August 1993
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This article covers breaking news and events in August 1993.
Daily events
Sunday 1st August 1993
- Tembisa / South Africa : 30 people die in an attack in the Tembisa township near Johannesburg . The violence between township residents and guest workers of the Zulu ethnic group spreads to the neighboring towns of Thokoza and Phola Park, where another 14 people die.
- Völklingen / Germany : Against the Saarstahl AG which is bankruptcy proceedings initiated.
- Zadar / Croatia : During the Croatian war, fighting between Serbs and the Croatian armed forces intensifies in the west of the country . The Croatians give u. a. their positions at the airport near Zadar and at the Maslencia Bridge.
Monday 2nd August 1993
- Coquelles / France , Folkestone / UK : As a protective measure in connection with the first tunnel under the English Channel in history , by its release UK conservative opinion Britons will lose in the coming year its status as an island, which occurs Agreement Sangatte into force, the British side is entitled to early border controls on French soil.
Wednesday 4th August 1993
- Arusha / Tanzania : After about 30 months of civil war in Rwanda sign representatives of the Hutu -dominated government forces under the command of Juvénal Habyarimana and representatives of the militant Patriotic Front of Tutsi under the command of Paul Kagame , the Arusha Accords . It will be a cease-fire, the formation of a transitional government, a common army with representatives of all the warring parties and the deployment of peacekeepers to the United Nations agreed.
Thursday 5th August 1993
- Renton / United States : Wizards of the Coast publishes the game Magic: The Gathering developed by Richard Garfield . It is the first trading card game in the world.
Saturday 7th August 1993
- Taejŏn / South Korea : The international special exhibition "Expo 93" of the Bureau International des Expositions with 108 participating countries opens. It stands under the slogan " Sustainable Development ".
Friday 13th August 1993
- Havana / Cuba : Possessing and paying in foreign currencies is now free of punishment. The background to this is the increasing flow of US dollars to Cuba from compatriots who have emigrated to the United States and the economic hardship among the population. The Children's Fund of the United Nations noted in the latest annual report that 50% of Cuban children in the first years of life, the lack of nutritional symptom anemia show.
- Stuttgart / Germany : The 1993 World Athletics Championships are opened. The former Neckar Stadium was given a full roof in advance.
Sunday 15th August 1993
- Duisburg / Germany : In the steel works of Hütten- und Bergwerke Rheinhausen AG (HBR) , a Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp , the last shift is run before the shutdown. In their prime, the plants employed around 16,000 people.
Wednesday August 18, 1993
- Lucerne / Switzerland : The Chapel Bridge , the most important landmark of the city built around 1300 , burns down to a large extent.
Saturday August 21, 1993
- Pasadena / United States : The space agency NASA loses contact with the space probe Mars Observer , which was near Mars ' orbit at the last signal . A search signal is sent from California every 20 minutes, but the missile does not respond. NASA last lost a planetary probe in 1971.
Monday 23rd August 1993
- Stuttgart / Germany : In Baden-Württemberg's state capital who go fourth World Athletics Championships the IAAF over. The German Athletics Federation has lost only two gold medals in touch with the world leaders, the United States as a successful nation three times gold. Werner Günthör won gold for Switzerland in the shot put and Sigrid Kirchmann bronze for Austria in the high jump .
Thursday August 26, 1993
- Beledweyne , Mogadishu / Somalia : specialists of the Army Rangers of the United States Armed Forces land in the context of the UN - Operation in Somalia number II in six aircraft of the type Lockheed C-5 Galaxy in the capital Mogadishu and are intended to bring about a turning point in the ongoing struggle happening here. In the meantime, the units of the German Support Association have reached their location in Beledweyne after a month's journey and are almost ready for action. Their duties will also include digging wells for the locals.
- Kiruna / Sweden : King Carl XVI. Gustaf opens the parliamentary representation of the Sami people , the " Sametinget ". Other Sami parliaments exist in Finland and Norway .
Friday August 27, 1993
Saturday August 28, 1993
- Singapore / Singapore : The people elect their president for the first time . Previously, the office was given more power, e.g. B. Objections to the approved state budget are possible. Ong Teng Cheong will be the first elected president to start work in four days.
Monday August 30, 1993
- Casablanca / Morocco : King . Hassan II inaugurates the Hassan II Mosque one, the world's second largest religious building of Islam , which is for state interpretation of a "gift of the people" to his king. The minaret rises 210 m.
See also
- Nekrolog August 1993 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August
Web links
Commons : August 1993 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ At least 44 the as violence spreads in South African townships. In: upi.com . August 1, 1993, accessed November 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Hostels remain deadly tumor in SA's body politic. In: theintelligencebulletin.co.za, Piet Coetzer. April 26, 2015, accessed November 12, 2017 .
- ↑ saarbruecker-zeitung.de : Bankruptcy proceedings were opened 20 years ago via Saarstahl AG ( Memento from September 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Zagreb Diary August 1, 1993. In: foebud.org . Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
- ^ Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic Concerning Frontier Controls and Policing, Co-operation in Criminal Justice, Public Safety and Mutual Assistance Relating to the Channel Fixed Link. In: gov.uk. November 25, 1991, accessed on February 2, 2018 (English): "entered into force on August 2, 1993"
- ^ Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry of December 15, 1999 on the conduct of the United Nations during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. In: ag-friedensforschung.de , Material von United Nations . December 14, 1999, accessed June 27, 2017 .
- ^ First modern trading card game. In: guinnessworldrecords.com . Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
- ^ EXPO 1993 Daejeon. In: bie-paris.org . Accessed May 2, 2017 .
- ^ Political Intransigence versus Economic Reform. In: ascecuba.org, Inter-American Development Bank material . Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Athletics experienced great moments in the Stuttgart stadium. In: wlv-sport.de . Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
- ↑ The silent end of the Krupp era. In: rp-online.de . August 15, 2008, accessed August 31, 2020 .
- ↑ The Chapel, their change in the time and the fire of 1993. In: stadtluzern.ch . Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
- ^ Reports on the loss of Mars Observer. In: nasa.gov . August 22, 1993, accessed April 23, 2017 .
- ^ 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In: iaaf.org . Retrieved March 4, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Ambush in Mogadishu. In: pbs.org . Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
- ^ Bundeswehr abroad. In: n-tv.de . November 26, 2001, Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Saturday set under 20 år. In: sverigesradio.se . August 28, 2013, accessed on October 12, 2017 (Swedish): " August 26, 1993"
- ↑ 1993 Flood Archive. In: dartmouth.edu . December 12, 2000, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ istana.gov.sg : The President ( Memento from September 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Historically. In: mosquee-hassan2.com. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .