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Events from the year 1993 in the United Kingdom.
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- 5 January- The MV Braer runs aground on the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the sea.[1]
- 8 January- Ford unveils its new Mondeo, a range of large hatchbacks, saloons and estates which will reach showrooms on 22 March as replacement for the long-running Sierra.
- 11 January- British Airways admits liability and apologises "unreservedly" for an alleged "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin Atlantic.[2]
- 12 February - Merseyside toddler James Bulger is reporting missing after he disappeared from the Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle.[3]
- 14 February- Police on Merseyside confirm that they have found the body of James Bulger, who went missing two days previously. James's body was found on a railway line in Walton, approximately two miles from where he was last seen.[3]
- 20 February- Two 10-year-old boys are arrested in connection with the death of James Bulger.[4]
- 22 February- The two boys arrested in connection with James Bulger's death are charged with murder.
- 3 March- Tony Bland, who was given the right to die by the High Court due to injuries suffered into the Hillsborough disaster, dies after being in a coma for nearly four years. This brings the Hillsborough death toll to 96.
- 20 March- Warrington bomb attacks: An IRA bomb on Warrington, Cheshire, claims the life of three-year-old Jonathan Ball and injures more than 50 other people.[5]
- 25 March- The IRA attack on Warrington claims its second victim when 12-year-old Timothy Parry dies in hospital from his injuries.[5]
- April - Rover Group enters the compact executive market with its 600 Series, which is based on the Honda Accord and built at the Cowley plant in Oxford.
- 2 April- Vauxhall launches its all-new Corsa supermini, which replaces the decade-old Nova.
- 3 April- A false start forces the Grand National to be cancelled.[6]
- 22 April- Black student Stephen Lawrence, 18, is stabbed to death in Eltham, London. Police suspect that the murder was racially motivated.
- 24 April- Bishopsgate bombing. A massive bomb explodes at Bishopsgate in the City of London. The blast destroys the medieval St Ethelburga's church, and badly damages the NatWest Tower and Liverpool Street tube station.[7]
- 26 April- The British government declares the official end of the recession after revealing that the economy grew by 0.2% in the first three months of this year.
- 29 April- The Queen announces that Buckingham Palace will open to the public for the first time.[8]
- 23 May - Former nurse Beverley Allitt, 25, is sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of killing four children and harming nine others at a Lincolnshire hospital.
- 21 June - Andrew Wiles announces a proof to Fermat's Last Theorem at the Isaac Newton Institute. The proof was slightly flawed, but Wiles announced a revised proof the following year.
- 24 June - Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates resigns over links with fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir.[9]
- 22 July - government almost defeated by "Maastricht Rebels".
- 29 July - Conservative Party loses the Christchurch by-election.
- 29 July- Two Lewisham teenagers, both aged under 18, are acquitted of murdering Stephen Lawrence, who was fatally stabbed in London three months ago.[10]
- 17 September- The British National Party wins its first council seat on Tower Hamlets.[11]
- 8 October - John Major launches his Back to Basics campaign.[12]
- 23 October - Shankill Road bombing in Northern Ireland kills ten people including the bomber.
- 30 October - Greysteel massacre in Northern Ireland in retaliation for the Shankill Road bombing kills another eight.
- 9 November - Princess Diana sues the Daily Mirror over photographs that were taken of her at a gym.
- 17 November - A teacher and ten children, all from Hagley RC High School near Birmingham, are killed in a minibus crash on the M40 in Warwickshire.
- 25 November- Two 11-year-old boys are convicted at Preston Crown Court of murdering James Bulger. The trial judge sentences them to detention at Her Majesty's pleasure, with a recommendation that they should be imprisoned for "very, very many years to come" before being considered for release.[4]
- 25 November- TV entertainer Roy Castle, 61, announces that he is suffering from a recurrence of the lung cancer which he was believed to have overcome one year ago.
- 29 November- The Conservative government comes under a vitriolic attack in the House of Commons over allegations that it has secret contacts with the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- 15 December- The Downing Street Declaration signed between the UK and Irish governments on the future of Northern Ireland.[13]
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[edit] Deaths
- 17 January - Albert Hourani, historian (b. 1915)
- 18 February - Jacqueline Hill, actress (b. 1929)
- 24 February - Bobby Moore, footballer (b. 1941)
- 9 March - C. Northcote Parkinson, historian (b. 1909)
- 17 March - Charlotte Hughes, longest-lived person ever documented in the United Kingdom (b. 1877)
- 15 April - Robert Westall, author (b. 1929)
- 30 April - Tommy Caton, footballer (b. 1962)
- 10 June - Les Dawson, comedian (b. 1931)
- 19 June - William Golding, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 5 October - Jim Holton, footballer (b. 1951)
- 22 November - Anthony Burgess, author (b. 1917)
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