WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1993
Find out what all happened March to May 1993

Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province. (29. March 1993)

450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. (11. April 1993)

Warrington Bomb victim Tim Parry dies five days after the IRA bomb detonated in Warrington, Cheshire on 20 March 1993 in the second of the Warrington bomb attacks. (25. March 1993)

Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo. (27. March 1993)

Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more. (12. March 1993)

Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia. (24. May 1993)

Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. (27. March 1993)

The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die. (19. April 1993)

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. (20. March 1993)

North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites. (12. March 1993)

South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa. (19. April 1993)

Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province. (23. April 1993)

The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations. (8. April 1993)

EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired. (18. May 1993)

In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers. (10. May 1993)

The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. (21. April 1993)

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. (23. April 1993)

Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released. (22. April 1993)

Janet Reno was sworn in as the United States' first female attorney general. (12. March 1993)

An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. (24. April 1993)