File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord
The Oslo I Accord or Oslo I, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or short Declaration of Principles (DOP), was an attempt in 1993 to set up a framework that would lead to the resolution of th ...
is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is one of the world's most enduring conflicts, beginning in the mid-20th century. Various attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, alongside other ef ...
; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
The 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, also known as the 1993 October Coup, Black October, the Shooting of the White House or Ukaz 1400, was a political stand-off and a constitutional crisis between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and t ...
; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and preven ...
besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
gains independence; A major snow storm
A winter storm is an event in which wind coincides with varieties of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain. In temperate continental climates, these storms are not ne ...
passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord
A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin or narcotrafficker is a high-ranking crime boss who controls a sizable network of people involved in the illegal drug trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly ...
and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in h ...
is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists
Islamic terrorism (also known as Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to Terrorism, terrorist acts with religious terrorism, religious motivations carried out by Islamic fundamentalism, fundamentalist militant Islamism, ...
detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb
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rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
The 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, also known as the 1993 October Coup, Black October, the Shooting of the White House or Ukaz 1400, was a political stand-off and a constitutional crisis between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and t ...
rect 400 0 600 200 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...
rect 0 200 300 400 1993 World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, U.S., carried out on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the complex. The urea nitrate–hydrogen gas en ...
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rect 0 400 200 600 Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in h ...
rect 200 400 400 600 1993 Storm of the Century
The 1993 Storm of the Century (also known as the 93 Superstorm, The No Name Storm, or the Great Blizzard of '93/1993) was a cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and st ...
rect 400 400 600 600 Independence of Eritrea
"Eritrea" is an ancient name, associated in the past with its Greek form ''Erythraia'', Ἐρυθραία, and its derived Latin form ''Erythræa''. This name relates to that of the Red Sea, then called the ''Erythræan Sea'', from the Greek ...
1993 was designated as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilia ...
in the
Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the
Eastern Hemisphere
The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pol ...
side of the
International Date Line
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, skipping
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
, 1993.
Events
January
*
January 1
**
Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the
Czech Republic and
Slovakia separate in the
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...
.
** The
European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
eliminates trade barriers and creates a European
single market.
*
January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– In Moscow, Presidents
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
(United States) and
Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the
second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
*
January 5
** US$7.4 million is stolen from the
Brink's Armored Car Depot in
Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history.
** , a
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
n-registered
oil tanker, runs aground off the Scottish island of
Mainland, Shetland
The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections.
Geography
It has an area of , making it the third-largest Scottish island a ...
, causing a massive oil spill.
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
**
Douglas Hurd is the first high-ranking British official to visit
Argentina since the
Falklands War
The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...
.
**
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
–
20 – The
Bombay riots take place in
Mumbai.
*
January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
– The
Fourth Republic of Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
is inaugurated, with
Jerry Rawlings as president.
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
–
17 – The
Braer Storm of January 1993
The Braer Storm was the most intense extratropical cyclone ever recorded over the northern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the strongest recorded worldwide. Developing as a weak frontal wave on 8 January 1993, the system moved rapidly northeast. The ...
, the most intense
extratropical cyclone
Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth. Extratropical cyclones are capable of ...
on record for the northern Atlantic Ocean, occurs.
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
** The
Chemical Weapons Convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, is an arms control treaty administered by the Organisation for ...
(CWC) is signed.
**
Iraq disarmament crisis:
US, British and French aircraft attack Iraqi Surface to Air Missile sites in Southern Iraq.
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– The Polish ferry sinks off the coast of
Rügen in the
Baltic Sea, killing 54 people.
*
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 (→
January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq). Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights.
*
January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
–
Bill Clinton is
sworn in
Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...
as the 42nd
President of the United States.
*
January 24 – In
Turkey, thousands protest against the murder of journalist
Uğur Mumcu.
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
–
Social Democrat Poul Nyrup Rasmussen succeeds
Conservative Poul Schlüter as
Prime Minister of Denmark.
*
January 26 –
Václav Havel is elected President of the Czech Republic.
February
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Members of the right-wing Austrian
Freedom Party of Austria split to form the
Liberal Forum in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party.
*
February 10
**
Lien Chan is named by
Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui (; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who served as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the fir ...
to succeed
Hau Pei-tsun as
Premier of the Republic of China.
** ''
Mani pulite'' scandal: Italian legislator
Claudio Martelli resigns, followed by various politicians over the next two weeks.
*
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
**
Glafcos Clerides defeats incumbent
George Vasiliou in the Cypriot presidential election.
**
Albert Zafy defeats
Didier Ratsiraka in the Madagascar presidential election.
*
February 22 –
United Nations Security Council Resolution 808
United Nations Security Council resolution 808, adopted unanimously on 22 February 1993, after reaffirming Resolution 713 (1991) and subsequent resolutions on the situation in former Yugoslavia, including resolutions 764 (1992), 771 (1992) and 7 ...
is voted on, deciding that "an international tribunal shall be established" to prosecute violations of international law in
Yugoslavia. The tribunal is established on
May 25 by
Resolution 827.
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
–
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the
World Trade Center explodes, killing six people and injuring over one thousand.
March
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
–
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
Palair Flight 301, an
F-100 on a flight to
Zürich, crashes shortly after take-off from
Skopje, killing 83 of the 97 on board.
*
March 8 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. The Moon appears to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the year's other full moons. The next time these two events coincided was in 2008.
*
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
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
**
1993 Bombay bombings
The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place in Bombay, Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim, le ...
: Several bombs explode in
Bombay, India, killing 257 and injuring hundreds more.
**
North Korea nuclear weapons program
North Korea has a military nuclear weapons program and, as of early 2020, is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 30 to 40 nuclear weapons and sufficient production of fissile material for six to seven nuclear weapons per year.< ...
:
North Korea announces that it plans to withdraw from the
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites, beginning the
1993-94 North Korean Nuclear Crisis.
*
March 13–
15 – The
Great Blizzard of 1993
The 1993 Storm of the Century (also known as the 93 Superstorm, The No Name Storm, or the Great Blizzard of '93/1993) was a cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and st ...
strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from
Cuba to
Quebec; it reportedly kills 184 people.
*
March 13 –
1993 Australian federal election
The 1993 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 37th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 13 March 1993. All 147 seats of the Australian House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Australian Senate we ...
:
Paul Keating's
Labor Government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the
Liberal/
National Coalition
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces.
Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
led by
John Hewson.
*
March 17 – The
Kurdistan Workers' Party
The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of south ...
announces a unilateral
ceasefire in
Iraq.
*
March 24
** The Israeli
Knesset elects
Ezer Weizman as
President of Israel.
** South Africa officially abandons its
nuclear weapons programme. President de Klerk announces that the country's six warheads had already been dismantled in
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
.
*
March 27
**
Jiang Zemin becomes
President of the People's Republic of China
The president of the People's Republic of China, commonly called the president of China, is the head of state and the second-highest political office of the People's Republic of China. The presidency is constitutionally a largely ceremonial off ...
.
** Following a rash of
integrist murders (including those of foreigners),
Algeria breaks
diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing the country of interfering in its interior affairs.
**
Mahamane Ousmane is elected president of
Niger.
*
March 28 –
1993 French legislative election
French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.
Since 1988, President François Mitterrand and his Socialist cabinets had relied on a relative parliamentary majority. ...
:
Rally for the Republic
The Rally for the Republic (french: Rassemblement pour la République ; RPR ), was a Gaullist and conservative political party in France. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 a ...
(Gaullist party) wins a majority and
Édouard Balladur becomes
Prime Minister.
*
March 29 – The
65th Academy Awards, hosted by
Billy Crystal, are held at the
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in
Los Angeles, with ''
Unforgiven'' winning
Best Picture.
April
* April–May –
1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of hantavirus that caused the first known human cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. It occurred within the Four Corners region – the geographic intersection of the U.S. sta ...
: Thirteen people are killed by
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, mainly in the
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...
.
* April–October –
Great Flood of 1993: The
Mississippi and
Missouri Rivers flood large portions of the American Midwest.
*
April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
– The
Republic of Macedonia is admitted to the
United Nations.
*
April 16 –
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
: the enclave of
Srebrenica is declared a UN-protected "safe area".
*
April 19 –
Waco siege: A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near
Waco, Texas, ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including
David Koresh.
*
April 20 – The
Council for National Academic Awards, the national degree-awarding authority in the United Kingdom, is officially dissolved.
*
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– The Supreme Court in
La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
,
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
, sentences former dictator
Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
** The
World Health Organization declares
tuberculosis a global emergency.
**
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
ns vote overwhelmingly for independence from
Ethiopia in a
United Nations-monitored referendum, the
1993 Eritrean independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in Eritrea, at the time part of Ethiopia, between 23 and 25 April 1993. The result was 99.83% in favour, with a 98.5% turnout. Independence from Ethiopia was declared on 27 April.
Conduct
The UN Observer Mis ...
.
*
April 26 –
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro appoints
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Prime Minister of Italy.
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
**
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
: Eritrean independence is declared verified by the
United Nations.
**
1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993, the first after Yemeni unification. The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 84.8%.
Electoral system
The country cont ...
: The
General People's Congress of Yemen wins a
plurality
Plurality may refer to:
Voting
* Plurality (voting), or relative majority, when a given candidate receives more votes than any other but still fewer than half of the total
** Plurality voting, system in which each voter votes for one candidate and ...
of 121 seats.
**
1993 Zambia national football team plane crash: All members of the
Zambia national football team die in a
plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to
Dakar,
Senegal.
*
April 30 – Tennis player
Monica Seles – at this time the top-ranked player in women's tennis – is stabbed during a match at the
1993 Citizen Cup
The Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Citizen Cup and was a Tier II tournament on the 1993 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 26 April to 2 May 1993 at the Am Rothen ...
in
Hamburg,
Germany.
May
*
May 1
** A
Tamil Tigers suicide bomber assassinates President
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa ( si, රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස ''Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa'', ta, ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா ''Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā''; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was t ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga becomes the
third executive president of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
*
May 4 –
UNOSOM II assumes the
Somalian duties of the dissolved
UNITAF.
*
May 9 –
Juan Carlos Wasmosy becomes the first democratically elected
President of Paraguay in nearly 40 years, after defeating
Domingo Laíno in the
1993 Paraguayan general election
General elections were held in Paraguay on 9 May 1993.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p425 They were the first free elections in the country's 182-year history, the first with no military candidate ...
.
*
May 15 –
Niamh Kavanagh wins the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
for Ireland with ''
In Your Eyes''.
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
– The
Grand National Assembly of Turkey elects Prime Minister
Süleyman Demirel
Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...
as
President of Turkey. After Demirel becomes president, the acting
Prime Minister of Turkey
The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Grand National Assembly of ...
is
Erdal İnönü of
Social Democratic Populist Party for 40 days.
*
May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
–
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
gains independence from
Ethiopia.
*
May 25 – The
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...
is created in
The Hague.
*
May 28 – Eritrea and
Monaco gain entry to the United Nations.
June
*
June 1
** Large protests erupt against
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...
's regime in
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
; opposition leader
Vuk Drašković and his wife Danica are arrested.
**
President of Guatemala Jorge Serrano Elías is forced to flee the country after an attempted
self-coup.
**
1993 Burundian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 1 June 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum the previous year. They were the first multi-party elections for the presidency, the only previous elections in 1984 having bee ...
: 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
legislative election sees his party win with an overwhelming majority.
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
** The
National Assembly of Venezuela designates
Ramón José Velásquez as successor of suspended
President Carlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as '' El Gocho'' (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician and the president of Venezuela from 12 March 1974 to 12 M ...
.
** Twenty-four
Pakistani troops in the
United Nations forces are killed in
Mogadishu,
Somalia.
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
** Following the
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement's victory,
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada becomes President of Bolivia.
**
Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
*
June 8 – The PKK-declared ceasefire ends in
Iraq.
*
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 two missile engine test stands.
*
June 22 – Japan's
New Party Sakigake breaks away from the
Liberal Democratic Party.
*
June 24 – UK mathematician
Andrew Wiles wins worldwide fame after presenting his proof of
Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that had been unsolved for more than three centuries.
*
June 25
**
Kim Campbell becomes the 19th, and first female,
Prime Minister of Canada.
**
Tansu Çiller of
True Path Party forms the new government of
Turkey.
**
Zoran Lilić succeeds
Dobrica Ćosić
Dobrica Ćosić ( sr, Добрица Ћосић, ; 29 December 1921 – 18 May 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician, writer, and political theorist.
Ćosić was twice awarded the prestigious NIN award for literature and Medal of Pushkin f ...
as
President of Yugoslavia.
** The
litas
The Lithuanian litas (ISO currency code LTL, symbolized as Lt; plural ''litai'' (nominative) or ''litų'' (genitive) was the currency of Lithuania, until 1 January 2015, when it was replaced by the euro. It was divided into 100 centų (genit ...
is introduced as the new currency of
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
.
**
Jacques Attali resigns as President of the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...
.
*
June 26–
28 –
Typhoon Koryn causes massive damage to 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 an Iraqi plot to assassinate former U.S. President
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April.
July
*
July 5
**
Iraq disarmament crisis: UN inspection teams leave Iraq. Iraq then agrees to
UNSCOM demands and the inspection teams return.
** Electrochemist
Faiza Al-Kharafi is appointed rector (president) of
Kuwait University, the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East.
*
July 7–
9 – The
19th G7 summit
The 19th G7 Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan, on July 7–9, 1993. The venue for the summit meetings was the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan.Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA) Summit Meetings in the Past. Accessed 2009-03-11. 2009-04-30.
...
is held in Tokyo, Japan.
*
July 7 –
Hurricane Calvin lands in Mexico. It is the second Pacific hurricane on record to land in Mexico in July and kills 34.
*
July 12 – The 7.7
Hokkaidō earthquake affected northern Japan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe'') and triggers a devastating
tsunami that kills 230 on the small island of
Okushiri, Hokkaido.
*
July 19 –
1993 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 18 July 1993 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had been in power since 1955, lost their majority in the House. An eight-party coalition gov ...
: The loss of majority of the Liberal Democratic Party results in a coalition taking power.
*
July 25 – In a
terrorist attack members of the
Azanian People's Liberation Army open fire on a congregation inside
St James Church in
Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing eleven and injuring fifty.
*
July 26
**
Miguel Indurain
-->
Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to:
Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disam ...
wins the
1993 Tour de France
The 1993 Tour de France was the 80th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 3 to 25 July. It consisted of 20 stages, over a distance of .
The winner of the previous two years, Miguel Induráin, successfully defended his title. The poin ...
.
**
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into Mt. Ungeo in
Haenam
Haenam (''Haenam-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
The capital of Haenam-gun is Haenam-eup (Haenam town).
The economy of the county is based mainly on agriculture, with rice and radish being the two most common crops.
Hist ...
, South Korea; 68 are killed.
*
July 29 – The
Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused
Nazi death camp guard
John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
August
* August – The
European Exchange Rate Mechanism margin was expanded to 15% to accommodate
speculation
In finance, speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, good (economics), goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable shortly. (It can also refer to short sales in which the speculator hopes for a decline i ...
against the
French franc and other currencies.
*
August 5 – The discovery of the
Tel Dan Stele, the first archaeological confirmation of the existence of the
Davidic line
The Davidic line or House of David () refers to the lineage of the Israelite king David through texts in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and through the succeeding centuries.
According to the Bible, David, of the Tribe of Judah, was the t ...
, is announced.
*
August 9 – King
Albert II of Belgium is sworn into office nine days after the death of his brother, King
Baudouin I.
*
August 13 – More than 130 die in the collapse of Royal Plaza Hotel at
Nakhon Ratchasima in
Thailand's worst hotel disaster.
*
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
–
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 31 – Russia completes removing its troops from
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
.
September
*
September 13
**
1993 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1993.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 It was the first European election where the two largest parties fielded a female leade ...
: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats and Prime Minister
Gro Harlem Brundtland retains office.
**
Oslo I Accord
The Oslo I Accord or Oslo I, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or short Declaration of Principles (DOP), was an attempt in 1993 to set up a framework that would lead to the resolution of th ...
: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year,
PLO
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establishing Arab unity and s ...
leader
Yasser Arafat and
Israeli prime minister
Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington, D.C. after signing a peace accord.
*
September 15–
21 –
Hurricane Gert
Hurricane Gert was a large tropical cyclone that caused extensive flooding and mudslides throughout Central America and Mexico in September 1993. The seventh named storm and third hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Gert originated a ...
crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through Central America and Mexico.
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Russian troops withdraw from Poland.
*
September 19 –
1993 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 19 September 1993.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1491 In the Sejm elections, 52.13% of citizens cast their votes, and 95.7% of them were counted as v ...
: A coalition of the
Democratic Left Alliance and the
Polish People's Party led by
Waldemar Pawlak comes into power.
*
September 22 –
Big Bayou Canot train disaster
On September 22, 1993, an Amtrak train derailed on the CSX Transportation Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was caused by displacement of a span and deformation of the rails when a tow of heavy barges collided with ...
: A bridge collapses while the Amtrak ''
Sunset Limited
The ''Sunset Limited'' is an Amtrak passenger train that for most of its history has operated between New Orleans and Los Angeles, over the nation's second transcontinental route. However, up until Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it operated betwe ...
'' is in the process of crossing it, killing 47 people.
*
September 23
Events Pre-1600
* 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
* 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– The
International Olympic Committee selects
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, Australia, to host the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
.
*
September 24 – The
Cambodian monarchy is restored, with
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
as king.
*
September 26
** The first mission in
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, outreach, teaching, and lifelong learning about Earth, its living systems, and its place in the univers ...
ends after two years.
**
PoSAT-1 (the first Portuguese satellite) is launched on board French rocket
Ariane 4.
*
September 27 –
War in Abkhazia:
Fall of Sukhumi
The Sukhumi massacre took place on September 27, 1993, during and after the fall of Sukhumi into separatist hands in the course of the War in Abkhazia. It was perpetrated against Georgian civilians of Sukhumi, mainly by militia forces of Abkh ...
–
Eduard Shevardnadze accuses Russia of passive complicity.
*
September 30 –
Latur earthquake: A 6.2 earthquake occurs in the vicinity of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India having a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
October
*
October 3–
4–
Battle of Mogadishu: The U.S. Army conducts
Operation Gothic Serpent in the city of
Mogadishu, Somalia, deploying Task Force Ranger. Two U.S. Army
UH-60 Blackhawks are shot down and the operation leaves over 1,000 Somalians dead and over 74 Americans wounded in action, 18 killed and 1 captured.
*
October 4 – The
Russian constitutional crisis
The 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, also known as the 1993 October Coup, Black October, the Shooting of the White House or Ukaz 1400, was a political stand-off and a constitutional crisis between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and t ...
culminates with Russian military and security forces, using tanks and clearing the
White House of Russia
The White House ( rus, Белый дом, r=Bely dom, p=ˈbʲɛlɨj ˈdom; officially The House of the Government of the Russian Federation, rus, Дом Правительства Российской Федерации, r=Dom pravitelstva Ross ...
Parliament building by force, quashing a mass uprising against President
Boris Yeltsin.
*
October 5 – China performs a
nuclear test, ending a worldwide ''de facto''
moratorium.
*
October 10 – The South Korean ferry ''
Seohae'' capsizes off
Pusan, South Korea; 292 are killed.
*
October 11–
28 – The
UNMIH is prevented from entering
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
by its military-led regime. On
October 18,
United Nations economic sanctions (abolished in August) are reinstated. U.S. President Bill Clinton sends 6 American warships to enforce them.
*
October 13
**
1993 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 10 October 1993.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p830 PASOK of Andreas Papandreou, was elected with 170 of the 300 seats, defeating the conservative New ...
:
Andreas Papandreou begins his second term as
Prime Minister of Greece
The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ ...
.
** The fifth summit of the
Francophonie
Francophonie is the quality of speaking French. The term designates the ensemble of people, organisations and governments that share the use of French on a daily basis and as administrative language, teaching language or chosen language. The ...
opens in
Mauritius.
** The
1993 Finisterre earthquakes
The 1993 Finisterre Range earthquakes occurred in October 1993, beneath the Finisterre Range, north of Markham Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The earthquake sequence began on October 13 with a 6.9 mainshock, followed by 6.5 and 6 ...
in Papua New Guinea kill at least 60 due to landslides.
*
October 19 –
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...
becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second time.
*
October 21 – A coup in
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
results in the death of president
Melchior Ndadaye and sparks the
Burundi Civil War.
*
October 25 –
1993 Canadian federal election
The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's hist ...
:
Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.
Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Uni ...
and his
Liberal Party defeat the governing
Progressive Conservative Party, which falls to a historic low of two seats.
November
*
November 1 – The
Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the
European Union.
*
November 4 –
Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.
Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Uni ...
becomes the 20th
Prime Minister of Canada.
*
November 5 – The
Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the
Railways Act 1993, setting out the procedures for
privatisation of British Rail.
*
November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...
–
Bosnian Croat
The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats () are the third most populous ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ethnic group in the country after Bosniaks and Serbs of Bosnia and H ...
forces destroy the ''
Stari Most'', or Old Bridge of
Mostar,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, by tank fire.
*
November 12 –
London Convention: Marine dumping of
radioactive waste is outlawed.
*
November 14 – In
a status referendum, residents of
Puerto Rico vote by a slim margin to maintain
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...
status.
*
November 17–
22 – The
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...
(NAFTA) passes the legislative houses in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
* November 17
** In Nigeria, General
Sani Abacha ousts the government of
Ernest Shonekan
Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (9 May 1936 – 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim Head of State of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993. He was titled Abese of Egbaland from 1 ...
in a military coup.
** The first meeting of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit opens in
Seattle.
*
November 20 – An Avioimpex Yakovlev Yak-42D crashes into Mount Trojani near Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, Macedonia. All 8 crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers are killed.
* November 28 – ''The Observer'' reveals that a channel of communications has existed between the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the British government, despite the government's persistent denials.
* November 30
** An agreement establishing the Permanent Tripartite Commission for East African Co-operation is signed.
** U.S. President
Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
December
* December 2
** ''STS-61'':
NASA launches the Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'' on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
** Colombian drug lord
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in h ...
is gunned down by police.
* December 5
** Omar Bongo is re-elected as President of Gabon in the country's first multiparty elections.
** Rafael Caldera Rodríguez is elected President of Venezuela for the second time, succeeding interim president
Ramón José Velásquez.
* December 7
** In Garden City, New York, six people are murdered and 19 injured in the Long Island Rail Road massacre, a racially motivated mass shooting perpetrated by Colin Ferguson, a black Jamaican immigrant.
** The 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.
** List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, President of Ivory Coast Félix Houphouët-Boigny dies at 88, the oldest African head of state. He is succeeded four days later by Henri Konan Bédié.
* December 8 – U.S. President
Bill Clinton signs into law the
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...
.
* December 11
** One of the three blocks of the Highland Towers near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Highland Towers collapse, collapses, killing 48.
** 1993 Chilean presidential election: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is elected with 58% of the vote.
* December 13
** Former
Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell resigns as leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party and is succeeded as leader by Jean Charest.
** 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 – The Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks reach a successful conclusion after seven years.
* December 17 – Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, Supreme Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello may not hold elected office again until 2000 due to political corruption.
* December 20
** The United Nations General Assembly votes to appoint a U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
** The first corrected images from the Hubble Space Telescope are taken.
* December 21 – The Hungarian Parliament elects Péter Boross Prime Minister of Hungary following the death of József Antall on December 12.
* December 30
** The Indian National Congress, Congress Party gains a parliamentary majority in India after the defection of 10 Janata Dal party lawmakers.
** Representatives of
Israel and the Holy See sign the Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel, preparing for the establishment of Holy See–Israel relations, diplomatic relations.
**
Argentina passes a measure allowing President Carlos Menem and all future presidents to run for a second consecutive term. It also shortens presidential terms to 4 years and removes the requirement for the president to be Roman Catholic.
Date unknown
* 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak, 1993 Jack in the Box ''E. coli'' outbreak occurs in the United States when 732 people, mostly children, are infected with the ''Escherichia coli'' O157:H7 bacterium originating from undercooked beef patties in hamburgers; four die.
* Severe floods hit South Asia, killing over 4,000 people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
* Wildfires in California destroy over and 700 homes.
Births
January
*
January 1 – Larry Nance Jr., American basketball player
* January 2 – Bryson Tiller, American rapper, singer and songwriter
* January 4 – Scott Redding, English Grand Prix motorcycle racer
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer
*
January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
– Jan Oblak, Slovenian footballer
* January 9
** Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
** Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English heptathlete
** Aminata Savadogo, Latvian singer-songwriter
* January 12
** D.O. (entertainer), D.O., South Korean singer and actor
** Zayn Malik, British singer
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
** Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast
** Tyler Barnhardt, american actor
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Mariya Lasitskene, Russian track and field athlete
* January 15 – Paulina Vega, Colombian model and television presenter
* January 22 – Netta Barzilai, Israeli singer
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
– Iris Mittenaere, French beauty queen and model
* January 28
** John Brooks (soccer, born 1993), John Brooks, German-born American soccer player
** Will Poulter, English actor
* January 29 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese model, blogger, and recording artist
February
* February 6 – Tinashe, American actress and singer
* February 7 – Diego Laxalt, Uruguayan footballer
* February 1 – Karl Geiger, German ski-jumper
* February 17
** Elhaida Dani, Albanian singer-songwriter
** Marc Márquez, Spanish four time MotoGP world champion
* February 19 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
* February 28 – Emmelie de Forest, Danish singer and songwriter
March
* March 1 – Juan Bernat, Spanish footballer
* March 2
** Pandelela Rinong, Malaysian diver
** Mariya Yaremchuk, Ukrainian pop singer
* March 3 – Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer
* March 4 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, American media personality and singer (d. 2015)
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
** Fred (footballer, born 1993), Fred, Brazilian footballer
** Harry Maguire, English footballer
* March 9 – Suga (rapper), Suga, South Korean rapper and songwriter
* March 10 – Peniel Shin, Peniel, South Korean based rapper
*
March 11
** Jodie Comer, English actress
** Anthony Davis (basketball), Anthony Davis, American basketball player
* March 14 – Anna Ewers, German model
* March 15
** Alia Bhatt, British actress and singer in Bollywood
** Paul Pogba, French footballer
** Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player
* March 18 – Mana Iwabuchi, Japanese footballer
* March 19 – Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer
* March 20 – Sloane Stephens, American tennis player
* March 23 – Lee Hyun-woo (actor, born 1993), Lee Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and singer
*
March 24 – Mackenzie Dern, American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner
*
March 29 – Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer
* March 30
** Anitta (singer), Anitta, Brazilian singer and dancer
** Ji Soo, South Korean actor
April
* April 2
** Shin Jae-ha, South Korean actor
** Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
* April 10 – Sofia Carson, American actress and singer
* April 12 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
*
April 16
** Chance the Rapper, American rapper
** Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater
* April 24 – Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993), Ben Davies, Welsh footballer
* April 25 – Raphaël Varane, French footballer
* April 28 – Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
*
April 30 – Arnór Ingvi Traustason, Icelandic footballer
May
* May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress, singer and musician
* May 8 – Kayla Williams (gymnast), Kayla Williams, American gymnast
*
May 9 – Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese idol
* May 10
** Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player
** Halston Sage, American actress
* May 13
** Romelu Lukaku, Belgian football player
** Stefan Kraft, Austrian ski jumper
** Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
** Tones and I, Australian singer-songwriter
* May 14
** Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
** Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
** IU (singer), IU, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
** Atticus Mitchell, Canadian actor and musician
* May 18 – Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
*
May 28 – Jonnie Peacock, English Paralympic athlete
* May 29 – Richard Carapaz, Ecuadorian cyclist
June
* June 3 – Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, American theoretical physicist
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
** Frida Gustavsson, Swedish model
** Ashley Spencer (athlete), Ashley Spencer, American track and field athlete
* June 7
** Swae Lee, American singer, rapper and songwriter
** George Ezra, English singer-songwriter
** Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer and actress
* June 10 – Scott McLaughlin (racing driver), Scott McLaughlin, New Zealand racing driver
* June 12 – Robbie Henshaw, Irish rugby union player
* June 13 – Thomas Partey, Ghanaian footballer
*
June 14 – Gunna (rapper), Gunna, American rapper
* June 15 – Carolina Marín, Spanish badminton player
* June 16
** Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor
** Alex Len, Ukrainian basketball player
* June 17 – Jean Marie Froget, Mauritian swimmer
* June 20 – Sead Kolašinac, German-Bosinian footballer
* June 21
** Caroline Brasch Nielsen, Danish model
** Matej Palčič, Slovenian footballer
*
June 22 – Loris Karius, German footballer
*
June 25 – Barney Clark (actor), Barney Clark, British actor
*
June 26 – Ariana Grande, American singer, songwriter, and actress
*
June 27 – Gabriela Gunčíková, Czech singer
* June 28
** Bradley Beal, American basketball player
** Beanie Feldstein, American actress
** Jung Dae-hyun, South Korean singer
* June 29 – Alyssa Valdez, Filipino volleyball player
* June 30 – Alexander Evtushenko, Russian racing cyclist
July
* July 1 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress and singer
* July 2
** Yassine Meriah, Tunisian footballer
** Ieva Zasimauskaitė, Lithuanian singer
** Saweetie, American rapper
* July 3
** Mathias Anderle, American singer-songwriter and actor
** Vincent Lacoste, French actor
* July 4 – Mate Pavić, Croatian tennis player
* July 6 – Jana Burčeska, Macedonian singer
*
July 7
** Ally Brooke, American singer
** Shakhram Giyasov, Uzbekistani boxer
* July 8 – Ergys Kaçe, Albanian footballer
* July 9 – DeAndre Yedlin, American soccer player
* July 10 – Florian Sénéchal, French racing cyclist
* July 11 – Rebecca Bross, American gymnast
* July 14 – Sayaka Yamamoto, Japanese singer
* July 16
** Alexander Ipatov, Ukrainian-Turkish chess grandmaster
** Ganna Rizatdinova, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
* July 18
** Alex Esmail, British actor and wrestler
** Taemin, South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer.
* July 20
** Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress
** Lucas Digne, French footballer
** Debrah Scarlett, Norwegian-Swiss singer
* July 21 – Haziq Kamaruddin, Malaysian archer
*
July 26
** Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
** Taylor Momsen, American singer, songwriter, and model
** Stormzy, English rapper
* July 27
** Omer Atzili, Israeli footballer
** Jordan Spieth, American golfer
* July 28
** Harry Kane, English footballer
** Cher Lloyd, English singer
* July 30 – Andre Gomes, Portuguese footballer
August
* August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
* August 10 – Andre Drummond, American basketball player
* August 11
** Gita Gutawa, Indonesian soprano, actress, and songwriter
** Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Iranian footballer
** Alyson Stoner, American actress, singer and dancer
* August 12
** Ewa Farna, Polish singer
** Luna (South Korean singer), Luna, South Korean singer, musical actress, and television presenter
*
August 13
** Artur Gachinski, Russian figure skater
** Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
* August 15
** Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
** Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
* August 16 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor
* August 17
** Ederson Moraes, Brazilian football goalkeeper
** Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
** Yoo Seung-ho, South Korean actor
* August 18
** Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer, songwriter, actress, and voice actress
** Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
* August 20 – Laura Glauser, French handballer
* August 24 – Marina Rajčić, Montenegrin handballer
* August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress and singer
*
August 28
** Sora Amamiya, Japanese voice actress
** Shira Naor, Israeli actress
* August 29
** Lucas Cruikshank, American comedian, actor, & YouTuber
** Liam Payne, British singer-songwriter
* August 30 – Paco Alcácer, Spanish footballer
*
August 31
**Haruka Imai, Japanese figure skater
**Pablo Marí, Spanish footballer
September
* September 1
** Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
** Silje Norendal, Norwegian snowboarder
* September 3 – Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player
* September 4 – Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
* September 10 – Ruggero Pasquarelli, Italian singer and actor
* September 12 – Kelsea Ballerini, American singer
*
September 13 – Niall Horan, Irish singer-songwriter
*
September 15
** Dennis Schröder, German basketball player
** JP Tokoto, American basketball player
* September 16 – Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Sofiane Boufal, French-Moroccan footballer
* September 20 – Julian Draxler, German footballer
* September 21 – Ante Rebić, Croatian footballer
*
September 23
Events Pre-1600
* 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.
* 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– Pontus Åberg, Swedish ice hockey player
*
September 24
** Sonya Deville, American professional wrestler
** Ben Platt, American actor and singer
* September 25
** Rosalía (singer), Rosalía, Spanish singer, songwriter and record producer
** Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
*
September 26 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
*
September 27
** Patrick Mölleken, German actor, dubber, and voice-over artist
** Monica Puig, Puerto Rican tennis player
* September 28 – Jodie Williams, British sprint runner
* September 29
** Lee Hong-bin, Hongbin, South Korean singer and actor
** Milad Mohammadi, Iranian footballer
** Carlos Salcedo, Mexican footballer
October
* October 1 – Christian Bravo, Chilean footballer
* October 2
** Michy Batshuayi, Belgian footballer
** Lasha Talakhadze, Georgian weightlifter
* October 6 – Adam Gemili, British sprinter
* October 8
** Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish professional tennis player
** Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model
** Molly Quinn, American actress
* October 9
** Lauren Davis, American tennis player
** Scotty McCreery, American singer
* October 16
** Wílmar Barrios, Colombian footballer
** Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
*
October 19 – Youna Dufournet, French artistic gymnast
* October 23 – Fabinho (footballer, born 1993), Fabinho, Brazilian footballer
* October 29 – India Eisley, American actress
* October 31
** Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
**Zarah Sultana, British politician, Member of Parliament for Coventry South
November
*
November 4 – Elisabeth Seitz, German artistic gymnast
* November 13 – Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
*
November 14
** Luis Gil (soccer), Luis Gil, American soccer player
** Samuel Umtiti, Cameroonian-French footballer
* November 15
** Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
** Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast
* November 16
** Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
** Dakota Earnest, American gymnast
*
November 17 – Taylor Gold, American Olympic snowboarder
* November 19 – Suso (footballer), Suso, Spanish footballer
* November 21 – Elena Myers, American motorcycle racer
* November 22 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
* November 25 – Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer
* November 28
** David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
** Stephanie Park, Canadian paralympic wheelchair basketball player
* November 29 – David Lambert (actor), David Lambert, American actor
* November 30
** Yuri Chinen, Japanese idol
** Mia Goth, English actress and model
December
* December 5 – Ross Barkley, English footballer
* December 8 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress, singer and model
* December 11 – Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress and preschool teacher
* December 16 – Thiago Braz da Silva, Brazilian pole vaulter
* December 17 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress and singer
* December 18
** Ana Porgras, Romanian artistic gymnast
** Riria, Japanese actress
* December 20
** Andrea Belotti, Italian footballer
** Yana Egorian, Russian sabre fencer
* December 22
** Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
** Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
Deaths
January
*
January 5
** Juan Benet, Spanish writer (b. 1927)
** Yuri Bezmenov, Soviet KGB informant (b. 1939)
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
** Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (1922–1993), Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1922)
** Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz musician (b. 1917)
** Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (b. 1910)
** Rudolf Nureyev, Russian dancer (b. 1938)
* January 9 – Paul Hasluck, Australian politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
– René Pleven, French politician, 88th Prime Minister of France (b. 1901)
* January 15 – Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (b. 1913)
* January 16
** Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930)
** Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman (b. 1960)
* January 18 – Eleanor Hibbert, Eleanor Burford, English writer (b. 1906)
*
January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 &ndas ...
– Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-born British actress (b. 1929)
* January 21
** Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903)
** Leo Löwenthal, German sociologist (b. 1900)
* January 22
** Kōbō Abe, Japanese author (b. 1924)
** Jim Pollard, American professional basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
* January 23
** Thomas A. Dorsey, American musician and Christian evangelist, "Father of Gospel Music" (b. 1899)
** Keith Laumer, American science fiction author (b. 1925)
*
January 24
** Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and a choir conductor (b. 1908)
** Thurgood Marshall, American jurist, first African-American on the Supreme Court (b. 1908)
**
Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1942)
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
– Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1911)
*
January 26
** Baron Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst, Axel von dem Bussche, German military officer, member of the anti-Hitler Resistance (b. 1919)
** Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (b. 1905)
** Robert Jacobsen Danish artist (b. 1912)
** Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)
* January 27 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler (b. 1946)
* January 30 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
February
* February 2 – Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (b. 1908)
* February 3 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (b. 1923)
* February 5
** Hans Jonas, German philosopher (b. 1903)
** Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909)
* February 6 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943)
* February 9 – Saburo Okita, Japanese politician, Foreign Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
*
February 10
** Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (b. 1914)
** Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
* February 11 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
* February 18 – Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
* February 20 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1916)
* February 21 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)
*
February 22 – Jean Lecanuet, French politician (b. 1920)
* February 23
** Phillip Terry, American actor (b. 1909)
** Robert Triffin, Belgian economist (b. 1911)
* February 24 – Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941)
* February 25 – Eddie Constantine, American-born French actor and singer (b. 1917)
* February 27 – Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
* February 28
** Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director (b. 1911)
** Ruby Keeler, American actress (b. 1909)
March
* March 3
** Albert Sabin, American biologist, developer of the oral polio vaccine (b. 1906)
** Carlos Montoya, Spanish flamenco guitarist and a founder of the modern-day popular flamenco style of music (b. 1903)
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
– Cyril Collard, French filmmaker (b. 1957)
*
March 8 – Billy Eckstine, American musician (b. 1914)
* March 10 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1949)
*
March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
– Wang Zhen (general), Wang Zhen, Chinese politician, Vice President of the PRC (b. 1908)
* March 15 – Ricardo Arias (politician), Ricardo Arias, Panamanian politician, 29th President of Panama (b. 1912)
* March 16 – Muhammad Khan Junejo, Pakistani politician, 10th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1932)
*
March 17 – Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
* March 20
** Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
** Paul László, Hungarian-born architect (b. 1900)
*
March 24 – John Hersey, American writer and journalist (b. 1914)
*
March 27
** Kate Reid, Canadian actress (b. 1930)
** Kamal Hassan Aly, Egyptian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
* March 30
** Andrée Brunet, French pair skater (b. 1901)
** Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (b. 1922)
* March 31
** Brandon Lee, American actor (b. 1965)
** Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (b. 1900)
** Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (b. 1907)
April
* April 1
** Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, Spanish royal, Count of Barcelona (b. 1913)
** Alan Kulwicki, U.S. race car driver (b. 1954)
** José María Lemus, Salvadorian politician and military officer, 33rd President of El Salvador (b. 1911)
* April 5 – Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (b. 1974)
*
April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
– Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
* April 10
** Chris Hani, South African politician (b. 1942)
** Donald Broadbent, British psychologist (b. 1926)
* April 11 – Rahmon Nabiyev, Tajik politician and Communist leader, 2nd President of Tajikistan (b. 1930)
* April 13 – Wallace Stegner, American writer (b. 1909)
* April 15
** Leslie Charteris, British author (b. 1907)
** John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
* April 17 – Turgut Özal, Turkish statesman, 19th Prime Minister of Turkey, Prime Minister and 8th
President of Turkey (b. 1927)
*
April 19 –
David Koresh, American spiritualist, leader of the Branch Davidian religious cult (b. 1959)
*
April 20 – Cantinflas, Mexican comedian (b. 1911)
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
– Cesar Chavez, Mexican American civil rights activist (b. 1927)
* April 24 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist and former president of the African National Congress, ANC (b. 1917)
* April 29
** Michael Gordon (film director), American actor and director (b. 1906)
** Mick Ronson, English rock guitarist (b. 1946)
May
*
May 1
** Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician, 111th Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)
**
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa ( si, රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස ''Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa'', ta, ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா ''Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā''; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was t ...
, Sri Lankan statesman, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
* May 5 – Irving Howe, American writer (b. 1920)
* May 6 – Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
* May 7 – Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1902)
* May 8
** Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923)
** Alwin Nikolais, American choreographer (b. 1912)
*
May 9 – Freya Stark, Dame Freya Stark, British explorer and travel writer (b. 1893)
* May 12 – Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b. 1920)
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
– Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (b. 1951)
* May 21 – John Frost (British Army officer), John Frost, English army officer (b. 1912)
* May 22 – Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish pianist (b. 1892)
*
May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
– Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo Mexican Cardinal (b. 1926)
*
May 25 – Horia Sima, Romanian fascist politician (b. 1907)
* May 30 – Sun Ra, American jazz musician (b. 1914)
June
* June 2
** Tahar Djaout, Algerian writer (b. 1954)
** Johnny Mize, American baseball player (b. 1913)
** Norton Simon, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1907)
* June 3 – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting
President of Singapore (b. 1918)
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– James Bridges, American screenwriter and director (b. 1936)
* June 7 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian professional basketball player (b. 1964)
*
June 8
** René Bousquet, head of the Vichy France Police (b. 1909)
** Severo Sarduy, Cuban poet (b. 1937)
* June 9
** Arthur Alexander, American musician (b. 1940)
** Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (b. 1921)
* June 10
** Arleen Auger, American soprano singer (b. 1939)
** Richard Webb (actor), Richard Webb, American actor (b. 1915)
* June 11
** Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (b. 1934)
** Ray Sharkey, American actor (b. 1952)
* June 13 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (b. 1924)
* June 15
** John Connally, American politician (b. 1917)
** James Hunt, British racing driver (b. 1947)
* June 19
** William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
** Szymon Goldberg, Polish-born violinist (b. 1909)
*
June 22 – Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
*
June 24 – Archie Williams, American Olympic athlete (b. 1915)
*
June 26 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
* June 28
** GG Allin, American punk singer (b. 1956)
** Boris Christoff, Bulgarian opera singer (b. 1914)
* June 29 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1946)
* June 30 – George McFarland, Spanky McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
July
* July 2 – Fred Gwynne, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
* July 3
** Don Drysdale, American baseball player (b. 1936)
** Joe DeRita, American comedian (b. 1909)
* July 4
** Anne Shirley (actress), Anne Shirley, American actress (b. 1918)
** Lola Gaos, Spanish actress (b. 1921)
*
July 7 – Mia Zapata, American punk musician (b. 1965)
* July 8 – Abul Hasan Jashori, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (b. 1918)
* July 10 – Masuji Ibuse, Japanese writer (b. 1898)
* July 13 – Davey Allison, American stock car driver (b. 1961)
* July 14 – Léo Ferré, French poet and singer-songwriter (b. 1916)
* July 15
** Hugo Ballivián, Bolivian general, 44th President of Bolivia (b. 1901)
** David Brian, American actor (b. 1914)
* July 18 – Jean Negulesco, Romanian-born film director (b. 1900)
*
July 19 – Gordon Gray (cardinal), Gordon Gray, Scottish cardinal (b. 1910)
*
July 25 – Nan Grey, American actress (b. 1918)
*
July 26 – Matthew Ridgway, American army general (b. 1895)
* July 27 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
* July 30 – Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish aristocrat, diplomat, writer, and politician, 8th President of Poland (b. 1891)
* July 31
** Lola Alvarez Bravo, Mexican photographer (b. 1903)
** King Baudouin of Belgium (b. 1930)
August
* August 1 – Claire Du Brey, American actress (b. 1892)
* August 3 – James Donald, Scottish actor (b. 1917)
*
August 5 – Eugen Suchoň, Slovak composer (b. 1908)
* August 10
** Euronymous, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1968)
** Irene Sharaff, American costume designer (b. 1910)
* August 16 – Stewart Granger, Anglo-American actor (b. 1913)
* August 19 – Salah Jadid, Syrian general and Ba'athist politician (b. 1926)
*
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
– Kasdi Merbah, Algerian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1938)
* August 22 – Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Kazakh Soviet communist politician (b. 1912)
* August 26 − Roy Raymond, American entrepreneur (b. 1947)
*
August 28 – E. P. Thompson, English historian and activist (b. 1924)
* August 30 – Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1937)
September
* September 1 – Hasan Abdullayev, Azerbaijani physicist and scientist (b. 1918)
* September 4 – Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor (b. 1943)
* September 5 – Baek Du-jin, Korean politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) (b. 1908)
* September 7 – Christian Metz (critic), Christian Metz, French film theorist (b. 1931)
* September 9 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (b. 1920)
* September 11 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
* September 12
** Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (b. 1917)
** Charles Lamont, Russian-born film director (b. 1895)
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September 15
** Pino Puglisi, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1937)
** Maurice Yaméogo, Burkinabé statesman, 1st President of Upper Volta, current Burkina Faso (b. 1921)
* September 16 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian political activist, artist, and educator (b. 1920)
* September 20 – Erich Hartmann, German World War II fighter pilot, highest-scoring fighter ace in world history (b. 1922)
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September 22
** Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born American conductor (b. 1903)
** Nina Berberova, Russian writer (b. 1901)
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September 24
** Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian-Soviet nuclear physicist (b. 1913)
** Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer (b. 1957)
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September 27 – Jimmy Doolittle, American aviation pioneer (b. 1896)
* September 29 – Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, American film director (b. 1907)
October
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October 5 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1905)
* October 7 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (b. 1910)
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October 11 – Andy Stewart (musician), Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
* October 12 – Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1903)
* October 17 – Criss Oliva, American metal guitarist (b. 1963)
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October 21 –
Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician, 4th President of Burundi (b. 1953)
* October 22
** Jiří Hájek, Czech politician and diplomat (b. 1913)
** Said Mohamed Jaffar, former head of State of Comoros (b. 1918)
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October 25
** Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer (b. 1958)
** Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
* October 26 – František Filipovský, Czech actor (b. 1907)
* October 28
** Doris Duke, American heiress and philanthropist (b. 1912)
** Juri Lotman, Russian formalist critic, semiotician, and culturologist (b. 1922)
* October 31
** Federico Fellini, Italian film director (b. 1920)
** Paul Grégoire, Archbishop of Montreal (b. 1911)
** River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970)
November
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November 1 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1905)
* November 3 – Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin (b. 1896)
* November 7 – Adelaide Hall, American jazz singer, entertainer (b. 1901)
*
November 9
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– Stanley Myers, British film composer (b. 1930)
* November 10 – Alberto Breccia, Argentine comics artist and writer (b. 1919)
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November 12
** Bill Dickey, American baseball player (b. 1907)
** H. R. Haldeman, American political aide and businessman (b. 1926)
** Anna Sten, Ukrainian-born American actress (b. 1908)
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November 14 – Sanzō Nosaka, Japanese Communist politician (b. 1892)
* November 15 – Luciano Leggio, Italian mobster (b. 1925)
* November 16
** Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (b. 1939)
** Evelyn Venable, American actress (b. 1913)
* November 18 – Fritz Feld, German actor (b. 1900)
* November 19 – Leonid Gaidai, Soviet comedy director (b. 1923)
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November 20 – Emile Ardolino, American film director (b. 1943)
* November 21 – Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)
* November 22
** Anthony Burgess, English author (b. 1917)
** Joseph Yodoyman, Chadian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1950)
* November 24 – Albert Collins, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1932)
* November 28 – Kenneth Connor, English comedian (b. 1916)
* November 29 – J. R. D. Tata, Indian aviator and businessman (b. 1904)
December
* December 2 –
Pablo Escobar
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, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)
* December 4 – Frank Zappa, American guitarist and composer (b. 1940)
* December 5 – Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian set designer (b. 1906)
* December 6 – Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
* December 7
** Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
** Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905)
* December 9 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager (b. 1926)
* December 11 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress (b. 1894)
* December 12 – József Antall, 53rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)
* December 14 – Myrna Loy, American actress (b. 1905)
* December 15 – Penaia Ganilau, 1st President of Fiji (b. 1918)
* December 16
** Charles Willard Moore, American architect (b. 1925)
** Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
** Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
* December 17 – Janet Margolin, American actress (b. 1943)
* December 18 – Sam Wanamaker, American film director and actor (b. 1919)
* December 19 – Michael Clarke (musician), Michael Clarke, American musician (b. 1946)
* December 20 – W. Edwards Deming, American engineer, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant (b. 1900)
* December 21 – Gussie Nell Davis, American educator and founder of the Kilgore College Rangerettes (b. 1906)
* December 22
** Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913)
** Alexander Mackendrick, British-American film director (b. 1912)
* December 23 – James Ellison (actor), James Ellison, American actor (b. 1910)
* December 24
** Norman Vincent Peale, American preacher and writer (b. 1898)
** Yen Chia-kan, Taiwanese politician and 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1905)
** Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)
* December 25 – Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1895)
* December 28
** William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
** Howard Caine, American actor (b. 1926)
* December 29 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian stage and film actor (b. 1930)
* December 31
** İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil, Turkish diplomat and politician (b. 1908)
** Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
** Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
** Thomas Watson Jr., American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist (b. 1914)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Kary Mullis, Michael Smith (chemist), Michael Smith
* Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Robert W. Fogel, Douglass North
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Toni Morrison
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Nelson Mandela and F. W. 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, Phillip Allen Sharp
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