Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-56 Mission, April 8, 1993

NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl. Date: August 28, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This…

Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition….

North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites. Date: March 12, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. Date: July 25, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1993Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight…

Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. Date: January 19, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1993Bosnian Army Surprise Attack on Kravica, Srebrenica – January 7, 1993Ada Deer Sworn In as Bureau of…

The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland. Date: March 20, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1993SAM Colombia Flight…