WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1993
Find out what all happened January to February 1993

Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon. (2. January 1993)

The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President. (7. January 1993)

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. (28. February 1993)

Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner (1. February 1993)

Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. (1. January 1993)

The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil. (5. January 1993)

American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. (27. January 1993)

Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica. (7. January 1993)

Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara. (24. January 1993)

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. (8. February 1993)

In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). (3. January 1993)

Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in Sicily, Italy after three decades as a fugitive. (15. January 1993)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. (18. January 1993)

Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. (19. January 1993)

Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center. (13. January 1993)

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand. (26. February 1993)

Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded. (25. January 1993)

A single market within the European Community is introduced. (1. January 1993)

Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol. (6. January 1993)