A Look Back At

Born in 1993

What Was Life Like in 1993?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

£1.25

Loaf of Bread

60p

Petrol (per litre)

44p

Average House

£53,227

Weekly Wage

£318.00

Value of Money

£1 in 1993 would be worth approximately £2.30 in today's money.

Events of 1993 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1993 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Carlton Television, Meridian, Westcountry and GMTV begin broadcasting. Teletext Ltd. launches a new Teletext service on ITV and Channel 4, replacing the 14-year-old ORACLE teletext service.
  • 6 January – The first episode of the children's series The Animals of Farthing Wood begins on BBC One.
  • 5 April – Royal Logistic Corps formed within the British Army by union of five former corps: the Royal Engineers Postal and Courier Service, Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Pioneer Corps and Army Catering Corps.
  • 5 April – Child Support Agency begins operation.
  • 22 July – Government almost defeated by "Maastricht Rebels"; however, a vote of no confidence does not succeed.
  • 4 August – Labour Party leader John Smith opens Millwall F.C.'s New Den stadium in Bermondsey, London, which cost £16million to build and is the largest new football stadium to be built in England since before World War II.
  • 3 September – The UK Independence Party, which supports breakaway from the European Union, is formed by members of the Anti-Federalist League, which itself was formed two years earlier by opponents of Britain's involvement in the Maastricht Treaty.
  • 15 December – The Downing Street Declaration on the future of Northern Ireland is signed between the UK and Irish Governments.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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