WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1993
Find out what all happened May to December 1993

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

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy. (13. September 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)

NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. (21. August 1993)

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

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

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

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

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

Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo. (1. June 1993)

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

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

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

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

Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. (25. July 1993)

Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. (2. December 1993)

The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York. (7. December 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)

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