1993 in History (Part 5)

Events in History

Events 401 - 465 of 465

Nov 16 Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum

Nov 17 Gen. Sani Abacha leads a military coup in Nigeria that overthrows the government of Ernest Shonekan

Nov 17 General Sani Abacha leads a coup against Ernest Shonekan's transitional administration and returns the Nigerian government to military control
Nov 18 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
Nov 18 Black & white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
Nov 18 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes US House of Representatives
Nov 18 North-Siberia record cold for November (-55°C)
Nov 19 Algerian Muslim fundamentalists uprising, 27 killed
Nov 19 Curacaose vote to remain part of Dutch Antilles
Nov 20 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
Nov 20 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo

Nov 20 Winnie Mandela's driver and bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg

Nov 20 Savings and Loan scandal: 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.
Nov 21 Neo-fascist MSI wins 36% of municipal elections in Rome
Nov 24 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales
Nov 24 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
Nov 24 11 year old Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of English 2 year old James Bulger
Nov 25 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
Nov 25 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
Nov 28 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election

Nov 30 President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill

Dec 1 Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18
Dec 2 Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
Dec 2 Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
Dec 4 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
Dec 4 Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
Dec 4 A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
Dec 5 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
Dec 5 Rafael Caldera elected President of Venezuela
Dec 5 The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
Dec 6 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29
Dec 7 Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast
Dec 7 The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
Dec 8 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria
Dec 8 Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
Dec 8 Storm hits western Europe, 11 killed in England

Dec 15 British Prime Minister John Major and Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination

Dec 28 Andrea Bocelli makes his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia

Deaths 401 - 412 of 412

Dec 22 Alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81
Dec 24 Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
Dec 24 Norman Vincent Peale, rev (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at 95
Dec 24 Yen Chia-kan, PM/President of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
Dec 25 Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)
Dec 27 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
Dec 28 William L Shirer, writer (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89
Dec 30 Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent, dies of kidney failure at 86
Dec 31 Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80
Dec 31 Thomas J. Watson Jr., American businessman and politician (President of IBM, 1952-1971, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1979-1981), dies of a stroke at 79
Dec 31 Zviad Gamsachurdia, President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54
Dec 31 Brandon Teena, Transsexual, murdered (b. 1972)