🧠 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 May 19, 1993
Full News Archive
- Headline: Prince George Hotel's Revitalization Plan. Impact: The revival of the Prince George Hotel inadvertently sparked a real estate frenzy, leading to the rise of luxury 'affordable' housing. By 2030, 'affordable' meant a shoebox with a stunning view of a dumpster.. Fact: Did you know that the term 'vacant' is often synonymous with 'opportunity' in the real estate world? Like when you find a 'vacant' lot and are suddenly hit with a vision of building a parking garage..
- Headline: Nurse Claire Fagin Becomes Penn's President. Impact: Claire Fagin's presidency at Penn inspired a wave of nurse-led administrations across the country, resulting in a bizarre era where all universities were managed like hospitals—complete with patient check-ups before enrollment.. Fact: Did you know that answering your own phone is considered a revolutionary act in academia? Next thing you know, they'll be suggesting that deans should also make coffee..
- Headline: Prince George Hotel's New Beginnings. Impact: The revival of the Prince George Hotel inadvertently sparked a real estate frenzy, leading to the rise of luxury 'affordable' housing. By 2030, 'affordable' meant a shoebox with a stunning view of a dumpster.. Fact: Did you know that the term 'vacant' is often synonymous with 'opportunity' in the real estate world? Like when you find a 'vacant' lot and are suddenly hit with a vision of building a parking garage..
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