WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1993
Find out what all happened February to September 1993

Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. (21. September 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)

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)

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

Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. (11. March 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)

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

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

The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state. (9. September 1993)

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

Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. (24. March 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)

The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed. (27. August 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)

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)

The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. (22. March 1993)

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

The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. (27. September 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)

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