| 1993-12-04
A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
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| 1993-11-30
U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
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| 1993-03-12
North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
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| 1993-02-08
General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
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| 1993-03-11
Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
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| 1993-01-15
Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive.
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| 1993-08-10
An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
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| 1993-08-27
The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
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| 1993-09-27
The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
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| 1993-01-01
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
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| 1993-08-20
After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
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| 1993-03-27
Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
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| 1993-12-30
Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
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| 1993-09-13
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
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| 1993-07-28
Andorra joins the United Nations.
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| 1993-03-29
Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
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| 1993-04-27
All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
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| 1993-12-08
The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
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| 1993-03-22
The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
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| 1993-03-12
The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.
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| 1993-07-22
Great Flood of 1993: levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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| 1993-01-07
The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
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| 1993-05-18
EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.
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| 1993-09-22
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
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| 1993-10-23
The Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series.
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| 1993-08-21
NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
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| 1993-06-24
Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses his sight in one eye, his hearing in one ear and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber.
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| 1993-04-22
Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
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| 1993-04-19
The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
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| 1993-01-03
In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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| 1993-11-04
A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
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| 1993-02-28
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
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| 1993-07-04
Sumitomo Chemical's resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others.
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| 1993-11-01
The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
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| 1993-01-18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
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| 1993-01-01
A single market within the European Community is introduced.
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| 1993-08-09
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
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| 1993-08-01
The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
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| 1993-01-24
Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
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| 1993-05-28
Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
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| 1993-09-22
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
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| 1993-07-16
The Slackware operating system is first released.
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| 1993-09-17
Last Russian troops leave Poland.
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| 1993-11-20
Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
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| 1993-11-18
In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution.
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| 1993-08-06
Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas, of Kyūshū, Japan.
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| 1993-10-16
Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.
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| 1993-11-09
Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.
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| 1993-12-15
History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
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| 1993-12-02
Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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| 1993-04-11
450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
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| 1993-06-06
Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
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| 1993-07-02
37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival were killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.
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| 1993-06-07
The Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, UK, falls into the sea following a landslide.
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| 1993-07-25
Israel launches a massive attack against terrorist forces in Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.
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| 1993-09-09
The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
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| 1993-06-01
Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
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| 1993-11-12
Decree of President of Kazakhstan "About introducing national currency of Republic of Kazakhstan" is issued.
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| 1993-10-03
Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
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| 1993-06-12
An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.
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| 1993-08-31
HMS Mercury closes after 52 years in commission.
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| 1993-09-30
An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
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| 1993-09-13
Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian agreement initiated by Norway.
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| 1993-11-18
In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is ratified by the House of Representatives.
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| 1993-12-10
The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
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| 1993-03-12
Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
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| 1993-04-30
Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
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| 1993-08-04
A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
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| 1993-01-13
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
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| 1993-04-24
An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
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| 1993-09-08
Chinese athlete Wang Junxia sets a new women's 10,000 m world record of 29:31.78, breaking the former record by 42 seconds.
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| 1993-04-08
The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
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| 1993-06-25
Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
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| 1993-12-07
The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
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| 1993-02-16
Western Australia's and Australia's first female Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office.
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| 1993-04-23
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
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| 1993-10-04
Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
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| 1993-01-19
Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
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| 1993-04-21
The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
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| 1993-07-29
The Israeli Supreme Court acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
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| 1993-12-05
The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
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| 1993-09-15
Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
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| 1993-01-05
The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
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| 1993-12-02
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
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| 1993-04-30
CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
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| 1993-02-01
Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner
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| 1993-11-23
Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
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| 1993-10-30
Greysteel massacre: The Ulster Freedom Fighters, a loyalist terrorist group, open fire on a crowded bar in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are killed and thirteen wounded.
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| 1993-12-11
Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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| 1993-02-26
World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.
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| 1993-03-27
Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
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| 1993-04-22
The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
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| 1993-01-05
Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last legal hanging in America).
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| 1993-01-25
Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders.
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| 1993-11-24
In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
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| 1993-05-10
In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers.
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| 1993-04-19
South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.
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| 1993-07-25
The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
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| 1993-10-23
Shankill Road bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians.
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| 1993-10-07
The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
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| 1993-09-21
Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
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| 1993-03-20
An IRA bomb explodes, killing two children in Warrington, Northwest England.
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