1993

Events

 * 14th January - Nick Cotton's trial takes place following the murder of Eddie Royle.
 * 21st January - Nick is found not guilty, which shocks the residents of Walford.
 * 2nd February - Sam Butcher is distraught when Clive tries getting her to intervene in a threesome.
 * 4th February - Sam leaves Ricky Butcher and Albert Square and gets a job on a cruise ship.
 * 9th February - First appearance of Sanjay Kapoor.
 * 16th February - Sanjay's life is torn apart when he loses everything in a game of poker.
 * 18th February - First appearance of Gita Kapoor.
 * 4th March - Vicki Fowler goes missing from school and Michelle believes unstable Jack has kidnapped her.
 * 11th March - Vicki is found safe and well.
 * 16th March - In the heat of an argument, Grant Mitchell hits Sharon.
 * 18th March - Gita gives birth to Sharmilla.
 * 25th March - Grant attacks Michelle and a police officer and is arrested.
 * 6th May - Aidan Brosnan is rushed to A&E after taking a dodgy ecstasy pill.
 * 13th May - Grant is released from prison.
 * 25th May - Nigel Bates celebrates his birthday and shares a moment with Debbie Tyler.
 * 29th June - Phil Mitchell meets Nadia Borovac for the first time and Hattie Tavernier discovers that Steve Elliot has left her.
 * 26th August - Dot Cotton leaves the Square to start a new life with Nick and his new family.
 * 31st August - Grant, Sharon, Phil, Kathy, Pat and Frank take a trip to France and Frank is horrified when he goes to visit Diane and discovers she's pregnant.
 * 9th September - Pauline and Arthur's relationship is put in serious jeopardy when Pauline discovers Arthur's affair with Christine Hewitt, and after a heated argument attacks him with a frying pan and throws him out.
 * 19th October - Roly is killed after being knocked by a lorry when being taken out for a walk by Mandy Salter.
 * 16th November - First appearance of Carol, Alan and Bianca Jackson. Mark Fowler, Michelle Fowler, Shelley Lewis and Clem take a trip to Amsterdam, and Shelley discovers that Mark is HIV.
 * 9th December - Cindy Beale gives birth to the twins Peter and Lucy and the residents thrill is torn apart when the news arouses that Pete Beale has died in a car crash.
 * 16th December - First appearance of Robbie Jackson.
 * 23rd December - The residents say their final goodbyes to Pete when his funeral takes place.
 * 25th December - Aidan attempts suicide by jumping from a tower block but is talked down by Mandy.
 * 28th December - Aidan decides that life in Walford isn't going anywhere for him and leaves Mandy to return to his old life in Ireland. Nadia tells Kathy that she and Phil slept together causing serious problems.