WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JUNE 1893
Find out what all happened April to June 1893

The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago. (1. May 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)

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883. (10. May 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)

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

The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established. (1. April 1893)

Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff. (6. April 1893)