Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.

The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.

Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe, Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.

The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.