🧠 Inventions of 1993
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Graphical Web Browser (Mosaic)
2 
MP3 Audio Compression Standard
3 
Search Engine Concept
4 
Java Programming Language
5 
Digital Mobile Camera
6 
Online Banking Systems
7 
Computer Firewall Concept
8 
Touchpad Input Device
9 
Real-Time Strategy Video Game
10 
Medical MRI Software Advances
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON September 21, 1993
Full News Archive
- Headline: Valley Fashions Acquires West Point Pepperell. Impact: By Valley Fashions buying the rest of West Point, they inadvertently sparked a fashion revolution. Little did they know, their control over textiles would lead to the rise of sweatpants as the global uniform for 'I woke up like this' moments.. Fact: Valley Fashions didn't just buy the company; they also acquired the rights to an alarming number of questionable 80s fashion trends that would haunt humanity for decades..
- Headline: Rodman & Renshaw's Buyer Search Narrows. Impact: The narrowing of Rodman & Renshaw's buyer search led to a game of financial musical chairs. As one firm fell out, another slipped in, ultimately resulting in a financial crisis that had someone’s cat becoming an influencer for financial advice years later.. Fact: In the world of finance, narrowing down your search to five buyers is basically like saying you only want five different ways to lose money..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1993, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #3
ORCL
Oracle
Price in 1993
$0.57
Value in 2025
$317,737
Oracle - If you invested $1,000 in 1993, it would be worth $317,737 today (317.7x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Spawn #1
$60
300 #1
$300
The Maxx #1
$80
Preacher #1
$75
H-E-R-O #1
$95
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Action Figures
$150.00
Beetleborgs Action Figures
$150.00
Super Soaker CPS 2000
$250.00
Creepy Crawlers Oven
$200.00
Street Fighter II Figures
$32.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Doom
$200.00
Myst
$130.00
Secret of Mana
$149.00
Star Fox
$150.00
Day of the Tentacle
$45.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus
$500,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Ancestral Recall
$30,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Mox Sapphire
$108,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Mox Jet
$108,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Mox Ruby
$108,000