An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. The 1993 Bishopsgate bombing was a significant event carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army…
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2 December 1993
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed by police in Medellín. Pablo Escobar was a notorious Colombian drug lord who gained infamy as…
26 February 1993
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…
12 February 1993
Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
5 January 1993
The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
12 March 1993
Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more
13 January 1993
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention’]
1 November 1993
The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty’]