WORLD HISTORY · 1993 日本語
Events of 1993Heisei 5 (Japan) · Year of the Rooster
What happened in 1993?
In 1993, Japan's J.League pro soccer league kicked off, and the formation of Hosokawa Morihiro's coalition cabinet ended the "1955 System" of Liberal Democratic rule. Around the world, Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Accords and the European Union was established.
- Clinton inaugurated as presidentNorth America
- J.League opens with Kawasaki vs. YokohamaAsia
- Crown Prince and Princess Masako marryAsia
- Hokkaido Nansei-oki earthquake strikesAsia
- Hosokawa coalition ends 1955 SystemAsia
- Israel and PLO sign Oslo AccordsMiddle East
- Moscow parliament surrenders in October crisisEurope
- European Union establishedEurope
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1993 at a glance
| Japanese era | Heisei 5 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Rooster |
| Age of people born in 1993 | Turn 33 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1992 (Heisei 4) ／ 1994 (Heisei 6) |
| Events | 115 |
| AP World History | Unit 9 (Globalization) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 9 |
Famous people born in 1993
Our birthday pages list 546 people born in 1993. Here are some of them.
- Ariana GrandeBorn June 26 · turns 33 this year · American pop singer and actress known for her four-octave vocal range, hit song…
- Masataka YoshidaBorn July 15 · turns 33 this year
- Tyler GlasnowBorn August 23 · turns 33 this year
- Wataru EndoBorn February 9 · turns 33 this year
- Denis TenBorn June 13 · turns 33 this year
- Kyary Pamyu PamyuBorn January 29 · turns 33 this year
- Romelu LukakuBorn May 13 · turns 33 this year
- Harry KaneBorn July 28 · turns 33 this year
- Wakamotoharu MinatoBorn October 5 · turns 33 this year
- Charlie KirkBorn October 14 · turns 33 this year
- Keke PalmerBorn August 26 · turns 33 this year
- Olivia CookeBorn December 27 · turns 33 this year
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- Abdoulaye DoucouréBorn January 1 · turns 33 this year
- Larry Nance Jr.Born January 1 · turns 33 this year
- Bryson TillerBorn January 2 · turns 33 this year
- James Michael McAdooBorn January 4 · turns 33 this year
- Mahmoud MetwalliBorn January 4 · turns 33 this year
- Franz DramehBorn January 5 · turns 33 this year
- Phillip DorsettBorn January 5 · turns 33 this year
- Stefan RzadzinskiBorn January 5 · turns 33 this year
- Jesús Manuel CoronaBorn January 6 · turns 33 this year
- Jérôme RoussillonBorn January 6 · turns 33 this year
- Pat ConnaughtonBorn January 6 · turns 33 this year
- Sophie PascoeBorn January 8 · turns 33 this year
- William KarlssonBorn January 8 · turns 33 this year
- Katarina Johnson-ThompsonBorn January 9 · turns 33 this year
- Marcus PetersBorn January 9 · turns 33 this year
- Tobias RiederBorn January 10 · turns 33 this year
- Chris BoucherBorn January 11 · turns 33 this year
- Michael KeaneBorn January 11 · turns 33 this year
- Park JunghwanBorn January 11 · turns 33 this year
- Will KeaneBorn January 11 · turns 33 this year
- D.O.Born January 12 · turns 33 this year
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- Simone PecoriniBorn January 12 · turns 33 this year
- Zayn MalikBorn January 12 · turns 33 this year
- Max WhitlockBorn January 13 · turns 33 this year
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Events of 1993 (timeline · 115)
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Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
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.
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.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
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.
Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
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.
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.
Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.
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.
Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.
The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.
The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
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
NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.
The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time.
Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.
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 their religious beliefs.
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.
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.
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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.
SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.
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.
The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
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.
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.
Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act.
A mob sets fire to the Hotel Madımak in Sivas, Turkey, where an Alevi cultural festival was taking place, killing 37 people.
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.
Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.
Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed.
The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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.
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
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.
American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, injuring the three crew members.
Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.
The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina is transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
A Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes during takeoff from Khorog Airport in Tajikistan, killing 82.
Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
Russian president Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-134 is shot down by a missile in the Black Sea near Sokhumi, Georgia.
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.
Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.
China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.
A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.
United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
North Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid Airport, killing all 116 people on board.
Savings and loan crisis: 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.
Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
A block of the Highland Towers condominium complex collapses following a landslide caused by heavy rain and water flowing from a construction site at Ampang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 48 of its residents die, including one who died in hospital after being rescued alive, leaving only two survivors.
The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
Kuban Airlines Flight 5719 crashes during a go-around at Gyumri Shirak International Airport, killing 35 of the 36 people on board.
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
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FAQ
What year was 1993 in the Japanese calendar?
1993 was Heisei 5 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1993?
1993 is the Year of the Rooster.
How old is someone born in 1993?
They turn 33 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1993?
In 1993, Japan's J.League pro soccer league kicked off, and the formation of Hosokawa Morihiro's coalition cabinet ended the "1955 System" of Liberal Democratic rule. Around the world, Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Accords and the European Union was established.
Dates and events are based on Wikipedia and other references. Summaries and regions are written by the site editors.