The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module. Date: April 26, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. Date: April 24, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province. Date: April 23, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. Date: April 23, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham. Date: April 22, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. Date: April 21, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire. Date: April 19, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On…
Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos. Date: April 11, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. Date: April 11, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia →…
The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56. Date: April 8, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)