| Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized. |
| Fiji becomes a republic. |
| A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales. |
| Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia. |
| The flood of '93 ends at St.
Louis, Missouri, days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage. |
| Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. |
| Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
He dies five days later. |
| Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid. |
| The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground,
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