April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1993
Day of Week 8th » The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
Day of Week 11th » Four hundred fifty prisoners Prison riot rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to Incarceration in the United States Conditions prison conditi
Day of Week 19th » The 51-day Waco Siege known as siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, United States e.g USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
19th » South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.
Day of Week 21st » The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
Day of Week 22nd » Version 1.0 of the Mosaic (web browser) named Mosaic web browser is released.
Day of Week 23rd » Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
23rd » Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali or assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province, Sri Lanka or Western Province.
Day of Week 24th » An Provisional Irish Republican Army e.g IRA 1993 Bishopsgate bombing or bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
Day of Week 27th » All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) known as qualifying match against Senegal national fo
Day of Week 30th » CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
30th » Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup (tennis) called Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany