Unix Timestamp: 735004800
Saturday, April 17. 1993, 12:00:00 AM UTC

18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence is stabbed to death in London, England the attack is believed to have been racially motivated.

South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes near Dubuque, Iowa.

The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency.

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon are found guilty in the second Rodney King trial.

In Washington, DC, the Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated.

A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including David Koresh.