Events in History
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Meeting of Interest
Dec 13 South African President F. W. de Klerk meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid

Nelson Mandela

F. W. de Klerk
- Dec 13 US Secretary of State Baker questions Iraq's seriousness about Middle East peace
- Dec 14 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later
- Dec 16 Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti
- Dec 16 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
- Dec 17 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
- Dec 18 NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St Petersburg, & Washington, D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami & Denver win)
- Dec 18 Bush reiterates his "no concessions" stance against Iraq
- Dec 20 Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
- Dec 20 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-NJ Knights for $11 million
Event of Interest
Dec 20 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns

Eduard Shevardnadze
Election of Interest
Dec 22 Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president

Lech Wałęsa
- Dec 23 Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
Event of Interest
Dec 24 Saddam Hussein says Israel will be Iraq's 1st target

Saddam Hussein