WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1993
Find out what all happened October to November 1993

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. (23. November 1993)

In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup. (17. November 1993)

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. Ulster loyalists retaliate a week later with the Greysteel massacre. (23. October 1993)

The Troubles: The Ulster Defence Association, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary, carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are murdered and thirteen wounded. (30. October 1993)

A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people. (4. November 1993)

The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage. (7. October 1993)

In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives. (18. November 1993)

Anti-Nazism riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters. (16. October 1993)

American National Football League awards 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars. (30. November 1993)

United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991. (17. November 1993)

The first Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 1, is held in Denver, Colorado. (12. November 1993)

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. (4. October 1993)

Battle of Mogadishu: In a failed attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 U.S. soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting. (3. October 1993)

The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union. (1. November 1993)

In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule. (18. November 1993)

A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.. (11. November 1993)

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. (20. November 1993)

Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing. (9. November 1993)

U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. (30. November 1993)