* Walter Scott Houston ( 1912 – 1993 ) who wrote the " Deep-Sky Wonders " column in Sky & Telescope magazine for almost 50 years.

* 1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer ( d. 1993 )

* 1941 – Bobby Moore, English footballer ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

* 1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.

* 1993 – Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany

* 1993 – The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.

* 1916 – Tony Harris, South African cricketer ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

* 1993 – Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas of Kyushu, Japan.

* 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach ( d. 1993 )

* 1945 – Ron Jones, English director ( d. 1993 )

* 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.

* 1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician ( d. 1993 )

* Maj .- Gen. Dadash Rzayev ( February – June 1993 )

* Colonel Safar Abiyev ( June – August 1993 )

* Maj .- Gen. Vahid Musayev ( August – September 1993 )

* 1958 – Randy Shughart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Dominika Stará, Slovak singer

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* On July 25, 1993, following Hezbollah's killing of seven Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, Israel launched Operation Accountability ( known in Lebanon as the Seven Day War ), during which the IDF carried out their heaviest artillery and air attacks on targets in southern Lebanon since 1982.

* First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories from December 1987 to 1993

In 1993, Musharraf personally assisted Benazir Bhutto to have a secret meeting in a Pakistan Embassy at the Washington, D. C. with officials from Mossad and special envoy of Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin.

In August 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin insisted on changes to the Charter as part of the Oslo Accords.

In Yasser Arafat's September 9, 1993 letter to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as part of the first Oslo accord, Arafat stated that " The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security.

In the 1993 Oslo Accords, we agreed to recognize Israeli sovereignty over 78 percent of historic Palestine and to establish a Palestinian state on only 22 percent.

In 1993, Tunisia was the first Arab country to host an official Israeli delegation as part of the Middle East peace process and maintained an Interests Section until the outbreak in 2000 of the Intifada.

In the early 1990s, Arafat and leading Fatah officials engaged the Israeli government in a series of secret talks and negotiations that led to the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Prime Minister of Israel | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President of the United States | United States President Bill Clinton, and Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) Chairman Yasser Arafat during the signing of the Oslo Accords on 13 September 1993.

* Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Prime Minister Yasser Arafat agree to the Peace Process at the culmination of the Oslo Accords, negotiated by the United States President Bill Clinton on 13 September 1993.

Israeli military forces withdraw from the Palestinian territories in compliance with the accord, which marked the end of the First Intifada ( a period of violence between Palestinian Arab militants and Israeli armed forces from 1987 to 1993 ).

* June 10 – Benjamin Shapira, a German-born Israeli biochemist and recipient of the Israel Prize ( d. 1993 )

On September 13, 1993 the famous White House handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat took place, and schoolchildren in Ramallah handed out olive branches to Israeli soldiers patrolling the streets.

* Map of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank Dec. 1993 ( C. I. A ./ Univ.

* Map of Israeli Settlements in the Gaza Strip Dec. 1993 ( C. I. A ./ Univ.

In 1993 the Supreme Court of Israel, in a case involving a couple affiliated with Jews for Jesus, ruled that Jews who adhere to the Christian beliefs are regarded by Israeli law as " members of a different faith ," and are not eligible for the automatic citizenship that Israel grants Jews.

The First Intifada ( also known as simply the " intifada " or intifadah ) was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories, which lasted from December 1987 to 1993.

The Oslo I Accord or Oslo I, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles ( DOP ), was an attempt in 1993 to resolve the ongoing Israeli – Palestinian conflict.

Negotiations concerning the agreement, an outgrowth of the Madrid Conference of 1991, were conducted secretly in Oslo, Norway, hosted by the Fafo institute, and completed on 20 August 1993 ; the Accords were subsequently officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, D. C., on 13 September 1993 in the presence of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and U. S. President Bill Clinton.

The Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority was established and the first Israeli commercial channel – Channel 2 began to broadcast on the November 4, 1993.