WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1993
Find out what all happened September to November 1993

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

Battle of Mogadishu: In a failed attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 U.S. soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting. (3. October 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)

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

The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. (27. September 1993)

Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside. (4. October 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)

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

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

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

U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. (30. November 1993)

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

Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year. (23. November 1993)

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

A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.. (11. November 1993)

Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament (15. September 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)

Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating. (20. November 1993)

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