1993

From the left, in the sense of the clock needles: the Oslo I Accords are signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the Russian White House is bombed during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is dissolved peacefully in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF is siding a complex in Waco that belongs to David Koresh and the illegal Davidians get

1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year beginning on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. It was declared the International Year of the World's Indigenous Populations by the United Nations Organization.

Events

January

• 1 January:
  • Czechoslovakia ceases to exist after 75 years of history and is divided into two new states: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
  • the European news channel Euronews is opened in five languages: German, Spanish, French, English and Italian.
  • the new Mexican peso (MXN), equivalent to 1000 old pesos (MXP), enters into circulation.
• 2 January: the three parties to the conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina meet in the Swiss city of Geneva.
• January 3: Bush and Yeltsin sign the nuclear disarmament agreement START IIto reduce nuclear arsenals.
• 5 January: The Shetland Islands spread the 84 700 litres of cargo oil Braer.
• January 11: WWE RAW is created, a brand of the WWE professional free fighting company.
• January 12: In Colombia, the Search Block beats Juan Carlos Ospina Álvarez (aliases) Plug), chief of hitmen of the Medellin Cartel.
• 13 January: an agreement on the prohibition of chemical weapons is signed in Paris.
• January 15: an earthquake of 7.6 shakes the island of Hokkaido leaving 2 dead and hundreds wounded.
• 16 January: in Colombia, the authorities kill Victor Giovanni Granada (aliases The Zarco- Medellin Cartel.
• January 20: Bill Clinton takes office as a 42nd president of the United States.
• 21 January: in the financial sector of Bogotá, Colombia, there is a terrorist attack that leaves 21 wounded.
• 27 January: in the La Romana de Catadau (Spain), the bodies of Toñi, Miriam and Desirée, the girls of Alcàsser were found after 75 days disappeared.
• 30 January: Atentado terrorista en el centro de Bogotá (Colombia). It explodes a car bomb, causing 25 deaths and 70 injuries; the crime is attributed to the Medellín Cartel.
• January 31: in Pasadena (California), the Dallas Cowboys, football team, win the XXVII edition of the Superbowl by beating the Buffalo Bills for 52-17.
• January 31: In Colombia, the Los Pepes terrorist gang assassinated Pablo Escobar Guido Parra Montoya's lawyer and his son Guido Andrés Parra Sierra in a depopulated sector of Envigado.

February

• 6 February:
  • in Colombia, police kill Leonardo Rivera Leo), chief of hitmen of the Medellin Cartel.
  • Belgium becomes a federal state.
• February 9: The Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona publishes Night animal.
• February 10: Mario Conde agrees with U.S. banking J. P. Morgan the expansion of capital of Banesto.
• 11 February:
  • in Spain are created the first two private universities in Madrid: Alfonso X el Sabio and San Pablo-CEU.
  • In Colombia, the Los Pepes terrorist gang assassinated Rodrigo Arrieta Polanía, a member of the Medellín Cartel.
• 14 February: In Mexico, the Hidalgo Stadium is inaugurated, it is the seat of the Pachuca Football Club.
• 15 February:
  • in Slovakia, Michal Kováč is elected first president.
  • in Madrid (Spain) the police dismantled a gang of trafficking in persons who had illegally introduced more than 2000 Dominican citizens in Spain to force them to prostitute themselves.
  • In the center of Bogotá (Colombia), the Medellin Cartel explodes two bomb cars, leaving 4 dead and 155 wounded.
• February 17: Pedro Pacheco, mayor of Jerez de la Frontera, is expelled from the Andalusian Party for his continued criticism of the other party leader, Alejandro Rojas-Marcos, mayor of Seville.
• 18 February: in Colombia, Carlos Mario Alzate Urquijo (aliases) The Arete) is delivered to the Prosecutor's Office.
• February 19: Suspected fragments of Adolf Hitler's skull appear in a puppeteer of the State Archive of Russia, coming from its remains calcined and unearthed by the Russians in Berlin in 1945.
• February 20: In the Aztec Stadium the fight between Julio César Chávez and Greg Haugen.
• 22 February: The UN approves the establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
• February 23: OAS countries sign the Cartagena Declaration of Indias, which calls for educating peoples for democracy.
• 24 February:
  • legislative elections are held in Cuba.
  • British former footballer Bobby Moore died.
• 25 February:
  • in Catalonia, the song The Segadors is declared anthem of the autonomous community.
  • Brian Mulroney presents his resignation as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada.
  • Kim Young-sam assumes as president of South Korea.
• 26 February:
  • terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York.
  • in the center of Medellín, (Colombia) explodes a car bomb on 49th Street with race 50. 40 wounded and substantial material damage is the balance of the terrorist attack perpetrated by the Cartel de Medellín.

March

• 1 March:
  • is born the International Telecommunication Union, which to date was known as CCITT.
  • in Colombia, authorities kill Hernán Henao, alias HH, chief of security of the Medellin cartel.
• March 5: The 9th edition of the 1993 Sub-20 World Cup in Australia begins.
• 10 March:
  • in Argentina, the Government of Carlos Saul Menem closes the Interurban Railway Services.
  • in Galicia, Spain, during a plenary meeting held by the Xunta, the nationalist leader of the BNG, Xosé Manuel Beiras, beats his seat with a shoe to protest against a reform of the rules of the House promoted by the then President, Manuel Fraga (considered one of the historical images of Galician politics).
• March 13: Paul Keating wins federal elections in Australia for the first and only time.
• 13-15 March: a strong storm hits the east of the United States, with a snowfall record; it leaves a balance of 184 people dead.
• 14 March: the Constitution of the Principality of Andorra is approved.
• March 19: in Colombia the police kill Mario Castaño Molina in their own apartment, alias The Chopo who was the last military head of the Medellin Cartel.
• 20 March:
  • The Amnesty Law for the Consolidation of Peace of El Salvador, which was sanctioned by the then President of the Republic, Alfredo Cristiani, was adopted.
  • In Sydney (Australia) It ends the sub-20 World Championship where Brazil is the world champion of this category for the third time by defeating 2-1 in the end to Ghana.
• 21 March: the first round of the legislative elections in France takes place.
• 22 March: in Spain, Marino Barbero (juez del Tribunal Supremo) receives the report of some experts from the Treasury regarding the Filesa scandal, in which it is alleged that this company received more than one billion pesetas for non-existent reports and that it apparently made payments to finance the PSOE.
• March 23: Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden begin talks for membership in the European Union.
• Mexican interpreter Manuel Mijares, published his album Chainedproduced in Madrid by the Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón.
• March 25: In the state of Oregon there is an earthquake of 5.6.
• 27 March:
  • Algeria breaks diplomatic relations with Iran after a wave of violence linked to Islamic fundamentalism in the North African country, accusing Tehran of interfering in its internal affairs.
  • in People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin is appointed president.
• 28 March: second round of legislative elections in France
• March 29 In Ecuador, the Tamuga hill, located between the provinces of Azuay and Cañar, collapses, causing a severe upholstery in the nearby rivers. This is the case of the Josefina Disaster, which produced a considerable amount of material losses, including 150 deaths and thousands of victims.
• March 31: Dies at 28 years old Brandon Lee son of the mythical martial arts artist Bruce Lee after receiving an accidental shot at the recording set of the movie The Crow.

April

• 1 April: The Spanish Government refers to the Economic and Social Council for its Views a new model of labour relations that will affect labour legislation and the modalities of contracts.
• April 1st: begins its Cinecanal broadcasts.
• April 3: the electric outlet ends in Colombia. The clocks return at their normal time.
• April 4: U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian presiding Boris Yeltsin meet at the Vancouver Summit.
• April 13: Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, publishes his second studio album as solo title You will love meproduced in Madrid by the Spanish Juan Carlos Calderón.
• April 15: A car bomb explodes in the Centro 93 shopping centre, located in the Chicó district, north of Bogotá, leaving 11 dead, 218 wounded and destroyed commercial premises. The attack is attributed to the Cartel de Medellín.
• April 16: In the Bosnian War, the Srebrenica enclave is declared a "safe zone" protected by the UN.
• April 19: The FBI near the compound where members of the Davidians sect, led by David Koresh in Waco, Texas, are found, resulting in the death of Koresh and 74 other members of the group.
• April 20: The American rock band Aerosmith publishes its 11th studio album Get Grip.
• April 30: In the Hamburg Tournament the Yugoslav tennis player Mónica Seles is stabbed by a fanatic follower of his opponent, the attack changed the history of tennis and since then security measures were strengthened.

May

• May 9: Juan Carlos Wasmosy, is elected as the new president of Paraguay.
• 15 May: in Millstreet (Ireland), the XXXVIII Eurovision Edition is held. The theme of the host country, In Your EyesNiamh Kavanagh is the winner.
• May 19: A Boeing 727 was crashed, which operated as SAM Colombia's 501 flight on the border fence near Medellín, Colombia. None of the 132 occupants survive the impact.
• 21 May:
  • in Venezuela, the Supreme Court of Justice gives the ruling to the judgment of merit against President Carlos Andrés Pérez for the crime of embezzlement of public flows of the 250 million partida Secreta.
  • Octavio Lepage is named the new internal president of Venezuela.
• 24 May:
  • Eritrea is independent of Ethiopia and is recognized as a country.
  • at Guadalajara International Airport (Mexico) Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo was murdered. By written order of President Carlos Salinas, the autopsy will not be performed on the body.
• 25 May:
  • the United Nations Security Council established the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
  • in Guatemala, a state coup provoked by President Jorge Serrano Elías, dissolves the Congress of the Republic, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court. This event is called "Serranazo".
  • The Spanish singer José Luis Perales publishes his album Wonderful people.

June

• 1 June:
  • As part of the Sarajevo site, an attack occurs during a football match: 15 killed and 80 injured.
  • in Guatemala, Jorge Serrano Elías resigns from his position as president of Guatemala, after the state coup called "Serranazo". Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero is appointed interim president.
• 4 June: in Venezuela, Ramón J. Velásquez is elected as interim president of this country.
• 5 June:
  • in Guatemala, Ramiro de León Carpio, is elected as the new president of that country, replacing Jorge Serrano Elías.
  • Ramón J. Velásquez swears as Venezuela's internal president until February 2, 1994.
• 6 June:
  • Ramiro de León Carpio swears as the new president of Guatemala, after the state coup called "Serranazo" by former President Jorge Serrano Elías.
  • Felipe González is re-elected president of the Government of Spain after the victory of the PSOE in the general elections
  • Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is elected as the new president of Bolivia for the first time.
• June 7: On the Núremberg Highway with Munich, Germany died the mythical basketball player Drazen Petrovic in a car accident, when he returned from a match with the Croatian team.
• 15 June:
  • in Madrid, Pope John Paul II consecrates the Cathedral of the Almudena.
  • The British atonement James Hunt dies of infarction.
  • beginning of the 36th edition of the Copa América 1993 in Ecuador.
• June 18: In Guatemala, Arturo Herbruger Asturias is elected as the new vice president of that country to replace Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero.
• 22 June:
  • Mexican singer Luis Miguel, launches his ninth studio album titled Aries.
  • in the United States, The Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan launches her third studio album as soloist and debut album in Spanish entitled My land.
• June 23: In Lausanne, Switzerland opens the Olympic Museum.
• June 24: Brian Mulroney resigns from his position as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada.
• June 25: Kim Campbell swears in her position as the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.

July

• July 1st: With the Law 5/1993 of the Parliament of Andalusia, the University of Jaén begins.
• July 3: in the department of Quiché (Guatemala), Jorge Carpio Nicolle (candidato a la Presidencia) was shot dead, along with three other members of the UCN during a political tour in the west of the country.
• 4 July: in Guayaquil (Ecuador) Ends the Copa América 1993 and Argentina is champion of the Copa América 1993 in front of the sub-campion of the Mexican team and gets its 14.° Title.
• 9 July: Russia: the British Ministry of the Interior officially declares that the bones found in the pit of Ekaterinburg belong to the Tsar Nicholas II and the zarina Alejandra Fiódorovna Románova, of the family of the Romanov, shot in 1918 by a Bolshevik platoon.
• July 12: An earthquake of 7.8 in front of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō causes a devastating tsunami that kills 230 people on the small island of Okushiri.
• 18 July:
  • The talks in Laayoune between the Frente Polisario and the government of Morocco fail to hold the referendum of self-determination demanded by the UN for Western Sahara.
  • Through a concert, the Irish band U2 talks with refugees during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • in Mexico is founded the television network TV Azteca.
• July 19: the international bridge on the Miño River, in Tuy, Pontevedra, is inaugurated, which joins Spain and Portugal.
• July 21: Antón García Abril and Luis Gálvez win the National Music Prize.
• 22 July: the Ariane IV rocket, carrying the Spanish communications satellite, is launched into space Hispasat 1B.
• 25 July:
  • the Mexican team is the champion of the 1993 Gold Cup by beating the US team for 4-0.
  • the selection of Bolivian football beats in eliminations (for two goals to zero) to the selection of Brazil and takes away the historical invict.
• July 27: the first version of Windows NT is released, i.e. Windows NT 3.1

August

• 2 August:
  • In Mexico, Grupo Salinas opens the TV Azteca channel (formerly Imevision).
  • In the Asturian town of Vega de Anzo (Spain) a freight train and another passenger train are hit and burned; 12 people die and 7 are injured.
• 6 August:
  • Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada assumes the presidency of Bolivia for the first time.
  • in the Vatican City, Pope John Paul II publishes his tenth encyclical, Veritatis Splendor.
• 8 August: There is a strong 7.8 earthquake in Guam, leaving several injuries and several damages.
• 10 August:
  • in Norway, the musician Varg Vikernes kills the guitarist Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth).
  • The Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti, publishes his album All stories.
• August 11: Pope John Paul II's third visit to Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico.
• 12 August: in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Government of Carlos Saul Menem signed the Fiscal Pact II, which reduced the provincial tax pressure (“To put the state down is to enlarge the Nation”). This caused a recession two years later, as the productive capacity of the provinces decreased.
• 13-22 August: closing of the World Championship of Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany.
• August 15: Juan Carlos Wasmosy took office as president of Paraguay.
• August 16: In the United States, Ian Murdock announces, by e-mail, the Linux Distribution of the Debian project.
• 17 August: The Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, released his second studio album titled If you look at me.
• 18 August:
  • a letter-bomb attack sent to Itagüí prison and perpetrated by Los Pepes blinds Roberto Escobar Gaviria, "the Bear" after opening the letter that exploded on his face.
  • Attacks of Caracas of 1993, a car bomb explodes in the parking lot of the Tamanaco Shopping Center (CCCT).
• August 23: launches Fox Latin America transmissions.
• August 27: Mexico creates Telehit video television channel.
• 28 August:
  • The American Children's Series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, based on the Japanese series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.
  • Galileo probe overflys the asteroid (243) Ida.
• August 30: in Casablanca, Morocco, King Hassan II opened the Great Mosque which bears its name, the largest in the world after that of Mecca.
• 31 August:
  • in Lithuania the last soldiers of the former Soviet army leave the country.
  • in Venezuela, the Senate destitutes Carlos Andrés Pérez.
  • The American singer Mariah Carey publishes her third album entitled Music Box.
  • The Mexican rock singer in Spanish Alejandra Guzmán, public Free.

September

• The online service AOL started offering access to Usenet to its tens of thousands, later millions, of users, creating the so-called Eternal September.
• September 1st: IES Siglo XXI High School in Pedrola (Zaragoza, Spain) is inaugurated
• September 4th: Nicaragua opens the new Managua Cathedral.
• September 5: in the Monumental Stadium (Buenos Aires), the selection of Colombia wins that of Argentina 5-0, for the elimination of the soccer World Cup of the United States 1994.
• 13 September: In Washington DC, the Declaration of Principles for the Self-Government of Gaza and Jericho was signed, following the Oslo agreements; Isaac Rabin and Yasir Arafat were given their hands.
• September 19: Bolivia gets its first ranking on its own merit to the FIFA World Cup to be held in the United States 1994 when it employs a goal as a visitor to Ecuador.
• September 20: Two earthquakes of 6.0 and 5.9 occur in the state of Oregon.
• 21 September: Russian constitutional crisis. Boris Yeltsin's televisive speech (on the dissolution of the Congress of the Deputies of the People of Russia and the Supreme Soviet of Russia, agencies that were an obstacle to its consolidation in power and the realization of neoliberal reform). Yeltsin's decree was illegal when it went against the Russian Constitution. The current vice president, Aleksandr Rutskói, was appointed president according to the constitution by the Supreme Soviet of Russia according to the constitution.
• September 21, the third and last album of the band of grunge Nirvana, In utero, is published, which contains songs such as Heart-Shaped Box, Dumb, Pennyroyal tea and All apologies
• 22 September: ferroviary accident near Mobile, (United States): 47 people die.
• September 23: a strike is called in the Mexican food manufacturing company Sosa Texcoco, which would last several years and end the company's bankruptcy.
• September 24: dies Ian Stuart, singer of the Skrewdriver band, a British musical group known for its role in the development of the ultra-rightist movement RAC (Rock Against Communism: rock against communism).
• September 24: Norodom Sihanouk becomes king of Cambodia.
• September 26: In Oracle (Arizona) the two-year quarantine of an eight-scientist team within the billionaire Biosfera 2 project, built as a self-sufficient ecosystem, ends.
• 28 September: in Venezuela, a voracious fire at the Regional Autopista del Centro leaves a balance of 53 dead and 70 injured, as a result of the accidental breakage of a gas pipeline. (Tragedy of The Weavers).
• September 30: In the city of Latur, in the state of Majarastra, India, an earthquake of 6.2 kills 10,000 people.

October

• October 1st: launches its MTV Latin America broadcasts.
• October 3: the Battle of Mogadishu takes place between the troops of the United States and the guerrillas of Somalia.
• 3 October: legislative elections are held in Argentina.
• 4 October: the Russian constitutional crisis takes place. Russian military and security forces evict the Duma. The confrontation leaves about 150 dead.
• October 6: In the United States, basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the professional game.
• October 6: in Colombia the police assault Alfonso León Puerta Muñoz, alias The Angelitowho was the last important member of the military wing of the Cartel de Medellín.
• October 9: The XXII Edition of the OTI Festival is held in Valencia, Spain. The theme of the host country, Fall in loveThe soloist Ana Reverte is the winner.
• 11 October: in Ta He (Vietnam), 53 villagers of mountain tribes, members of the sect of the blind religious Ca Van Lien are killed with guns.
• 21 October: in the heart of Lima (Peru), minutes after 7 pm, a car bomb explodes, leaving a balance of 3 dead and 50 wounded.
• October 25: Jean Chrétien, representative of the Liberal Party, wins victory in the federal elections in Canada, shifting power from the Conservative Party.

November

• 1 November: the Maastrich Treaty enters into force.
• November 3: Jean Chrétien becomes the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.
• 6 November: General elections are held in New Zealand.
• 9 November: In the town of Mostar (Bosnia), after several days of bombing—in the framework of the Bosnian War—the Stari Most Bridge, built in 1566, falls. It will be rebuilt in 2003.
• 12 November: the actor Paco Rabal receives the gold medal of the Spanish Film Academy.
• November 14: plebiscite of status in Puerto Rico, wins the Commonwealth Associated with 48.6% of the votes.
• 17 November: South Africa finishes the rule of the white minority (apartheid) with the signature of an intern constitution.
• November 18: In Spain, the Citizen Security Act is declared unconstitutional, which causes the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, José Luis Corcuera..
• November 19: Opening of the Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce 1993.
• 20 November: near Ohrid (Republic of Macedonia) Avioimpex Yak 42D is crashed. The eight crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers die. The only survivor died a few days later.
• 21 November: the second round of the 1993 Italian regional and municipal elections is held in Italy.
• 28 November: in Honduras, Carlos Roberto Reina wins general elections.
• November 28: Mexico is proclaimed as the PRI's pre-candidate to President Luis Donaldo Colosio.
• November 30: Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari approves the North American Free Trade Agreement.

December

• 2 December: in a neighborhood in the west of Medellín, the Colombian police kill the head of the Cartel of Medellín Pablo Escobar Gaviria.
• December 5: Rafael Caldera wins Venezuela's presidential elections for the second and last time.
• December 5: Italy holds the third and last round of the regional and municipal elections.
• December 8: United States President Bill Clinton approves the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.
• 10 December: UNESCO declares the Spanish Jacobea Route as a World Heritage Site at its annual meeting held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia).
• December 11: Chile is elected Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, who obtained 58 % of the votes.
• 12 December: The legislative elections are held in Russia.
• December 16: In the city of Santiago del Estero (Argentina), a popular revolution is made against the government of President Menem known as the "Santiagueñazo".
• December 16: In the city of Buenos Aires, the stadium Nuevo Gasómetro of the football club San Lorenzo de Almagro opened.
• December 19: In Las Vegas (United States) the 1994 World Football Cup Drawing was held.
• 27 December: in Cairo, Egypt, the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) and Israel negotiate a final agreement for Gaza and Jericho.
• December 28: in Spain, the Banco de España intervenes at the bank Banesto (under the direction of Mario Conde).
• December 29: In Venezuela, the Sudeban authorizes the official functioning of the Confederate Bank as a commercial bank.
• 29 December: in Paris, France, the Dakar Rally 1994 begins, which, after travelling in Spain, Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal, ended in Eurodisney.
• 30 December: Israel and the Holy See sign a historic mutual recognition agreement in Jerusalem and at the same time establish diplomatic relations.
• December 31: in New Orleans (United States) the disappearance of Ylenia Carrisi (23), the oldest daughter of the Italian singer Al Bano and the American actress Romina Power are known. You'll never know about her again. Fifteen days earlier, the guardian of the municipal aquarium saw a woman with the same characteristics as Ylenia rushing to the Mississippi River.

Births

January

• January 4: Scott Redding, British bike rider.
• January 5: Franz Drameh, African-British actor.
• January 7: Jorge Luis Rojas, Paraguayan footballer.
• January 7: Darby Allin, American professional fighter.
• January 8: Jade Fraser, Mexican actress.
• January 9: Ashley Argota, American actress.
• January 9: Marcus Peters, American football player.
• January 10: Sebastián Carvajal, Colombian actor and model.

Zayn Malik

• January 10 Rauw Alejandro, Puerto Rican singer.
• January 12: Zayn Malik, British singer.
• January 12: Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer.
• January 12: Luciano Corigliano, Argentine actor.
• January 12: D.O, South Korean actor and singer, member of the EXO group.
• January 14, Matthew Timmons, American actor.
• January 15: Ben Gibson, British footballer.
• January 15: Paulina Vega, Colombian model, Miss Universe 2014.
• January 16: WRS, Romanian singer.
• January 18: Juan Fernando Quintero, Colombian footballer.
• January 18: Morgan York, American actress.
• January 19: Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer.
• January 19: João Mário, Portuguese footballer
• January 19: Dani Thorne, American actress and model.
• January 19: Misaki Kuno, Japanese seiyū.
• January 20: Felipe Aguilar, Colombian footballer.
• January 22: Netta, composer, singer and Israeli DJ.
• January 22: Rio Haryanto, Indonesian motor racing pilot.
• January 24: Luis Hurtado, Colombian footballer.
• January 26: Cameron Bright, Canadian actor.
• January 27: Maryam Hassan, American actress and composer.
• January 28: Will Poulter, British actor.
• January 29: Victor Labrín, Peruvian footballer.

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

• January 29: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer and model.

February

• 1 February: Elisabeth Erm, Estonian model.
• February 2: Laura Torres, Colombian actress.
• February 3: Lalo Ebratt, Colombian singer and composer.
• February 7: David Dorfman, American actor.
• February 8: Francisco Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer.
• February 9: Parimarjan Negi, Indian chess player.
• February 10: Mia Khalifa, Lebanese actress.
• February 11: Junior Alonso, Paraguayan footballer.

Jennifer Stone

• February 12: Jennifer Stone, American actress.
• February 12: Giorgos Katidis, Greek footballer.
• February 14: Nicolás Castillo, Chilean footballer.
• February 14: Alberto Rosende, American actor.
• February 14: Shane Harper, actor, singer, songwriter and American dancer.
• 17 February: Marc Márquez, Spanish pilot.

Victoria Justice

• February 19: Victoria Justice, model, actress and American singer.
• February 20: Nanami Hashimoto, Japanese actress, singer and model.
• February 21: Masaki Suda, Japanese actor and singer.
• February 23: Arley Rodriguez, Colombian footballer.
• February 22: Elisa Tenaud, Peruvian actress and singer.
• February 23: Chuty, Spanish freestyler.
• February 25: Juan Pablo Nieto, Colombian footballer.
• February 26: Jesé Rodríguez, Spanish footballer.
• February 28: Emmelie de Forest, Danish singer.

March

• March 1st: Wonho singer, composer, dancer, producer and South Korean model.
• March 1st: Philipp Prosenik, Austrian footballer.
• March 1st: María Isabel Pérez, a Spanish veiler.
• March 3: Michael Thomas, American football player.
• March 4: Jenna Boyd, American actress.
• March 4: James Drake, British professional fighter.
• March 5: Debray Blanco, Colombian footballer.

Suga

• March 9: Suga, South Korean rapper, member of the BTS group.
• March 10: Tatiana Calderón, a Colombian motor vehicle pilot.
• March 11: Jodie Comer, British actress.
• March 13: Mariand "Yuya" Castrejón, youtuber Mexican.
• March 15: Michael Fulmer, American baseball player.
• March 15: Paul Pogba, French footballer.
• March 16: Jean Meneses, Chilean footballer.
• March 18: Manuel Pérez Ruiz, Mexican footballer.
• March 18: Only Sikoa, American professional fighter.
• March 25: Josette Vidal, Venezuelan actress and model.
• March 29: Sebastián Pérez, Colombian footballer.

Anitta

• March 30: Anitta, Brazilian singer and actress.

April

• April 2: Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer.
• April 6: Luis Montero, Dominican basketball.

Sofia Carson

• April 10: Sofia Carson, American singer, actress and composer.
• April 14: ROZES, American singer and songwriter.
• April 14: Ellington Lee Ratliff, drummer and pop/Rock R5 band singer.
• April 14: Josephine Skriver, Danish model.
• April 15: Madeleine Martin, American actress.
• April 18: Javier Baldassari, Chilean actor.
• April 18: Nathan Sykes, British singer and composer, of the band The Wanted.

May

• 2 May: Tao, rapper, singer, composer, actor and Chinese martial artist.
• May 4: Maialen Axpe, Spanish Pertiga Jumper.
• May 6: Dasom, singer, dancer and South Korean actress.
• May 6: Naomi Scott, English actress and singer.
• May 7: Johann Laureiro, Argentine footballer.
• May 9: Willyrex, comedian and Spanish Internet celebrity.
• May 10: Halston Sage, American actress.
• May 11: John Córdoba, Colombian footballer.
• May 11: Juan Miguel Suero, Dominican basketball.

Debby Ryan

• May 13: Debby Ryan, American actress.
• 13 May: Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer.
• May 13: Jack Harries, actor, comedian and British blogger.
• May 13: Tones and I, Australian singer, songwriter and dancer.
• May 14: Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer.

IU

• May 16: IU, South Korean actress and singer.
• May 16: Chris Pazcal, Mexican actor, writer and director.
• May 19: Josef Martínez, Venezuelan footballer.
• May 19: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Japanese actor and seiyu.
• May 23: Guillermo Fernández Hierro, Spanish footballer.
• May 24: Bobby Lockwood, British actor.
• May 25: Shun Horie, voice actor and Japanese singer.
• May 28: David Ramírez Ruiz, a Costa Rican footballer.
• May 29: Richard Carapaz, Ecuadorian cyclist.
• May 30: Sota Fukushi, Japanese actor.

June

• June 2nd: Cristian Bonilla, Colombian footballer.
• June 2: Rafael Valdez, Mexican actor.
• June 4: Jaime Fernández Bernabé, Spanish basketball player.
• June 6: Frida Gustavsson, Swedish model and actress.
• June 7: Park Ji-yeon, singer, actress and South Korean model.
• 7 June: George Ezra, British singer.
• June 10: Jonas Ramalho, Spanish footballer.
• June 11: Lidia Parada, Spanish athlete.
• June 13: Denis Ten, Kazakh art skater; stabbed (f. 2018).
• June 13: Gonzalo Nicolás Martínez, Argentine footballer.
• June 14: Frank Clark, American football player.
• June 21: Reni Takagi, Japanese idol, from the band Momoiro Clover Z.
• June 22: Loris Karius, German footballer.
• June 23: Sebastián Ospina, Colombian footballer.
• June 25: Barney Clark, British actor.

Ariana Grande

• June 26: Ariana Grande, American actress and singer.
• June 29: Lorenzo Henrie, American actor.

July

• 2 July: Ieva Zasimauskaitė, Lithuanian singer.
• July 3: Vincent Lacoste, French actor.
• July 5: Sasha Kapsunov, Peruvian actor and presenter.
• July 6: Jonathan Rodriguez, Uruguayan footballer.
• July 6: Ai Fairouz, Japanese seiyū.
• July 8: Aimee Kelly, British actress.
• July 9: DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer.
• July 7: Ally Brooke, American singer, Fifth Harmony band.
• July 10: Perrie Edwards, British singer, Little Mix.
• July 18: Nabil Fekir, French footballer.

Taemin

• July 18: Stephania Duque, Colombian actress and model.
• July 18: Taemin, South Korean singer and dancer, member of the SHINee and SuperM groups.
• July 20: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress.
• July 24: Sara Cobo, Mexican actress and singer.
• July 26: Elizabeth Gillies, American actress.
• July 26: Taylor Momsen, American actress.
• July 26: Paola Ramírez, a Venezuelan student (f. 2017).
• July 26: Borís Taschí, Ukrainian footballer.

Cher Lloyd

• July 28: Cher Lloyd, British singer.
• July 28: Harry Kane, British footballer.
• July 28: Ivo-Valentino Tomaš, Croatian footballer (f. 2019).

August

• August 5: Suzuka ⋅go, Japanese actress.
• August 6: Kaori Ishihara, seiyuu, Idol and Japanese singer.
• August 7: Francesca Fisher-Eastwood, American actress.
• August 8: Carolina Iglesias, comic, screenwriter and Spanish youtuber.
• August 9: Rydel Lynch, a key player and R5 band singer.

Alyson Stoner

• August 11: Alyson Stoner, American actress and dancer.
• August 11: Luke Erceg, Australian actor.
• August 12: Luna, South Korean singer.
• August 14: Cassi Thomson, Australian actress and singer.
• August 15: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, British footballer.
• August 16: Cameron Monaghan, American actor.
• August 17: Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer.
• August 17: Yoo Seung-ho, South Korean actor.
• August 18: Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer.
• August 22: Zach Muscat, Maltese footballer.
• August 28: Sora Amamiya, Japanese singer and seiyu
• August 26: Keke Palmer, American actress and singer.

Liam Payne

• August 29: Liam Payne, British singer.
• August 29: Lucas Cruikshank, American actor and comedian.
• August 30: Geraldine Galván, Mexican actress.

September

• September 1st: Ilona Mitrecey, French singer.
• September 2: Deiver Machado, Colombian footballer.
• September 3: Andrea Tovar, Colombian model, Miss Colombia 2015.
• September 3: Juniel, South Korean singer and composer.
• September 3: Laura Vignatti, Argentine actress.

Mark Tuan

• September 4: Mark Tuan, member of the Got7 group.
• September 5: Gage Golightly, American actress.
• September 7: Taylor Gray, American actor.
• September 10: Ruggero Pasquarelli, actor, singer and Italian driver.
• September 10: Diana González, Mexican footballer (f. 2019).

Niall Horan

• September 13: Niall Horan, Irish singer, from the One Direction band.
• September 13: Aisha Dee, Australian actress and singer.
• September 16: Laura Rodriguez, Colombian actress.
• September 17: José Miguel Pérez Saint Martin, Mexican actor.
• September 18: Patrick Schwarzenegger, American actor and model.
• September 18: Arthur Mariano, Brazilian art gymnast.
• September 19: Javier Ramírez, actor, singer and Colombian youtuber.
• September 22: Mauricio Cabrera, Dominican baseball player.
• September 22: Chase Ellison, American actor.
• September 22: Gabriela Ernst, Chilean actress and singer.
• September 25: Zach Tyler Eisen, an American voice actor.
• September 25: Rosalía Vila, actress, singer, composer and Spanish producer.
• September 26: Laura Rodriguez, Colombian actress and model.
• September 29: Carlos Salcedo, Mexican footballer.
• September 30: Cameron Grimes, American professional fighter.

October

• October 2: Tara Lynne Barr, American actress.
• October 5: Wismichu, youtuber Spanish.
• October 8: Angus T. Jones, American actor.
• October 8: Molly Quinn, American actress.

Barbara Palvin

• October 8: Barbara Palvin, Hungarian actress and model.
• October 8: Garbiñe Muguruza, Venezuelan tennis player with Spanish dual nationality.
• October 9: Anna Castillo, Spanish actress.
• October 9: Victor Vinícius Coelho dos Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• October 10: Ilja Dragunov, Russian professional fighter.
• October 11: Brandon Flynn, American actor and producer.
• October 13: Tiffany Trump, American fashion model and singer.
• October 19: Hunter King, American actress.
• October 23: Daniela Álvarez, actress and former Mexican model.
• October 27: Troy Gentile, American actor.
• October 27: Sian Chiong, a Cuban actor.
• October 28: Mauricio Núñez, a Costa Rican footballer.
• October 29: India Eisley, American actress.

November

Minhyuk

• November 3: Minhyuk, South Korean singer, member of the Monsta X group.
• November 9: Pete Dunne, British professional fighter.
• November 12: James Wilby, British swimmer.
• November 14: Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player.

Paulo Dybala

• November 15: Paulo Dybala, Argentine soccer player.
• November 15: Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer.
• November 19: Cleo Massey, Australian actress.
• November 22: Kihyun, South Korean singer, member of the Monsta X group.
• November 26: Benito Cerati, Argentine singer.
• November 29: Stefon Diggs, American football player.
• November 29: David Lambert, American actor.
• November 30: Mia Goth, British actress and model.

December

• December 3: Gian Barbarona, Filipino singer.
• December 5: Luciano Vietto, Argentine soccer player.
• December 5: Ross Barkley, British footballer.
• December 6: Elian González, Cuban personality.
• December 7: Jasmine Villegas, American singer.
• December 8: AnnaSophia Robb, American actress.
• December 11: Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress.
• December 13: Johan Camargo, Panamanian baseball player.
• December 14: Antonio Giovinazzi, Italian motor racing driver.
• December 18: Byron Buxton, American baseball player.
• December 22: Ali Lohan, American singer and model.

Meghan Trainor

• December 22: Meghan Trainor, American singer.
• December 22: Gabriel Medina, surfer of the WSL
• December 24: Andrea Cedron, Peruvian swimmer.

Mariya Nishiuchi

• December 24: Mariya Nishiuchi, actress, singer, model, composer and Japanese seiyu.
• December 25: Ariadna Gutiérrez, Colombian model and universal virrein 2015.
• December 25: Emi Takei, Japanese actress, model and singer.
• December 31: Sandra Itzel, Mexican actress and singer.

Deaths

Art and literature

• January 6: Rafael Argullol gets the Nadal Award for his novel The reason for evil.
• June 25: Fernando Arrabal is awarded the French Academy Theatre Award, and he becomes the first Spanish playwright to get such a distinction.
• Arturo Pérez-Reverte:
  • The Dumas Club.
  • The shadow of the eagle.
• Miguel Argaya publishes Sad letter to Jorge.
• The Turkish pianist Fazıl Say (1970-) composes his famous jazz version of Rond alla turca (from Mozart).

Science and technology

• August 28: the Galileo ship, on its way to Jupiter, overflew the asteroid (243) Ida.

Math

• June 24: British Andrew Wiles revolutionizes mathematics by solving Fermat's Ultimate Theorem

Medicine and Biology

• Researchers at the Centre for Human Polymorphism Studies in Paris make public the first physical map of 90% of the human genome.
• A human cloning test is made public for the first time.
• American scientists propose to develop the genetic map of all human populations by studying 500 ethnic groups.

Consoles and video games

• April: launch in Europe of the peripheral Sega Mega-CD.
• September 23: release of Sonic CD videogame.
• October 1st: launch in the United States of the fifth generation 3DO video console.
• June 11: release of the video console Atari Jaguar.
• July 14: release of Super Mario All-Stars video game, compilation and remake of Super Mario video games from the NES console, plus for the first time Super Mario Bros. 2 Japanese was launched in the rest of the world under the name Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
• The first video game of the FIFA saga is created.

Sports

Football

• The Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield is dedicated champion of the Closing Tournament in Argentine football, and River Plate is crowned in the Opening Tournament.
• FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion of the Spanish Football League.
• Real Madrid is proclaimed champion of the Spanish King Cup of soccer.
• Golden Ball: Italian Roberto Baggio, from the Juventus, is appointed best footballer in the world of the year by the magazine France Football.
• Mexican League: The Atlante is crowned league champion by beating 4 to 0 to Monterrey.
• The Marseille Olympique wins its first European Cup, after defeating AC Milan by 1-0. However, despite the corruption scandals in French football, the Marselleses descend to the second division of their league.
• Club Sport Herediano is crowned champion with its title 21 in Costa Rica.
• UEFA Cup: Juventus wins the UEFA Cup after winning the Fiorentina.
• Coup Europe: Parma FC.
• Copa Libertadores de América: Sao Paulo FC champion.
• Copa Conmebol: Botafogo is dedicated champion of the competition, after beating Peñarol in the definition for 3-1 criminals, after packing 3-3 in the global in the Maracaná
• Mexico is first invited to the American Cup in Ecuador, surprising all of South America when it comes to the final losing with Argentina 2-1.
• Professional Colombian Football: Junior Champion.
• Ecuadorian Football Championship: Emelec champion for the seventh time in his story.
• Colo-Colo is proclaimed champion of the Chilean National Tournament, after winning 3-0 to the Spanish Union.
• Peruvian Football League: Sports University.
• Uruguayan Football League: Uruguayan Champion: Club Atlético Peñarol, led by Gregorio Pérez
• July 25: Mexico beats 4-0 to the United States and is proclaimed champion of the Concacaf Gold Cup.
• Paraguayan Football League: Club Olimpia
• Venezuelan Football League: Club Sport Marítimo
• Bolivian Football League: The Strongest
• Brasileirao: Palmeiras
• 1 Bundesliga: Werder Bremen
• Intercontinental Cup '93: São Paulo FC of Brazil beats the AC Milan of Italy with 3-2 marker.

Tennis

• Wimbledon: Men: Pete Sampras to Jim Courier. Women: Steffi Graf to Jana Novotná.
• Roland Garros: Men: Sergi Bruguera to Jim Courier. Women: Steffi Graf to Mary Joe Fernández.
• US Open: Men: Pete Sampras to Cédric Pioline. Women: Steffi Graf to Helena Suková.
• Australian Open: Men: Jim Courier to Stefan Edberg. Women: Monica Seles to Steffi Graf.

Athletics

• World Athletic Championship: The fourth edition is held in Stuttgart, Germany.

Motorcycling

• World Trial Championship: Jordi Tarrés (Spain), world champion.

Motor Racing

• Formula 1: Alain Prost wins his fourth and final title on board a Williams retreating at the end of the 1993 season.
• WRC: Juha Kankkunen wins the title aboard a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
• Rally Dakar: Bruno Saby wins competition on board a Mitsubishi Montero
• NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt wins the title on board a Chevrolet Lumina
• CART: Nigel Mansell wins the title on board a Lola-Ford
• 500 Miles from Indianapolis: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the competition
• Road Tourism: Walter Hernández wins the title on board a Ford Falcon
• Tourism Competition 2000: Juan María Traverso wins the title on board a Coupé Fuego

Cinema

• 7 May: Very loud and few nutsKenneth Branagh.
• 15 May: The PianoJane Campion. Premiere at the Festival de Cannes.
• 29 October: The Nightmare Before Christmas, led by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton.
• 3 December:Cronos directed by Guillermo del Toro
• 9 June: Orlandodirected by Sally Potter.
• 15 September: The list of Schindler (Schindler's List), directed and produced by Steven Spielberg.
• Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park), directed and produced by Steven Spielberg.
• Caught by His Pass (Carlito's Way), directed by Brian De Palma.
• Super Mario Bros. (Super Mario Bros.), directed by Anabel Jankel.
• Geronimo: An American Legend (Geronimo: An American Legend), directed by Walter Hill.
• A Light in Hell (A Bronx Tale), directed (debut) by Robert De Niro.
• The House of Spirits (The House of the Spirits), directed by Bille August.
• Farocious Tango: the legend of Tanguito (Tango Feroz: The Legend of Tanguitodirected by Marcelo Piñeyro.
• Iron Monkey, directed by Woo-ping Yuen.
• The Fugitive (The Fugitive), directed by Andrew Davis.
• One day of Furia (Falling Down), directed by Joel Schumacher.
• Live! (Alive), directed by Frank Marshall.
• Sintony of love (Sleepless in Seattle), directed by Nora Ephron.
• Crazy Pilot Academy Part 2 (Hot Shots! Part Deux), directed by Jim Abrahams.
• The Sniper (Sniperdirected by Luis Llosa.
• The Son of the Pink Panther (Son of the Pink Panther), directed by Blake Edwards.
• Malicedirected by Harold Becker.
• Demolition Mandirected by Marco Brambilla.
• Fearlessdirected by Peter Weir.
• Philadelphialed by Jonathan Demme.
• RoboCop 3directed by Fred Dekker.
• The Three Musketeers (The Three Musketeers), directed by Stephen Herek.
• The World According to Wayne 2 (Wayne's World 2), directed by Stephen Surjik.
• Batman: The Ghost Mask (Batman: Mask of the Phantasmdirected by Eric Radomski.
• A perfect world (A perfect world), directed by Clint Eastwood.
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II',' directed by Takao Okawara.

All dates belong to the official premieres of their countries of origin, unless otherwise indicated.

Video games

• Nintendo takes out the video game: Super Mario All Stars for the Super Nintendo.
• Shigeru Miyamoto brings out the first Star Fox for Super Nintendo.
• The popular Doom video game from Id Software is on sale.
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 departs for sale for the Game Boy portable console.
• SEGA releases Sonic CD for sale for the Sega Mega-CD peripheral
• Sale for sale the Mortal Kombat 2 fight video game developed by Midway Games

Music

News

• May 15: The Peruvian band Arena Hash is dissolved, made up of Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, his brother Patricio Suárez-Vértiz, Arturo Pomar Jr. and Christian Meier, performing his last concert in the collision of the San Agustín school.

• a-ha: Memorial Beach.
• ABBA: More ABBA Gold.
• Ace of Base: The Sign.
• Aerosmith: Get Grip (20 April)
• Alejandra Guzmán: Free
• Alejandro Lerner: Infinite love.
• Alejandro Fernández: Girl's skin.
• Alejandro Sanz: If you look at me, his second studio album, produced by Nacho Mañó and co-produced by Miguel Ángel Arenas and Paco de Lucía.
• A.N.I.M.A.L.: A.N.I.M.A.L..
• Ana Gabriel: Moon.
• Annihilator: Set the World on Fire.
• Antony Santos: Sweetheart
• Atheist: Elements.
• Barney: Barney's Favourites Vol. 1.
• Beck: Mellow Gold.
• Bee Gees: Size Isn't Everything.
• Bersuit Vergarabat: Gross joy.
• Billy Idol: Cyberpunk.
• Gold Binomial of America: All heart.
• Björk: Debut.
• Blur: Modern Life Is Rubbish
• Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, World Gone Wrong.
• Bronco: Pure Blood
• Witchcraft: Killing güeros.
• Bryan Adams: So Far So Good.
• Singing Learning to Speak: Vol. 3.
• Charges: Heartwork.
• Carlos Mata: Look at me in the eyes.
• Carmen Electra: Carmen Electra.
• Celia Cruz: Black sugar.
• Short Celts: Easy, Majete..
• Cocteau Twins: Four-Calendar Cafe.
• Collective Soul: Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid.
• Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet.
• Cristian Castro: One second in time.
• Cyndi Lauper: Hat Full of Stars.
• Invisible Dance: Climate Raro.
• Def Leppard: Retro Active.
• Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion.
• Diomedes Díaz: Title of love.
• Dire Straits: On the Night.
• Duran Duran: Duran Duran.
• Eazy-E: It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
• Eduardo Capetillo: Here I am..
• The Last of the Row: Reasonable astronomy.
• Enigma: The Cross of Changes.
• Erick Sermon: No Pressure.
• Erik Rubín: The house of love.
• Eros Ramazzotti: All stories (10 August), produced by Piero Cassano.
• Eva Ayllón: Thanks to life
• Fabulous Cadillacs: Vacuum vases
• Fangoria: Any day in Vulcano S.E.P. 2.0
• Fight: War of Words.
• Flavio Cesar: Flavio Cesar.
• Franco De Vita: Voices around me, his fifth studio album, produced by Luis Moreno and co-produced by Franco De Vita.
• Gilda: The One
• Glass Tiger: The Best of Glass Tiger
• Gloria Estefan: My land.
• Gloria Trevi: Worlds daring (trilogy) and More troubled than ever
• Guillermo Dávila: To love you so much.
• Guns N' Roses: The Spaghetti Incident?.
• Gustavo Cerati: Love Yellow.
• Hector Lavoe and Van Lester: The Master " The Protege .
• Heroes of Silence: The spirit of wine.
• Untouchable: Just....
• Ivan Villazón: Sea of tears.
• Jamiroquai: Emergency on Planet Earth.
• Jean Michel Jarre: Chronologie.
• José Luis Perales: Wonderful people.
• Joe Satriani: Time Machine.
• L'Arc~en~Ciel: Dune.
• Tommy King's Sonora: Let me want.
• Laura León: Two women, one way
• Laura Pausini: Laura Pausini.
• Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way.
• Lordi: Napalm Market
• Los Chiches del Vallenato: Better than before
• The Devils: Surprise carib.
• The Piojos: Chactuchac.
• The Pirates: I want to make you scream.
• Los Rodríguez: No documents.
• The Suaves: Bad news.
• The Three: The century is finished.
• The Northern Tigers: The claw of....
• Lucia Méndez: Prohibition
• Luis Miguel: Aries (22 June), his 10th studio album, produced by Luis Miguel and co-produced by Emilio Castillo, Rudy Pérez and Kiko Cibrián.
• Lucero: Lucero.
• Mangeto: More.
• Marc Anthony: Another note.
• Sea of Cups: Sea of Cups.
• Marcos Llunas: Llunas (21 September)
• Mariah Carey: Music Box.
• Marta Sánchez: Women
• Mazzy Star: So tonight That I Might See.
• Mijares: Chained.
• Medwyn Goodall: Kingdom of the Sun God.
• Michael Nyman: The Piano.
• Miguel Bosé: Under the sign of Cain (8 June), his thirteenth studio album, produced by Ross Cullum and co-produced by Sandy McLelland.
• Miguel Mateos: Coctel.
• Miki González: Akundun.
• Miriam Cruz and Las Chicas: New life.
• Miss Rosi: Singing with Miss Rosi.
• Morbid Angel: Covenant.
• Motörhead: Bastards.
• Musikit: Singing with Musikit.
• Negu Gorriak: Borreroak Baditu Milaka Aurpegi.
• New Order: Republic.
• Nirvana: In Utero.
• I know who and the Nose how many: 11 super danceable porotazos.
• Orchestra Salserín: The Children's Orchestra of the World.
• Patricio Rey and his Redonditos de Ricota: Lobo loose / Lamb tied.
• Paul McCartney: Off the Ground.
• Paulina Rubio: 24 Kilates.
• Pearl Jam: Vs..
• Pedro Suárez-Vértiz: (There are no) Techniques to forget.
• Heavy: Help me forget
• Heavy: Pure Corridors
• Pet Shop Boys: Very.
• Polygamy: A song
• Quicksand: Slip.
• Radiohead: Pablo Honey.
• White Rat: The Hidden Book
• Rhapsody Of Fire Group Foundation.
• Ricardo Arjona: Night animal (9 February)
• Rick Astley: Body " Soul "
• Ricky Martin: You will love me (its second album of study as soloist, released to the market on May 25 produced by the Spanish composer and musical producer Juan Carlos Calderón).
• Roberto Carlos: Roberto.
• Rush: Counterparts.
• Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.
• Sepulture: Chaos A.D..
• Shakira: Danger.
• Social Security: I want to have your presence.
• Total sinister: Made in Japan.
• Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle.
• Soda Stereo: Promise zone.
• Sofia Rotaru: Caravan of Love, Lavender and Sofia Rotaru.
• Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales.
• Tears for Fears: Elementary.
• Timbiriche: Timbiriche XII.
• The Cranberries: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?.
• The Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream.
• U2: Zooropa.
• UB40: Promises and Lies
• Victor Manuel: Where the kisses go
• Whigfield: Whigfield.
• X Japan: Art of Life.
• Selena: First Presentation at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

Television

Nobel laureates

• Physics: Russell A. Hulse, Joseph H. Taylor Jr..
• Chemistry: Kary Mullis, Michael Smith.
• Medicine: Richard J. Roberts, Phillip A. Sharp.
• Literature: Toni Morrison.
• Peace: Nelson Mandela, Frederik Willem of Klerk.
• Economy: Robert Fogel, Douglass North.

Prince of Asturias Awards

• Arts: Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza.
• Social Sciences: Silvio Zavala.
• Communication and Humanities: Return.
• Concordia: Gesto for the Peace of Euskal Herria.
• International Cooperation: United Nations Blue Helmets for the Former Yugoslavia.
• Sports: Javier Sotomayor.
• Scientific and Technical Research: Friendly Liñán.
• Letters: Claudio Rodríguez.