[Canadian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] resigns as head of the [[Conservative Party (Canada)|Conservative Party]] to be succeeded by [[Jean Charest]]. * [[December 13]] – The [[Majilis]] of [[Kazakhstan]] approves the nuclear [[Non-Proliferation Treaty]] and agrees to dismantle the more than 100 missiles left on its territory by the fall of the USSR. * [[December 15]] – [[Downing Street Declaration]]: The United Kingdom commits itself to the search for an answer to the problems of [[Northern Ireland]]. * [[December 15]] – [[Uruguay Round]] of [[GATT]] talks reach successful conclusion after seven years. * [[December 16]] – [[Brazil]]'s [[Supreme Court]] rules that former [[President]] [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] may not hold elected office again until [[2000]] due to [[political corruption]]. * [[December 18]] – [[Omar Bongo]] is re-elected as [[President]] of [[Gabon]] in the country's first [[multiparty]] [[elections]]. * [[December 20]] – [[United Nations General Assembly]] votes [[unanimously]] to appoint a UN High Commissioner for [[Human Rights]]. * [[December 22]] – The interim South Africa constitution is approved by [[parliament]] in a 237-45 vote. * [[December 29]] – [[Argentina]] passes a measure allowing [[President]] [[Carlos Saul Menem]] and all future presidents to run for a second term. It also shortens presidential terms to four years and removes the requirement for the president to be [[Roman Catholic]]. * [[December 30]] – [[Israel]] and the [[Holy See|Vatican]] establish diplomatic relations. * [[December 30]] – [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] gains a parliamentary majority in [[India]] after the defection of ten [[Janata Dal]] party lawmakers. <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT INTO SEPARATE ARTICLES, please categorize the individual month articles using, for example, as per [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Year categories]] --> ===Undated=== * The second [[World Parliament of Religions]] is held in [[Chicago]]. * US President Bill Clinton sends 6 American warships to [[Haiti]] to enforce [[United Nations]] trade sanctions against the military-led regime in that country. * The [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Missouri River]]s flood large portions of the [[United States|American]] Midwest. *Severe floods hit [[South Asia]], killing over 4,000 people in [[Bangladesh]], [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. *The [[European Exchange Rate Mechanism]] is put in crisis, mainly from [[speculation]] against the [[French Franc]]. *Over a dozen people are killed by the new [[Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome]], mainly in the [[Southwestern United States]]. *Wildfires in [[California]] destroy over {{convert|16000|acre|km2}} and 700 homes. *[[Stephen Hawking]]'s ''[[A Brief History of Time]]'' becomes the longest running book on the bestseller list of ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' ever. *[[Oslo Accords]] negotiations. *Many foreigners are murdered by rebel groups in [[Algeria]]. * The [[Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform]] succeeds in having Irish [[sodomy law]] reformed. ===Ongoing=== ====Wars==== {{see also|List of wars 1990–2002}} *[[Yugoslav wars]] *[[The Troubles]] *[[First Tuareg Rebellion]] *[[Algerian Civil War]] *[[Civil war in Afghanistan]] *[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] *Conflicts in Sub-saharan Africa **[[First Liberian Civil War]] **[[Rwandan Civil War]] **[[Sierra Leone Civil War]] **[[Sri Lankan Civil War]] **[[Lord's Resistance Army]] insurgency. **[[Second Sudanese Civil War]] **[[Conflict in the Niger Delta]] **[[Angolan Civil War]] **[[Casamance Conflict]] *[[Conflicts in the Horn of Africa]] **[[Djiboutian Civil War]] **[[Somali Civil War]] *Conflicts in Latin America **[[Guatemalan Civil War]] **[[Internal conflict in Peru]] **[[Colombian Civil War (1964–present)|Colombian Civil War]] *Conflicts in the former USSR **[[Georgian Civil War]] **[[Nagorno-Karabakh War]] **[[Civil war in Tajikistan]] ====Other==== *[[Generation X]] influence on culture *[[Console wars]], and [[Computer Age]] ===Fictional=== The following are references to year 1993 in fiction: *The film ''[[Beautiful People (film)|Beautiful People]]'' is set in this year. *The film ''[[Club le Monde]]'' is set in this year. *The film ''[[Eight Below]]'' is set in this year due to that being the last year that [[sled dog]]s were allowed to work in [[Antarctica]]. {{Year in other calendars|Japanese=[[Heisei]] 5}} ==Births== {{For|a complete list|Category:1993 births}} ===January-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> *[[January 12]] – [[Aika Mitsui]], Japanese singer *[[January 18]] – [[Morgan York]], American actress *[[January 26]] – [[Cameron Bright]], Canadian actor *[[January 30]] – [[Christina Kirkman]], American actress *[[February 7]] – [[David Dorfman]], American actor *[[February 9]] – [[Parimarjan Negi]], Chess prodigy from India *[[February 12]] – [[Jennifer Stone]], American actress *[[February 14]] – [[Martín Galván]], Mexican footballer *[[February 18]] – [[Victoria Justice]], American actress *[[February 20]] – [[Oliver Smith (UK politician)|Oliver Smith]], UK politician *[[February 26]] – [[Taylor Dooley]], American actress *[[March 4]] – [[Yves Michel-Beneche]], American actor *[[March 17]] – [[Julia Winter]], Swedish actress *[[March 21]] – [[Bobby Preston]], American actor *[[March 28]] – [[Naoki Takeshi]], Japanese actor *[[April 3]] – [[Dakoda Dowd]], American golfer *[[April 14]] – [[Vivien Cardone]], American actress *[[April 15]] – [[Madeleine Martin]], American television actress/voice actress *[[April 16]] – [[Mirai Nagasu]], Japanese-American figure skater *[[April 23]] – [[Akrit Jaswal]], child physician *[[May 10]] – [[Mirai Shida]], Japanese actress *[[May 13]] – [[Alexander Montagu, Viscount Mandeville]], British noble *[[May 14]] – [[Miranda Cosgrove]], American actress *[[May 20]] – [[Caroline Zhang]], American figure skater *[[May 25]] – The [[Dilley sextuplets]] *[[June 7]] – [[Jordan Fry]], American actor *[[June 15]] – [[Kanna Arihara]], Japanese singer ===July-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> *[[July 26]] – [[Taylor Momsen]], American actress *[[July 28]] – [[Hannah Lochner]], Canadian actress *[[July 29]] – [[Ang Ching Hui]], Singaporean actress *[[August 2]] – [[Paul Raymond]], Australian dancer *[[August 3]] – [[Paula Riemann]], German actress *[[August 3]] – [[Yurina Kumai]], Japanese singer *[[August 5]] – [[Suzuka Ohgo]], Japanese child actress *[[August 11]] – [[Alyson Stoner]], American actress and dancer *[[August 12]] – [[Ewa Farna]], Polish singer *[[August 26]] – [[Keke Palmer]], American actress and singer *[[September 1]] – [[Ilona Mitrecey]], French singer *[[September 5]] – [[Gage Golightly]], American actress *[[September 9]] – [[Charlie Stewart]], American actor *[[September 23]] – [[Zach Tyler Eisen]], American voice actor *[[October 2]] – [[Tara Lynne Barr]], American actress *[[October 8]] – [[Angus T. Jones]], American actor *[[October 28]] – [[Elliot John Crosby]], English tenpin bowler *[[November 9]] – [[Maya Ritter]], Canadian actress *[[November 15]] – [[Saaya Irie]], Japanese model, actress and singer *[[December 6]] – [[Elián González]], Cuban refugee *[[December 8]] – [[AnnaSophia Robb]], American actress *[[December 10]] – [[Rachel Trachtenburg]], American musician *[[December 15]] – [[Matthew Koon]], English stage actor *[[December 22]] – [[Aliana Lohan]], American actress and singer *[[December 22]] – [[Mark Klein (singer)|Mark Klein]], American singer and member of [[The Boogie Kings]] ==Deaths== {{For|a complete list|Category:1993 deaths}} ===January-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 6]] – [[Dizzy Gillespie]], American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (b. [[1917]]) *[[January 6]] – [[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian dancer (b. [[1938]]) *[[January 20]] – [[Kōbō Abe]], Japanese author (b. [[1924]]) *[[January 20]] – [[Audrey Hepburn]], Belgian actress (b. [[1929]]) *[[January 24]] – [[Thurgood Marshall]], American jurist, First African-American on the Supreme Court (b. 1908) *[[January 26]] – [[Robert Jacobsen]] Danish artist (b. [[1912]]) *[[January 27]] – [[Jeanne Sauvé]], Canadian Governor General (b. [[1922]]) *[[January 27]] – [[André the Giant]], French professional wrestler (b. [[1946]]), real name: André René Roussimoff *[[February 5]] – [[Hans Jonas]], German philosopher (b. [[1903]]) *[[February 5]] – [[Tip Tipping]], British actor and stuntman (parachuting accident) (b. [[1958]]) *[[February 5]] – [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], American screenwriter and producer (b. [[1909]]) *[[February 6]] – [[Arthur Ashe]], American tennis player and activist (b. [[1943]]) *[[February 8]] – [[Roland Mousnier]], French historian (b. [[1907]]) *[[February 11]] – [[Robert W. Holley]], American biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1922]]) *[[February 12]] – [[James Bulger]], British murder victim *[[February 18]] – [[Kerry Von Erich]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1960]]), real name: Kerry Gene Adkisson *[[February 20]] – [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]], Italian automobile manufacturer (b. [[1916]]) *[[February 21]] – [[Inge Lehmann]], Danish seismologist (b. [[1888]]) *[[February 21]] – [[Dick White]], British intelligence officer (b. [[1906]]) *[[February 23]] – [[Robert Triffin]], Belgian economist (b. [[1911]]) *[[February 24]] – [[Bobby Moore]], English footballer (b. [[1941]]) *[[February 27]] – [[Lillian Gish]], American actress (b. [[1893]]) *[[March 3]] – [[Albert Sabin]], American biologist, developer of the oral polio vaccine (b. [[1906]]) *[[March 8]] – [[Billy Eckstine]], American musician (b. [[1914]]) *[[March 17]] – [[Helen Hayes]], American actress (b. [[1900]]) *[[March 20]] – [[Polykarp Kusch]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]]) *[[March 20]] – [[Paul László]], Hungarian-born architect (b. [[1900]]) *[[March 30]] – [[Richard Diebenkorn]], American painter (b. [[1922]]) *[[March 31]] – [[Brandon Lee]], American actor (b. [[1965]]) *[[March 31]] – [[Chichay]], Filipino actress (b. [[1918]]) *[[April 1]] – [[Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona]] (b. [[1913]]) *[[April 8]] – [[Marian Anderson]], American contralto (b. [[1897]]) *[[April 10]] – [[Donald Broadbent]], British psychologist (b. [[1926]]) *[[April 13]] – [[Wallace Stegner]], American writer (car accident) (b. [[1909]]) *[[April 15]] – [[Robert Westall]], British author (b. [[1929]]) *[[April 17]] – [[Turgut Özal]], Turkish president and prime minister (b. [[1927]]) *[[April 20]] – [[Cantinflas]], Mexican comedian (b. [[1911]]) *[[April 23]] – [[César Chávez|César Estrada Chávez]], Civil rights activist (b. [[1927]]) *[[April 29]] – [[Héctor Lavoe]], Salsa singer *[[April 29]] – [[Mick Ronson]], Rock Guitarist (b. [[1946]]) *[[May 1]] – [[Pierre Bérégovoy]], [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1925]]) *[[May 8]] – [[Avram Davidson]], American writer (b. [[1923]]) *[[May 8]] – [[Alwin Nikolais]], American choreographer (b. [[1912]]) *[[May 14]] – [[William Randolph Hearst, Jr.]], American businessman (b. [[1908]]) *[[May 22]] – [[Mieczysław Horszowski]], Polish pianist (b. [[1892]]) *[[May 30]] – [[Sun Ra]], American jazz musician (b. [[1914]] or [[1915]]) *[[June 1]] – [[Melchior Ndadaye]], incumbent Burundian president (murder) (b. [[1953]]) *[[June 2]] – [[Tahar Djaout]], Algerian writer (murder) (b. [[1954]]) *[[June 5]] – [[Conway Twitty]], American musician (b. [[1933]]) *[[June 9]] – [[Alexis Smith]], Canadian actress (b. [[1921]]) *[[June 13]] – [[Deke Slayton]], astronaut (b. [[1924]]) *[[June 13]] – [[Gérard Côté]], Canadian marathon runner (b. [[1913]]) *[[June 16]] – [[Nicanor Zabaleta]], Spanish harpist (b. [[1907]]) *[[June 19]] – [[William Golding]], English writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]]) *[[June 19]] – [[Szymon Goldberg]], Polish-born violinist (b. [[1909]]) *[[June 22]] – [[Patricia Nixon]], former First Lady of the United States (b. [[1912]]) *[[June 24]] – [[Archie Williams]], American athlete (b. [[1915]]) *[[June 30]] – [[George McFarland|George "Spanky" McFarland]], American actor (b. [[1928]]) ===July-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] – [[Fred Gwynne]], American actor and comedian, mostly known as Herman Munster from [[The Munsters]] (b. [[1926]]) *[[July 2]] – [[Masuji Ibuse]], Japanese writer (b. [[1898]]) *[[July 3]] – [[Curly Joe DeRita]], American comedian (b. [[1909]]) *[[July 14]] – [[Léo Ferré]], French poet and singer-songwriter (b. [[1916]]) *[[July 23]] – [[James R. Jordan, Sr.|James Jordan]], father of basketball superstar, [[Michael Jordan]] (shot) (b. [[1936]]) *[[July 24]] – [[Rene Requiestas]], Filipino comedian (b. [[1957]]) *[[July 31]] – [[Baudouin I]], King of Belgium (b. [[1930]]) *[[August 3]] – [[Theodore A. Parker III]], renowned ornithologist (b. [[1953]]) *[[August 10]] – [[Øystein Aarseth]], Norwegian heavy metal musician (murder) (b. [[1968]]) *[[August 16]] – [[René Dreyfus]] Grand Prix racing driver (b. [[1905]]) *[[August 20]] – [[Bernard Delfgaauw]], Dutch philosopher (b. [[1912]]) *[[August 28]] – [[E. P. Thompson]], English historian and activist (b. [[1924]]) *[[September 4]] – [[Hervé Villechaize]], French-born actor (b. [[1943]]) *[[September 11]] – [[Erich Leinsdorf]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1912]]) *[[September 12]] – [[Raymond Burr]], Canadian actor (b. [[1917]]) *[[September 20]] – [[Erich Hartmann]], world's highest-scoring [[Fighter Ace]] (b. [[1922]]) *[[September 22]] – [[Maurice Abravanel]], Greek-born conductor (b. [[1903]]) *[[September 22]] – [[Nina Berberova]], Russian writer (b. [[1901]]) *[[September 27]] – [[Jimmy Doolittle]], American general (b. [[1896]]) *[[September 28]] – [[Alexander A. Drabik]], American soldier (b. [[1910]]) *[[October 5]] – [[Agnes de Mille]], American dancer and choreographer (b. [[1905]]) *[[October 25]] – [[Vincent Price]], American actor (b. [[1911]]) *[[October 25]] – [[Danny Chan]], Hong Konger singer (b. [[1962]]) *[[October 31]] – [[Federico Fellini]], Italian film director (b. [[1920]]) *[[October 31]] – [[Paul Grégoire]], archbishop of Montreal (b. [[1911]]) *[[October 31]] – [[River Phoenix]], American actor (drug overdose) (b. [[1970]]) *[[November 1]] – [[Severo Ochoa]], Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1905]]) *[[November 1]] – [[A. N. Sherwin-White]], English historian of Ancient Rome (b. [[1911]]) *[[November 16]] – [[Achille Zavatta]], French circus artist (suicide) (b. [[1915]]) *[[November 21]] – [[Bill Bixby]], American actor (b. [[1934]]) *[[November 22]] – [[Anthony Burgess]], English author (b. [[1917]]) *[[November 29]] – [[J. R. D. Tata]], Indian aviator and businessman (b. [[1904]]) *[[December 2]] – [[Pablo Escobar]], Colombian drug lord (b. [[1940]]) *[[December 3]] – [[Lewis Thomas]], American physician and essayist (b. [[1913]]) *[[December 4]] – [[Frank Zappa]], American guitarist and composer (b. [[1940]]) *[[December 6]] – [[Don Ameche]], American actor (b. [[1908]]) *[[December 7]] – [[Wolfgang Paul]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Noble Prize]] laureate (b. [[1913]]) *[[December 7]] – [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], incumbent Ivoirian president (b. [[1905]]) *[[December 13]] – [[József Antall]], incumbent Hungarian Prime Minister (b. [[1932]]) *[[December 15]] – [[Evelyn Venable]], American actress (b. [[1913]]) *[[December 16]] – [[Charles Willard Moore]], American architect (b. [[1926]]) *[[December 16]] – [[Kakuei Tanaka]], former Japanese Prime Minister (b. [[1918]]) *[[December 25]] – [[Pierre Victor Auger]], French physicist (b. [[1899]]) *[[December 28]] – [[William L. Shirer]], [[United States|American]] journalist and historian (b. [[1904]]) *[[December 31]] – [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]], first [[President of Georgia]] (b. [[1939]]) *Undated – [[Christian Metz (critic)|Christian Metz]], French film theorist (b. 1931) *Undated – [[Beaumont Newhall]], American curator (b. 1908) {{C20YearTOCright}} == Ship events == * [[List of ship launches in 1993]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1993]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1993]] ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Kary Mullis]], [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] – [[Robert W. Fogel]], [[Douglass C. North]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Toni Morrison]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Nelson Mandela]] and [[Frederik Willem de Klerk]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Russell Alan Hulse]], [[Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Richard J. Roberts]], [[Philip Allen Sharp]] ==Templeton Prize== * [[Charles Colson]] ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== {{refbegin}} <references /> *{{cite book|title=1994 Book of the year| year=1994| author=Trumbull, Charles P. 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