April 1993

Monday 05:

The Child Support Act 1991, administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 06:

Russian nuclear accident at Tomsk 7.

Tuesday 13:

Baseball: Lee Smith passes Jeff Reardon for first on the all-time saves list with his 358th save in a 9-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers

Monday 19:

The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.

Thursday 22:

1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.

Friday 23:

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

Saturday 24:

An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of City of London.

Friday 30:

During a changeover at a tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by a deranged fan of rival Steffi Graf. Seles would not play competitively for more than two years after the incident.