What happened in 1993
400 entries recorded for 1993, listed by date. That was 33 years ago.
1993 at a glance
- Years ago
- 33 (as of 2026)
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- 20th century
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- 400
- Breakdown
- 81 historical events · 318 births · 1 deaths
January
- January 2
Sri Lankan civil war
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
- January 2
Bryson Tiller
Bryson Tiller, American singer and rapper
- January 3
George H. W. Bush
In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
- January 5
MV Braer
The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
- January 5
Phillip Dorsett
Phillip Dorsett, American football player
- January 6
Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634
Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
- January 6
Border Security Force
Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
- January 6
Jérôme Roussillon
Jérôme Roussillon, French-Guadeloupean footballer
- January 6
Pat Connaughton
Pat Connaughton, American basketball player
- January 6
Jesús Manuel Corona
Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer
- January 7
Bosnian War
Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
- January 7
History of Ghana
The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.
- January 8
Sophie Pascoe
Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer
- January 8
William Karlsson
William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- January 9
Marcus Peters
Marcus Peters, American football player
- January 9
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete
- January 10
Braer Storm
The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.
- January 10
Tobias Rieder
Tobias Rieder, German ice hockey player
- January 11
Chris Boucher (basketball)
Chris Boucher, Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player
- January 11
Michael Keane (footballer, born 1993)
Michael Keane, English footballer
- January 11
Park Junghwan
Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player
- January 11
Will Keane
Will Keane, Irish footballer
- January 12
Simone Pecorini
Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer
- January 12
Doh Kyung-soo
D.O., South Korean singer
- January 12
Jamel Artis
Jamel Artis, American basketball player
- January 12
Zayn Malik
Zayn Malik, English singer
- January 13
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
- January 13
Operation Southern Watch
Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq.
- January 13
Chemical Weapons Convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
- January 13
Max Whitlock
Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast
- January 14
Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz
Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers.
- January 14
Daniel Bessa
Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
- January 14
David Nwaba
David Nwaba, American basketball player
- January 15
Kadeem Allen
Kadeem Allen, American basketball player
- January 16
Amandine Hesse
Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
- January 16
Hannes Anier
Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
- January 16
Sungjin
Sungjin, South Korean musician
- January 18
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
- January 19
Czech Republic
Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
- January 19
João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)
João Mário, Portuguese footballer
- January 19
Jack Schlossberg
Jack Schlossberg, American writer and political candidate
- January 19
Walter Benítez (footballer)
Walter Benítez, Argentine footballer
- January 19
Ricardo Centurión
Ricardo Centurión, Argentine footballer
- January 19
Erick Torres (footballer, born 1993)
Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
- January 20
Cat Janice
Cat Janice, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
- January 20
DeVante Parker
DeVante Parker, American football player
- January 20
Lorenzo Crisetig
Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
- January 23
NCSA Mosaic
The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.
- January 25
Mir Aimal Kansi
Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.
- January 25
1993 CIA headquarters shooting
Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
- January 26
Lana Clelland
Lana Clelland, Scottish footballer
- January 26
Alice Powell
Alice Powell, British racing driver
- January 26
Miguel Borja
Miguel Borja, Colombian footballer
- January 26
Kevin Pangos
Kevin Pangos, Canadian-Slovenian basketball player
- January 28
Will Poulter
Will Poulter, English actor
- January 28
Alan Williams (basketball)
Alan Williams, American basketball player
- January 29
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer
- January 30
Katy Marchant
Katy Marchant, English track cyclist
- January 30
Thitipoom Techaapaikhun
Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor
- January 30
Kodai Senga
Kodai Senga, Japanese baseball player
- January 31
Qiu Bo
Qiu Bo, Chinese diver
February
- February 1
Diego Mella
Diego Mella, Italian footballer
- February 2
Ravel Morrison
Ravel Morrison, English footballer
- February 2
Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Bobby De Cordova-Reid, English-Jamaican footballer
- February 3
Adam Reach
Adam Reach, English footballer
- February 5
Leilani Latu
Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
- February 5
Ty Rattie
Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 6
Teresa Scanlan
Teresa Scanlan, American beauty pageant titleholder, Miss America 2011
- February 7
Javon Hargrave
Javon Hargrave, American football player
- February 7
Chris Mears (diver)
Chris Mears, English diver
- February 8
Iran Airtour
An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people on board both aircraft.
- February 9
Despina Papamichail
Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player
- February 9
Wataru Endo
Wataru Endo, Japanese footballer
- February 9
K. J. McDaniels
K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player
- February 9
Niclas Füllkrug
Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
- February 11
Ben McLemore
Ben McLemore, American basketball player
- February 12
Murder of James Bulger
Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.
- February 12
Jennifer Stone
Jennifer Stone, American actress
- February 12
Bud Dupree
Bud Dupree, American football player
- February 12
Rafinha (footballer, born February 1993)
Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- February 14
Jadeveon Clowney
Jadeveon Clowney, American football player
- February 14
Alberto Rosende
Alberto Rosende, American actor and singer
- February 15
Ravi (rapper)
Ravi, South Korean rapper
- February 15
Geoffrey Kondogbia
Geoffrey Kondogbia, Central African footballer
- February 15
Manuel Lanzini
Manuel Lanzini, Argentine footballer
- February 17
Marc Márquez
Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
- February 18
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, American basketball player
- February 19
Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
- February 19
Mauro Icardi
Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer
- February 20
Jurickson Profar
Jurickson Profar, Curaçaoan baseball player
- February 21
Davy Klaassen
Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer
- February 21
Steve Leo Beleck
Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer
- February 25
Lukáš Sedlák
Lukáš Sedlák, Czech ice hockey player
- February 25
Erick Fedde
Erick Fedde, American baseball player
- February 26
1993 World Trade Center bombing
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
- February 26
Morgan Gautrat
Morgan Gautrat, American soccer player
- February 27
Alphonse Areola
Alphonse Areola, French footballer
- February 28
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
- February 28
Marquis Teague
Marquis Teague, American basketball player
- February 28
Éder Álvarez Balanta
Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian footballer
March
- March 1
Michael Conforto
Michael Conforto, American baseball player
- March 1
Juan Bernat
Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer
- March 1
Victor Rask
Victor Rask, Swedish ice hockey player
- March 1
Josh McEachran
Josh McEachran, English footballer
- March 1
Jordan Veretout
Jordan Veretout, French footballer
- March 2
Adolis García
Adolis García, Cuban baseball player
- March 2
Nicolás Brussino
Nicolás Brussino, Argentine-Italian basketball player
- March 3
Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)
Michael Thomas, American football player
- March 3
Josef Dostál (canoeist)
Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker
- March 3
Antonio Rüdiger
Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer
- March 3
Gabriela Cé
Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
- March 4
Jenna Boyd
Jenna Boyd, American actress
- March 4
Bobbi Kristina Brown
Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (died 2015)
- March 5
Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301
Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.
- March 5
Harry Maguire
Harry Maguire, English footballer
- March 5
Kyle Schwarber
Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
- March 5
Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1993)
Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer
- March 5
Fred (footballer, born 1993)
Fred, Brazilian footballer
- March 5
El Hadji Ba
El Hadji Ba, French footballer
- March 5
Joshua Coyne
Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
- March 6
Andrés Rentería
Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
- March 6
Nicklas Jensen
Nicklas Jensen, Danish ice hockey player
- March 8
Rui Machida
Rui Machida, Japanese basketball player
- March 9
Miikka Salomäki
Miikka Salomäki, Finnish ice hockey player
- March 9
Suga
Suga, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer
- March 9
George Baldock
George Baldock, Greek footballer (died 2024)
- March 10
Jack Butland
Jack Butland, English footballer
- March 10
Aminata Namasia
Aminata Namasia, Congolese politician
- March 11
United States Senate
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Janet Reno as the first female United States attorney general.
- March 11
Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis, American basketball player
- March 11
Jodie Comer
Jodie Comer, English actress
- March 12
1993 Bombay bombings
Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
- March 12
North Korea
North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
- March 13
1993 Storm of the Century
The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.
- March 13
Tyrone Mings
Tyrone Mings, English footballer
- March 14
J. T. Miller
J. T. Miller, American ice hockey player
- March 14
Anthony Bennett (basketball)
Anthony Bennett, Canadian basketball player
- March 15
Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt, British actress
- March 15
Taylor Heinicke
Taylor Heinicke, American football player
- March 15
Mark Scheifele
Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player
- March 15
Michael Fulmer
Michael Fulmer, American baseball player
- March 15
Aleksandra Krunić
Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player
- March 15
Paul Pogba
Paul Pogba, French footballer
- March 16
Marine Lorphelin
Marine Lorphelin, French model and beauty queen, Miss France 2013
- March 16
George Ford (rugby union)
George Ford, English rugby union player
- March 17
Rhys Hoskins
Rhys Hoskins, American baseball player
- March 17
Death of Yao Yuanjun
Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer (died 2011)
- March 17
Matteo Bianchetti
Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
- March 18
Solo Sikoa
Solo Sikoa, American wrestler
- March 19
Hakim Ziyech
Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer
- March 20
The Troubles
The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England.
- March 20
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens, American tennis player
- March 20
JaKarr Sampson
JaKarr Sampson, American basketball player
- March 20
Fabian Fahl
Fabian Fahl, German politician
- March 21
Jesse Joronen
Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer
- March 21
Sven Andrighetto
Sven Andrighetto, Swiss ice hockey player
- March 21
Jake Bidwell
Jake Bidwell, English footballer
- March 21
Frankie Montas
Frankie Montas, Dominican baseball player
- March 22
Intel
The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
- March 23
Kowloon Walled City
The demolition of Kowloon Walled City, a densely crowded slum in Hong Kong, began.
- March 23
Aytaç Kara
Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
- March 23
Quinn Cook
Quinn Cook, American basketball player
- March 23
Dmitrij Jaškin
Dmitrij Jaškin, Russian-Czech ice hockey player
- March 23
Tomáš Hyka
Tomáš Hyka, Czech ice hockey player
- March 24
Daniel Sazonov
Daniel Sazonov, Finnish politician
- March 25
Jacob Gagan
Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player
- March 25
Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone, English footballer
- March 27
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China.
- March 27
Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
- March 27
Brandon Nimmo
Brandon Nimmo, American baseball player
- March 29
Thorgan Hazard
Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer
- March 30
Anitta (singer)
Anitta, Brazilian singer and entertainer
- March 31
Macao Basic Law
The Macao Basic Law is adopted by the Eighth National People's Congress of China to take effect December 20, 1999. Resumption by China of the Exercise of Sovereignty over Macao
April
- April 1
NASCAR
NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.
- April 2
Bruno Zuculini
Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer
- April 2
Keshorn Walcott
Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
- April 3
Grand National
The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.
- April 3
Moussa Konaté (footballer)
Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
- April 4
David Soria
David Soria, Spanish footballer
- April 4
Samir Carruthers
Samir Carruthers, English footballer
- April 4
Frank Kaminsky
Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player
- April 4
Daniela Bobadilla
Daniela Bobadilla, Mexican-Canadian actress
- April 5
Laura Feiersinger
Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer
- April 5
Andreas Bouchalakis
Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer
- April 5
Maya DiRado
Maya DiRado, American swimmer
- April 7
Ichinojō Takashi
Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- April 8
Space Shuttle Discovery
The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.
- April 8
TBJZL
TBJZL, English YouTuber
- April 8
Viktor Arvidsson
Viktor Arvidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- April 9
Morteza Avini
Iranian filmmaker Morteza Avini was killed by a land mine in Fakkeh while producing a documentary.
- April 9
Alexandra Hunt
Alexandra Hunt, American politician
- April 11
Prison riot
Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against th
- April 11
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, rioted and took over the prison for 11 days, resulting in the deaths of one officer and nine inmates.
- April 11
Guillem Agulló i Salvador
Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.
- April 11
Florin Andone
Florin Andone, Romanian footballer
- April 12
Bosnian War
Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.
- April 12
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
- April 12
Robin Anderson (tennis)
Robin Anderson, American tennis player
- April 13
Darrun Hilliard
Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
- April 13
Melvin Gordon
Melvin Gordon, American football player
- April 15
Felipe Anderson
Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer
- April 16
Chance the Rapper
Chance the Rapper, American rapper
- April 16
Mirai Nagasu
Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater
- April 18
Mika Zibanejad
Mika Zibanejad, Swedish ice hockey player
- April 19
Waco siege
The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.
- April 21
La Paz
The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
- April 22
Black British people
Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice.
- April 22
Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
- April 23
Eritrea
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
- April 23
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
- April 24
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.
- April 24
Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)
Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
- April 25
Daniel Norris
Daniel Norris, American baseball player
- April 25
Alex Bowman
Alex Bowman, American race car driver
- April 25
Raphaël Varane
Raphaël Varane, French footballer
- April 26
Space Shuttle Columbia
The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
- April 27
Zambia national football team
Thirty people died, including players and staff of the Zambia football team and the crew, in a plane crash en route to play a World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
- April 28
Eva Adamczyková
Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
- April 28
Matt Chapman
Matt Chapman, American baseball player
- April 30
CERN
CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
- April 30
Dion Dreesens
Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer
- April 30
Martin Fuksa
Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist
May
- May 1
President of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- May 2
Isyana Sarasvati
Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer
- May 2
Owain Doull
Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist
- May 2
Huang Zitao
Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper
- May 5
Rickard Rakell
Rickard Rakell, Swedish ice hockey player
- May 6
Gustavo Gómez
Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
- May 6
Naomi Scott
Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
- May 7
Will Ospreay
Will Ospreay, English wrestler
- May 7
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanovic, Australian tennis player
- May 8
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
- May 10
Thailand
In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
- May 10
Jake Zyrus
Jake Zyrus, Filipino singer
- May 11
Miguel Sanó
Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player
- May 11
Maurice Harkless
Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
- May 12
Timo Horn
Timo Horn, German footballer
- May 13
Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen, American singer-songwriter
- May 13
Romelu Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
- May 13
Debby Ryan
Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
- May 13
Abby Dahlkemper
Abby Dahlkemper, American footballer
- May 14
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
- May 14
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
- May 14
Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland, American baseball player
- May 15
Jeremy Hawkins
Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
- May 15
Tomáš Kalas
Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer
- May 16
Karol Mets
Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
- May 16
IU (entertainer)
IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
- May 16
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
- May 18
Nørrebro
Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
- May 18
Jessica Watson
Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
- May 18
Stuart Percy
Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 19
SAM Colombia Flight 501
SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.
- May 20
One for the Road (Cheers)
"One for the Road", the series finale of American television sitcom Cheers, was watched by 42.4 million American households on its original airing.
- May 20
Ramy Rabia
Ramy Rabia, Egyptian footballer
- May 20
Caroline Zhang
Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
- May 21
Grete Gaim
Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete
- May 21
Lynn Biyendolo
Lynn Williams, American soccer player
- May 21
Matías Kranevitter
Matías Kranevitter, Argentine footballer
- May 21
Luke Garbutt
Luke Garbutt, English footballer
- May 24
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo
Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
- May 24
Eritrea
Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
- May 25
Norman Powell
Norman Powell, American basketball player
- May 25
Jamie Porter
James Porter, English cricketer
- May 26
Jason Adesanya
Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
- May 28
Daniel Alvaro
Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player
- May 28
Bárbara Luz
Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
- May 29
Sarajevo
The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
- May 29
Maika Monroe
Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder
- May 29
Grete Griffin
Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
- May 29
Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
June
- June 1
Dobrinja mortar attack
Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
- June 2
Adam Taggart
Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
- June 3
Otto Porter Jr.
Otto Porter Jr., American basketball player
- June 4
Juan Iturbe
Juan Iturbe, Paraguayan footballer
- June 4
Aaron Nola
Aaron Nola, American baseball player
- June 4
Annika Taylor
Annika Taylor, British-American cross-country skier
- June 4
Jonathan Huberdeau
Jonathan Huberdeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 5
Holbeck Hall Hotel
Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
- June 5
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
- June 6
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
- June 6
Vic Mensa
Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer
- June 7
George Ezra
George Ezra, English singer-songwriter
- June 7
Swae Lee
Swae Lee, American rapper
- June 9
George Jennings (rugby league)
George Jennings, Australian rugby league player
- June 12
1993 Nigerian presidential election
An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.
- June 13
Simona Senoner
Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (died 2011)
- June 13
Cansın Köktürk
Cansin Köktürk, German politician
- June 13
Denis Ten
Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)
- June 14
Gunna (rapper)
Gunna, American rapper
- June 15
Cooper Kupp
Cooper Kupp, American football player
- June 15
Irfan Hadžić
Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
- June 16
Park Bo-gum
Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
- June 16
Gnash (musician)
Gnash, American singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and record producer
- June 17
Nikita Kucherov
Nikita Kucherov, Russian ice hockey player
- June 18
Dennis Lloyd
Dennis Lloyd, Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- June 19
KSI
KSI, English YouTuber
- June 20
Sead Kolašinac
Sead Kolašinac, Bosnian footballer
- June 21
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module.
- June 21
Hungrybox
Hungrybox, Argentine-American esports player
- June 22
Loris Karius
Loris Karius, German footballer
- June 22
Danny Ward (Welsh footballer)
Danny Ward, Welsh footballer
- June 23
Marvin Grumann
Marvin Grumann, German footballer
- June 23
Tim Anderson (baseball)
Tim Anderson, American baseball player
- June 25
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- June 26
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- June 27
Alberto Campbell-Staines
Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete
- June 27
Johanna Talihärm
Johanna Talihärm, Estonian biathlete
- June 28
Bradley Beal
Bradley Beal, American basketball player
- June 29
Oliver Tree
Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter (died 2026)
- June 29
Harrison Sloan Gilbertson
Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
- June 30
Local councils of Malta
Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act.
- June 30
Trea Turner
Trea Turner, American baseball player
July
- July 2
Sivas
A mob sets fire to the Hotel Madımak in Sivas, Turkey, where an Alevi cultural festival was taking place, killing 37 people.
- July 2
Vince Staples
Vince Staples, American rapper and actor
- July 2
Saweetie
Saweetie, American rapper
- July 3
PartyNextDoor
PartyNextDoor, Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer
- July 4
Tom Barkhuizen
Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
- July 5
Jorge Polanco
Jorge Polanco, Dominican baseball player
- July 5
Yaroslav Kosov
Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player
- July 8
David Corenswet
David Corenswet, American actor
- July 9
Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
- July 9
Mitch Larkin
Mitch Larkin, Australian swimmer
- July 9
DeAndre Yedlin
DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
- July 11
Heini Salonen
Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player
- July 11
Rebecca Bross
Rebecca Bross, American gymnast
- July 11
Vincent Trocheck
Vincent Trocheck, American ice hockey player
- July 11
Ryan Strome
Ryan Strome, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 12
Jonas Brodin
Jonas Brodin, Swedish ice hockey player
- July 13
Yebin (singer)
Yebin, South Korean singer-songwriter and composer
- July 13
Dan Bentley (footballer)
Dan Bentley, English footballer
- July 14
Léo Ferré
Léo Ferré, Monacan singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet (born 1916)
- July 15
Harrison Rhodes
Harrison Rhodes, American racing driver
- July 15
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida, Japanese baseball player
- July 15
Håvard Nielsen
Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer
- July 18
Taemin
Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor
- July 18
Michael Lichaa
Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player
- July 20
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress
- July 20
Steven Adams
Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
- July 20
Nick Cousins
Nick Cousins, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 22
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
- July 22
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Kyrgyzstani-American terrorist
- July 23
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.
- July 23
Lili Simmons
Lili Simmons, American actress
- July 25
Lebanon
Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
- July 25
Saint James Church massacre
The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
- July 26
Asiana Airlines Flight 733
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 people on board.
- July 26
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Raymond Faitala-Mariner, New Zealand rugby league player
- July 26
Taylor Momsen
Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress
- July 27
Max Power (footballer)
Max Power, English footballer
- July 27
Jordan Spieth
Jordan Spieth, American golfer
- July 28
Cher Lloyd
Cher Lloyd, English singer
- July 28
Evan Rodrigues
Evan Rodrigues, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 28
Harry Kane
Harry Kane, English footballer
- July 29
Supreme Court of Israel
The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- July 29
Ayoze Pérez
Ayoze Pérez, Spanish footballer
- July 29
Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
- July 29
Dak Prescott
Dak Prescott, American football player
- July 30
André Gomes
André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- July 30
Margarida Moura
Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
- July 30
Miho Miyazaki
Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer
- July 30
Jake Faria
Jake Faria, American baseball player
- July 31
Linus Ullmark
Linus Ullmark, Swedish professional hockey player
August
- August 1
Great Flood of 1993
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
- August 1
Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
- August 1
Saleh Gomaa
Saleh Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
- August 1
Álex Abrines
Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
- August 2
Joey Florez
Joey Florez, American scholar and cultural critic
- August 2
Gael Bussa
Gael Bussa, Congolese politician
- August 5
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.
- August 7
Ada Deer
Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- August 7
Martti Nõmme
Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
- August 7
Karol Zalewski
Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
- August 8
1993 Guam earthquake
The 7.8 Mw Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
- August 8
Emilie Mehl
Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician
- August 9
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- August 9
Dipa Karmakar
Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast
- August 9
Jun.Q
Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
- August 10
List of earthquakes in New Zealand
Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
- August 10
Andre Drummond
Andre Drummond, American basketball player
- August 11
Alyson Stoner
Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer, and dancer
- August 12
Ewa Farna
Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
- August 12
Luna (South Korean singer)
Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
- August 13
Moses Mbye
Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player
- August 13
Johnny Gaudreau
Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (died 2024)
- August 15
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
- August 15
Clinton N'Jie
Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
- August 16
Cameron Monaghan
Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
- August 17
Ederson (footballer, born 1993)
Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- August 17
Kevin Byard
Kevin Byard, American football player
- August 17
Xie Zhenye
Xie Zhenye, Chinese athlete
- August 17
Sarah Sjöström
Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
- August 18
American International Airways Flight 808
American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members.
- August 18
Jung Eun-ji
Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
- August 18
Maia Mitchell
Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
- August 19
Pio Seci
Pio Seci, Fijian rugby league player
- August 20
Tonisha Rock-Yaw
Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player
- August 21
NASA
NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
- August 21
Mike Evans (wide receiver)
Mike Evans, American football player
- August 21
Millie Bright
Millie Bright, English footballer
Questions about 1993
What happened in 1993?
This site records 400 entries for 1993, including Sri Lankan civil war on January 2. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 1993?
33 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1993 turns 33 this year.
Which century is 1993 in?
1993 falls in the 20th century, in the 1990s.
Which generation was born in 1993?
Millennials (Generation Y) (1981–1996). Came of age around the year 2000 and the rise of the internet.
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