1993

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 1. Czechoslovakia divides into Slovakia and Czech Republic.

• Real World: January 3. START treaty signed between U.S. and Russian Federation.

• Real World: February 26. Terrorists bomb the World Trade Center's North Tower, killing six and injuring over a thousand.

• Real World: February 28. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms enters a standoff with Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.

• Real World: March 27. Jiang Zemin becomes President of the People's Republic of China.

• Real World: March 31. The first incident of spamming (the word first being coined to describe this incident by Joel Furr) occurs when a bug in a program sends the same article to 200 newsgroups simultaneously.

• Real World: April. An Iraqi assassination plot against former U.S. President George H.W. Bush during a visit to Kuwait is foiled.

• Real World: April 19. Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and numerous followers die in a fire that consumes their compound.

• Real World: June 27. President Bill Clinton retaliates for the attempted assassination of George H.W. Bush with a missile strike on Iraqi intelligence headquarters.

• Harry Potter: September 1. Harry Potter begins his third year at Hogwarts. The events of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban follow.

• Real World: September 13. Peace accord signed between PLO and Israel.

• Real World: November 1. The European Union is established with the activation of the Maastrict Treaty.

• Real World: December 2. Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar killed.

• Real World: November 3. Red Hat Linux released.

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

• Moving Mars by Greg Bear, Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King, Lasher by Anne Rice.

Notable Films

• 12:01 (TV movie), The Adventures of a Gnome Named Gnorm, Ambassador Magma (Japan), The Ambulance, American Cyborg: Steel Warrior, Amityville: A New Generation, Apex, Army of Darkness, Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Battle Angel (Japan), Blood Ties, Bloodstone: Subspecies II, Bloodlust: Subspecies III, Bloodthirsty Cannibal Demons, Body Bags, Body Snatchers, The Bride with White Hair
• Carnosaur, Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice, Circuitry Man II: Plughead Rewired, Class of 1999 II: The Substitute, The Club, Crawlers, Cronos, Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice, Curse of the Crystal Eye, Cyborg 2, Cyborg Cop, Cyborg Soldier, The Dark Half, The Dark Universe, Daybreak, Dead is Dead 2: The Incarnation, Deceit, Demolition Man, Demon City Shinjuku (Japan), Dirty Games, Dollman vs. Demonic Toys, Dying to Remember
• Faraway, So Close, Firepower, Fist of Steel, Forever Young, Fortress, Full Eclipse, Future Shock, Genghis Cohn (TV movie), Ghost in the Machine, Ghoulies IV, Girl from Phantasia (Japan), The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Goblin, The Halloween Tree, Heart and Souls, Hellbound, The Hidden II, Hocus Pocus, In the Line of Fire, Into the West, Invader, Iron Monkey, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jericho Fever (TV movie), Jurassic Park
• Lady Dragon 2, The Last Action Hero, The Legend, Leprechaun, Les Visiteurs, Lethal Ninja, Lifepod (TV movie), Mandroid, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Man's Best Friend, Mardi Gras for the Devil, Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor, Meteor Man, Midnight 2, Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance, Monolith, My Neighbor Totoro (U.S.), Necronomicon: Book of the Dead, Needful Things, Nemesis, Night Terrors, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Nightscare
• Official Denial, The Philadelphia Experiment 2, Point of No Return, Possessed by the Night, Prehysteria, The Princess and the Goblin, Puppet Master 4, Quest of the Delta Knights, Rain without Thunder, Red Sun Rising, Rei-Rei (Japan), Return of the Living Dead 3, Ring of the Musketeer, Robo Vampire, Robocop 3, Robot Wars, Running Delilah, Scanner Cop, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb, Secrets in the Attic, Shadow Hunter (TV movie), Skeeter, Super Force, Super Mario Bros.: The Movie
• Tale of a Vampire, Tammy and the T-Rex, TC 2000, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Tekwar: The Original Movie, They Watch, Thicker Than Water (TV movie), The Three Musketeers, Ticks, To Catch a Yeti, To Sleep with a Vampire, Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (TV movie), Trancers 4: Jack of Swords, Warlock: The Armageddon, Wax, Winterbeast, Witchboard 2, Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil, The Wiz Kid, Younger and Younger, Zombie Army, Zombie Bloodbath.
  
  

Notable Comic Books

• Superman #75 (death of Superman).

Notable Television Series

• Beginning: A.D. Police Files (Japan), The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Biker Mice from Mars, Bonkers, The Borrowers (miniseries), B.O.T.S. Master, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Double Dragon, Exo-Squad, The Golden Years (miniseries), Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Mighty Max, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The New Adventures of Gigantor (U.S.), The New Adventures of Speed Racer, SeaQuest DSV, Sonic the Hedgehog, Stone Protectors, Swat Kats, Time Trax, The Tommyknockers (miniseries), Tomorrow's End, Transformers: Generation 2, Wild Palms (miniseries), The X-Files.
• Continuing: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Season 2), Captain Planet and the Planeteers becomes The New Adventures of Captain Planet, Conan the Adventurer (Season 2), Dragon Ball Z (Season 5) (Japan) , Forever Knight (Season 2), Highlander: The Series (Season 2), The Legend of Prince Valiant (Season 3), Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 7), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Season 7), X-Men (Season 2).
• Ending: Darkwing Duck, King Arthur and the Knights of Justice, Pirates of Dark Water, Quantum Leap.

Notable Electronic Games

• Breath of Fire (Super NES), Doom (PC), Sonic CD (Sega CD).

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