WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1993
Find out what all happened May to October 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)

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 Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon. (23. August 1993)

Andorra joins the United Nations. (28. July 1993)

An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand. (10. August 1993)

A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed. (22. September 1993)

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

Sumitomo Chemical's resin plant in Nihama explodes, killing one worker and injuring three others. (4. July 1993)

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

The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. (25. July 1993)

After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month. (20. August 1993)

Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada. (25. June 1993)

Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections. (6. June 1993)

A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia. (22. September 1993)

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. (9. August 1993)

Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations. (28. May 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)

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)

Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, in North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide. (5. June 1993)

An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless. (30. September 1993)