March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death October 25, 1993
The temperature on October 25, 1993 was between 6.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
April 28 » A Zambia Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo crashes off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 passengers, which included the entire Zambia national football team.
July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
October 3 » An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
November 18 » In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
Day of burial October 28, 1993
The temperature on October 28, 1993 was between 3.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 6 » Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
January 20 » Bill Clinton is inaugurated the 42nd President of the United States of America.
March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
April 30 » CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
October 4 » Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
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