48 events found for 1993
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite
Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada
Malta is officially subdivided into 68 local councils by the Local Councils Act
A mob sets fire to the Hotel Madımak in Sivas, Turkey, where a Alevi cultural festival was taking place, killing 37…
The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest…
Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated…
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia,…
Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese…
The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South…
The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The 7.8 Mw Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250…
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours…
American International Airways Flight 808 crashes at Leeward Point Field at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo…
NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.
NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known…