The almanac
The 1993 Edition
Limited to about 136 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 1993. About 119 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 1993
- Intel began shipping the PentiumThe new chip powered a generation of faster home and office computers.March 22 · Source: Computer History Museum
- Jurassic Park opened in theatersSteven Spielberg's computer-made dinosaurs stomped onto movie screens.June 11 · Source: The Numbers
- Javier Sotomayor jumped 2.45 metersThe Cuban cleared about eight feet in Spain, a high jump world record.July 27 · Source: Guinness World Records
- A spacecraft flew past asteroid IdaNASA's Galileo probe passed the asteroid on its long trip to Jupiter.August 28 · Source: NASA
- Dreamlover reached No. 1Mariah Carey's single climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.September 11 · Source: Billboard
- Astronauts fixed the Hubble telescopeEndeavour's crew launched on the first mission to repair and upgrade Hubble in orbit.December 2 · Source: NASA
Famous people born in 1993
- Ariana GrandeAmerican singer-songwriter and actress · born June 26
- Harry KaneEnglish association football player · born July 28
- Alia BhattBritish actress · born March 15
- Paul PogbaFrench footballer · born March 15
- Romelu LukakuBelgian footballer · born May 13
- Mia KhalifaLebanese-American former pornographic film actress · born February 10
- Paulo DybalaArgentine association football player · born November 15
- Zayn MalikEnglish singer · born January 12
From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Spotted a mistake?
No. 1 songs of 1993
- I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston · first week at No. 1: January 2, 1993
- A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle · first week at No. 1: March 6, 1993
- InformerSnow · first week at No. 1: March 13, 1993
- Freak MeSilk · first week at No. 1: May 1, 1993
- That's The Way Love GoesJanet Jackson · first week at No. 1: May 15, 1993
- WeakSWV · first week at No. 1: July 10, 1993
- Can't Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver")UB40 · first week at No. 1: July 24, 1993
- DreamloverMariah Carey · first week at No. 1: September 11, 1993
- I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)Meat Loaf · first week at No. 1: November 6, 1993
- AgainJanet Jackson · first week at No. 1: December 11, 1993
- HeroMariah Carey · first week at No. 1: December 25, 1993
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 1993. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 1993
- Older than FriendsFriends premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994.
- Older than the PlayStationSony's PlayStation console went on sale in Japan (US launch: September 9, 1995) on December 3, 1994.
- Older than AmazonAmazon.com opened as an online bookseller (month only; the day is not given by the source) on July 1, 1995.
- Older than Windows 95Microsoft launched Windows 95, which introduced the Start menu on August 24, 1995.
- Younger than the text messageThe first text message (SMS) was sent: "Merry Christmas" on December 3, 1992.
- Younger than the WebTim Berners-Lee first announced the World Wide Web software publicly, on an Internet newsgroup on August 6, 1991.
- Younger than the Hubble telescopeThe Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990.