random retro-spective
A white elephant or Mickey Mouse?
The £6m amusement park, EuroDisney, opens in Paris, 1992
the retro hour: 1993
We've been through the archive and compiled everything we think you need to know about the year. To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, everything is organised into categories.
the top stories
The European Commission's grand design to create a Europe without frontiers
became a reality on January 1st
The Government announced plans to privatise British Rail
Two ten-year-old boys were charged with the murder of Liverpool toddler
James Bulger
Football legend Bobby Moore died at the age of 53
Buckingham Palace opened its doors to visitors. It cost £8 to have
a look around the Queen's residence.
A 51-day siege at Waco in Texas ended as FBI agents sent in the tanks.
The UK ratified the Maastricht treaty, removing the opposition of Lord
Rhys-Mogg
The five-year-old British girl, Laura Davis, had seven major organs replaced
in a 15-hour operation in Pittsburgh
History was made at The White House as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat shook hands on a peace treaty.
Actor Stewart Grainger and motor racing driver and commentator James Hunt
died.
Unemployment figures dropped for the first time in nearly three years
on the chart
At the Brit Awards, Annie Lennox took Best Female and Best Album
Mick Hucknall won Best Male. his group, Simply Red, were voted Best Group
Prince changed his name to a symbol. You could frequent hear radio presenters
referring to him as "the artist formerly known as Prince".
The band of the year was R.E.M.
The Eurovision Song Contest was won by Niamh Kavanagh for Ireland with
the song "In Your Eyes".
on the tv and at the cinema
David Baddiel teamed up with Frank Skinner for Fantasy Football League.
The programme of the year was The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
The top five TV shows were Coronation Street, One Foot in the Algarve,
Only Fools and Horses, Birds of a Feather and Inspector Morse
Woody Allen lost his child custody battle
with Mia Farrow
Vivien Leigh's Oscar for Gone With The Wind was auctioned at Sotherby's
In Hollywood, Unforgiven took the Oscar for Best Picture and Al Pacino
was given Best Actor for Scent of a Woman
Films of the year were Jurassic Park, The Bodyguard, Home Alone 2, Indecent
Proposal and Sleepless in Seattle
sports achievements and milestones
Manchester United won the Football League title for the first time in
26 years. Arsenal were the FA Cup winners.
Tennis star Monica Seles was stabbed whilst playing in a tournament in
Hamburg
England's cricketers won their first match in over a year beating Australia
by 61 runs in the sixth and final Test
After two false starts, the Grand National was called off
Rebecca Stephens became the first British woman to climb Everest
Monica Seles was stabbed during a tennis match in Hamburg
Linford Christie was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf won the Wimbledon singles' titles
Damon Hill won his first Formula 1 race
and finally
The Times newspaper dropped its price from 45p to 30p
The Queen and Prince Charles began paying tax
Los Angeles airport's runways were closed for 40 minutes as Bill Clinton
had his hair cut on board Airforce One
The World Scrabble Championship was won by British entrant Mark Nyman
with the word "wet"
Public tours of Buckingham Palace were allowed for the first time
New words included stalk (to harrass someone for a significant period
of time)