1993

Space Shuttle program

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft. Only the shuttle and supporting rockets were funded for development; a proposed nuclear lunar shuttle in the plan was canceled in 1972. It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips.

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Space Shuttle program

1993

Chemical Weapons Convention

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, is an arms control treaty administered by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, Netherlands. The treaty entered into force on 29 April 1997. It prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the large-scale development, production, stockpiling, or transfer of chemical weapons or their precursors, except for very limited purposes. The main obligation of member states under the convention is to effect this prohibition, as well as the destruction of all current chemical weapons. All destruction activities must take place under OPCW verification.

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Chemical Weapons Convention

1993

Operation Southern Watch

Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.

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Operation Southern Watch

1997

Birth of Douglas Augusto

Douglas Augusto Soares Gomes is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club Krasnodar.

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Douglas Augusto

1997

Birth of Egan Bernal

Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist

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Egan Bernal

1997

Birth of Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)

Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer

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Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)

1997

Birth of Henry Ellenson

Henry Ellenson, American basketball player

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Henry Ellenson

1997

Birth of Connor McDavid

Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player

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Connor McDavid

1998

Alfredo Ormando

Alfredo Ormando was a gay writer from Palermo who died as a result of setting himself on fire outside Saint Peter's Basilica. His self-immolation was an act of protest against the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.

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Alfredo Ormando

2000

Short 360

The Short 360 is a commuter aircraft that was built by UK manufacturer Short Brothers during the 1980s. The Short 360 seats up to 39 passengers and was introduced into service in November 1982. It is a larger version of the Short 330.

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Short 360

2000

Birth of Harley Smith-Shields

Harley Smith-Shields is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger or centre for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Harley Smith-Shields

2001

January 2001 El Salvador earthquake

On 13 January 2001, at 11:33 CTZ, a Mw 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Usulután Department, El Salvador, at a depth of 60 km (37 mi). At least 952 people were killed; 944 in El Salvador and 8 in Guatemala, over 5,500 were injured and nearly 200 were left missing due to the earthquake; every single department in the country reported casualties and severe damage, and damage from the earthquake was reported in five countries throughout Central America.

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January 2001 El Salvador earthquake

2003

208996 Achlys

208996 Achlys (provisional designation 2003 AZ84) is a large trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune. It was discovered on 13 January 2003 by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory. Achlys has an elongated shape that is believed to be distorted by its rapid 6.8-hour rotation. Its diameter is estimated to be roughly 940 km (580 mi) across its equator to 490 km (300 mi) across its poles. After Pluto and Orcus, Achlys is the third largest member of the plutinos—a population of Kuiper belt objects following a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune, in which they complete two orbits for every three orbits completed by Neptune.

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208996 Achlys

2003

Birth of Oksana Selekhmeteva

Oksana Olegovna Selekhmeteva is a Russian-born Spanish tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 71, achieved on 2 March 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 150, reached on 11 July 2022.

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Oksana Selekhmeteva

2004

Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154

Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 (HY1154/UZB1154) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight which was operated by Uzbekistan flag carrier Uzbekistan Airways from Termez Airport in the city of Termez, near the Afghanistan border, to Uzbekistan's capital of Tashkent. On 13 January 2004 the aircraft operating the flight, a Yakovlev Yak-40 registered in Uzbekistan as UK-87985, collided with a radar station while landing at Tashkent, flipped over, caught fire and exploded, killing all 37 people on board. Weather was reportedly sub par for flying.

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Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154