Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff. Date: February 28, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This…
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. Date: February 26, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This…
Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him. Date: February 12, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people onboard both aircraft. Date: February 8, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded. Date: January 25, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. Date: January 19, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states. Date: January 18, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers. Date: January 14, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq. Date: January 13, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed. Date: January 13, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)