1993 For the first time Islamic Fundamentalists
bomb World Trade Center. A devastating tsunami, caused by an earthquake
off Hokkaido, Japan kills 202 on the small island of Okushiri. The ever
popular Beanie Babies are launched . In technology the first bagless vacuum
cleaner is invented and Intel introduces the Pentium Processor.
Cost of Living 1993
How Much things cost in 1993
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 2.96%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 3654
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 6.00%
Average Cost of new house $113,200.00
Average Income per year $31,230.00
Average Monthly Rent $532.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.16
Movie Ticket $4.14
Average cost of new car $12,750.00
Loaf of Bread $1.57
Tuition to Harvard University $23,514.00
What Events Happened in 1993
- Bill Clinton
President of the United States
- Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade
Center
- Ferry in Haiti sinks - over 1000 die
- Several bombs explode in Bombay, India killing
about 300
- Severe Blizzard strikes the eastern
U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way
from Cuba to Québec
- A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan
launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri,
Hokkaido
- Earthquake centered on Killari, Maharashtra,
India kills nearly 10,000 people.
- Fighting occurs between Muslims and Croats
in Bosnia
- The United Nations sets up safe haven
for Muslim Refugees in Srebrenica in Bosnia
- The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally
establishing the European Union.
- EU Farmers protest the reduction in
agricultural subsidies due to Maastricht Treaty
- In the United Kingdom, 11-year-olds Robert
Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the child murder of 2-year-old
James Bulger of Liverpool
- Earthquake hits Flores, Indonesia -
2200 dead
- A report states 2.5 million people in Europe
are homeless
- Buckingham Palace opens its doors to
the public
- The IRA explodes a massive bomb in
a parked Van in Bishopsgate in the heart of the City of London
- An anti-abortion activist murders a
doctor outside an abortion clinic
- Russian Nuclear Accident at Tomask 7
- Ben Johnson, is banned from athletics for
life
- The US and Soviet Union sign Start II
reducing nuclear warheads by 3,500 each
- Harley Davidson Motorcycles are 90
years old
- Ty Warner USA launches the first Beanie
Babies
- Worst Brush Fires in Australian History
destroy the world's second largest national park Royal National Park
- Slovakia Gains Independence when Czechoslovakia
divides into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Two former police officers are convicted
of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King.
Popular Culture 1993
- The satirical British magazine Punch publishes
it's final issue after 150 years due to falling sales and subscriptions
Popular Films
- Jurassic Park
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- The Fugitive
- The Firm
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Indecent Proposal
- In the Line of Fire
- The Pelican Brief
- Schindler's List
- Cliffhanger
- Philadelpha
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Popular Musicians
- Janet Jackson with "That's The Way Love
Goes"
- Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Garth Brooks
- Rage Against the Machine
- Phil Collins
- UB40
- Radiohead
- Aerosmith
- Madonna
- Rod Stewart with "Have I told You Lately"
- Mariah Carey with "Dream Lover"
- Nirvana
- Whitney Houston with "I Will Always Love
You"
- Meat Loaf
- The Proclaimers
- R.E.M.
- Garth Brooks
- Alice in Chains
Technology 1993
- The Pentium
microprocessor introduced by Intel.
- Windows NT 3.1 released by Microsoft
- The World Wide Web was born at CERN
- Dyson sells the first bagless cyclonic Vacuum
Cleaner
- World Health Organization W.H.O. estimates
14 million people worldwide infected with the AIDS Virus
- The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded
by Ian Murdock.
- Federal Agents raid religious cult Waco, Texas
- Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to repair
an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
- The first cloning of a Human Embryo by 2 American
Scientists.
- US Drops SDI initiative
- US and Russia sign the Start II treaty calling
for bilateral reduction of strategic nuclear weapons
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