1993 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1993 in the United Kingdom.
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Events
- January 5- The MV Braer runs aground on the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the sea
- January 11- British Airways admits liability and apologises "unreservedly" for an alleged "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin Atlantic.
- February 14- Police in Merseyside find the body of 2 year old, James Bulger, who went missing on February 10.
- February 20- Two ten year old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, are arrested for the murder of James Bulger.
- March 20- Two children killed in an IRA bomb attack on a shopping centre in Warrington, North England.
- April 3- A false start forces the Grand National to be cancelled.
- April 24- 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.
- April 29- The Queen announces that Buckingham Palace will open to the public for the first time.
- September 17- The British National Party wins its first council seat on Tower Hamlets.
- December 15- The Downing Street Declaration signed between the UK and Irish governments on the future of Northern Ireland.
Births
- June 4- Christian Mowatt- son of Marina Ogilvy, and grandson of Princess Alexandra
- June 25- Barney Clark- actor
Deaths
- February 18 - Jacqueline Hill, actress (b. 1929)
- February 24 - Bobby Moore, footballer (b. 1941)
- April 15 - Robert Westall, author (b. 1929)
- June 19 - William Golding, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- October 5 - Jim Holton, footballer (b. 1951)
- November 22 - Anthony Burgess, author (b. 1917)
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1993 in the United Kingdom