![]() and Russia reduce their nuclear arsenals to between 1,700 and 2,000 warheads each. ![]() The agreement was replaced by the SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions) Treaty which mandated both the U.S. withdrew from the ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) Treaty. Senate ratified the treaty in 1996 and Russia ratified it in 2000, but it never came into effect as Russia withdrew in 2002 after the U.S. ![]() The purpose of the treaty was to ban the use of MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) on ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) which encouraged first-strike strategies. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) on January 3. In technology the first bagless vacuum cleaner is invented and Intel introduces the Pentium Processor. The ever popular Beanie Babies are launched. ![]() ![]() A devastating tsunami, caused by an earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan kills 202 on the small island of Okushiri. What happened in 1993 Major News Stories include Pentium microprocessor introduced, Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center, US and Russia sign the Start II treaty, Beanie Babies go on sale, Federal Agents raid religious cult in Waco TX, Earthquake and Tsunami Japan, Brush Fires destroy world's second largest national park Royal National Park in Australia, Ethnic fighting between Muslims and Croats in Bosnia, For the first time Islamic Fundamentalists bomb World Trade Center. ![]()
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