WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1893
Find out what all happened June to July 1893

Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death. (13. June 1893)

The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. (22. June 1893)

Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience. (7. June 1893)

A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua. (11. July 1893)

The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. (11. July 1893)

The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200. (6. July 1893)

Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother. (20. June 1893)

The Corinth Canal in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece is used for the first time. (25. July 1893)