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This article covers breaking news and events in May 1993.

Daily events

Saturday 1st May 1993

• Colombo / Sri Lanka : A suicide attack by the Tamil paramilitary organization LTTE on Sri Lanka's President Ranasinghe Premadasa kills 25. One of them is the president, who was on his way to a May rally .
• Halle / Germany : The youth radio DT64 is saved. The public broadcaster MDR leads it as MDR Sputnik on. For years there was a dispute about the continued existence of the station founded in the GDR in 1986 . a. the Junge Union , the station RIAS , DJ WestBam and punk rock - band Abstürzende pigeons involved.

Sunday May 2nd 1993

• Munich / Germany : Russia becomes ice hockey world champion with a 3-1 win against Sweden .

Monday 3rd May 1993

• Bonn / Germany : Björn Engholm ( SPD ), Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein , appears before the press and announces the resignation of his offices. The confessions of those involved in the Barschel affair have confirmed in recent months that Engholm partially lied to the public in 1987 during the affair.
• New York / United States : An expert opinion by the United Nations reveals human rights violations and violations of the Geneva Conventions during the armed conflict over the future of Yugoslavia . The United Nations Security Council will now consider the pros and cons of a tribunal for the crumbling country.

Tuesday 4th May 1993

Landscape in Andorra

• Andorra la Vella / Andorra : The 468  km² large Lehn -Fürstentum get on the road to national independence its first constitution . It was adopted in the referendum on March 14th and finalized on April 28th. It is planned to sign friendship treaties with France and Spain in the coming month . With these signatures independence would be complete.
• Hamburg / Germany : The Hamburg Constitutional Court declares the result of the 1991 state election in Hamburg to be invalid, as the CDU did not use a democratic procedure to fill the places on its party list before the election . The court stated: "Without the blessing of the party superiors, an applicant had no chance of a place on the list."

Thursday May 6, 1993

• Lübeck / Germany : The city of Lübeck inaugurates the Heinrich and Thomas Mann Center at Mengstrasse 4. The house is the residence of the fictional Buddenbrook family in the novel Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann from 1901 and is now called " Buddenbrookhaus ".
• New York / United States : The Security Council of the United Nations in its (UN) decides Resolution 824 creating UN safe zones for refugees in Bihac , Gorazde , Sarajevo , Srebrenica , Tuzla and Žepa in Bosnia and Herzegovina . In order to provide the refugees with the necessary protection, the Security Council supports the expansion of the UNPROFOR mission .

Friday May 7th 1993

• Banja Luka / Bosnia and Herzegovina : Ethnic Serbs attack the Arnaudija and Ferhadija mosques . Then the authorities of the Republika Srpska organize the demolition of the entire Ferhadija complex.
• Unterföhring / Germany : The TV station Premiere is broadcasting the 0137 Night Talk as an unencrypted TV program for the first time. It is one of the first interactive call-in programs on German television.

Saturday 8th May 1993

• Paradise / United States : The British WBC heavyweight boxing world champion Lennox Lewis will defend his title for the first time since he was named world champion in December 1992 and defeated his American challenger Tony Tucker on a point basis .

Sunday 9th May 1993

• Dakar / Senegal : In the election for the National Assembly , the Parti Socialiste of President Abdou Diouf , who was re-elected in February, will be the strongest party with 56.6%, five years earlier its result was around 71%.

Monday May 10, 1993

• Bishkek / Kyrgyzstan : The National Bank issues the first banknotes for the new currency of Kyrgyzstan, Som . It replaces the ruble from the Soviet era .
• Nakhon Pathom / Thailand : 188 people die and around 470 are injured in a fire in a toy factory that mainly produces for US companies.

Wednesday May 12, 1993

• Cayenne / French Guiana : The broadcast satellite Astra 1C of the holding company SES Astra is by a rocket -type Ariane 42L in the orbit brought. The satellite is expected to broadcast programs from German TV stations from July onwards . a. WDR and BR .
• London / United Kingdom : The AC Parma wins the football - UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with a 3: 1 final win against Royal Antwerp .

Thursday May 13, 1993

Bernd Pischetsrieder

• Munich / Germany : Eberhard von Kuenheim over his office as Chairman of the Board of BMW AG after 23 years of Bernd Pischetsrieder .
• Tel Aviv / Israel : Ezer Weizmann , the nephew of the first President Chaim Weizmann , is sworn in as the seventh President of Israel.

Friday May 14, 1993

• Schwerin / Germany : The state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania adopts the constitution of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Strasbourg / France : Estonia , Lithuania and Slovenia join the Council of Europe as the 27th, 28th and 29th member states .

Saturday 15th May 1993

Logo of the Concours' Eurovision de la Chanson

• Millstreet / Ireland : Niamh Kavanagh wins the final in the 38th Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson for Ireland in the Green Glens Arena . With 25 acts , the competition in the finals was greater than ever.
• Neuilly-sur-Seine / France : The Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID), a unit of the French National Police to combat terrorism, first became known to the general public when it killed the student Eric Schmitt. Equipped with explosives, Schmitt took hostages at his school.

Sunday May 16, 1993

Art on art

• Ankara / Turkey : The Grand National Assembly elects Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel from the Right Way Party as the new President . His predecessor Turgut Özal died in April. The office of Prime Minister will be passed from Demirel to Erdal İnönü from the Social Democratic Party .
• Frankfurt am Main / Germany : The German Sports Association recognizes the American Football Association Germany .
• Cologne / Germany : For the cycle race around Cologne, Thomas Baumgärtel sprinkles a large, yellow cloth with 3,333 black graffiti bananas and drapes it over the sculpture of stationary traffic . The installation art on art serves as a podium for 22 triathletes during the cycle race , who pedal there on four fixed bicycles.
• Maria Enzersdorf / Austria : The Hypo Südstadt team defends its title as the best women's handball team in Europe. In the final second leg of the European Cup , the team wins 40:25 against Vasas Budapest .
• Vienna / Austria : In the election for the Lower Austrian state parliament , 44.2% of the voters vote for the ÖVP state organization People's Party of Lower Austria . The SPÖ with 33.9%, the FPÖ with 12.1% and the Liberal Forum with 5.1% of the vote are also moving into the country house in Herrengasse .

Wednesday May 19, 1993

• Kiel / Germany : The Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein elects Heide Simonis ( SPD ) as the new Prime Minister with 46 votes and 41 against . Her predecessor Björn Engholm (SPD) resigned at the beginning of the month.
• Turin / Italy : Juventus Turin wins the football - UEFA Cup after a 3-0 final second leg against Borussia Dortmund .

Thursday May 20, 1993

• Aachen / Germany : The Charlemagne Prize is presented to the Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González for his “passionate commitment” to European unification .

Friday May 21, 1993

• Caracas / Venezuela : One day after the resignation of President Carlos Andrés Pérez ( Acción Democrática ), one of Pérez's party colleagues, President Octavio Lepage, will take over his office until a legitimate successor is elected. Pérez is said to have embezzled $ 17 million from the state budget.
• Northern Hemisphere : A partial solar eclipse can be observed from the entire Arctic Ocean , all of Greenland and large parts of North America and Northern Eurasia . In Germany only the part north of a line from Emden to Görlitz is in the visibility area.

Saturday May 22, 1993

Großhadern underground station

• Hahn / Germany : The first civil flight is handled at Hahn Air Base , a charter flight to Mallorca . The expansion of the airfield into Frankfurt-Hahn International Airport as part of the armaments conversion is now complete.
• Ivano-Frankivsk / Ukraine : A Boeing 737 is the first aircraft to land at Ivano-Frankivsk Airport , opening international flight operations.
• Munich / Germany : The Haderner Stern and Großhadern stations are opened in the underground network .

Sunday May 23, 1993

• Saarbrücken / Germany : The city gives the place of the Invisible Memorial in front of Saarbrücken Castle to the public. It reminds of the invisibility of the crimes of the National Socialists . The memorial itself consists of inscriptions on paving stones , which are located on the underside of the stones.

Monday May 24, 1993

Flag of Eritrea

Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo

• Addis Ababa / Ethiopia : The supranational organization for African unity accepts Eritrea as a member.
• Asmara / Eritrea : The country of Eritrea declares itself to be a sovereign state . Isayas Afewerki becomes the first head of state in the former Italian colony , which was part of Ethiopia from 1947 .
• Cannes / France : The film Das Piano by New Zealand director Jane Campion and the film Farewell, My Concubine by Chinese director Chen Kaige are awarded the Palme d'or at the 46th International Film Festival .
• Guadalajara , Mexico : A gun attack kills seven people at the city's airport , including Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo , who is hit by 14 bullets. During his lifetime, he spoke out vehemently against the organized crime in connection with drug trafficking from.

Tuesday May 25, 1993

• New York / United States : The Security Council of the United Nations approved the resolution 827 that an International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia calls. Its task will be the prosecution of serious crimes that have occurred since 1991 on the territory of the now dissolved Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .

Wednesday May 26, 1993

• Munich / Germany : For the first time in the club's history, Olympique Marseille wins the final of the UEFA Champions League in men's football, which until 1992 was known as the "European Champion's Cup". The French manage a 1-0 win against AC Milan .
• Vaduz / Liechtenstein : The state parliament elects Markus Büchel from the Progressive Citizens' Party as the new head of government of the country.

Thursday May 27, 1993

• Moscow / Russia : Homosexual acts between adults are legalized, but homosexuality is still on the list of mental illnesses in Russia.
• Munich / Germany : The Bavarian Prime Minister Max Streibl ( CSU ) resigns in the course of the Amigo affair over government contracts for Burkhart Grob Luft- und Raumfahrt GmbH & Co. KG , with whose owner Streibl was friends at school.

Friday May 28, 1993

• Munich / Germany : The state parliament elects Edmund Stoiber ( CSU ) as Bavarian Prime Minister . Stoiber's predecessor and party colleague Max Streibl resigned yesterday.
• New York / United States : The General Assembly of the United Nations follows the recommendations of the UN Security Council made two days ago and accepts the Principality of Monaco and Eritrea as new members of the international community.

Saturday 29th May 1993

• Amman / Jordan : Abdelsalam al-Majali replaces Zaid ibn Shaker as Prime Minister of Jordan .
• Solingen / Germany : Four young people from the right-wing extremist scene carry out an arson attack on the residential building of the Turkish family of Durmus and Mevlüde Genç in their neighborhood . Five women and girls are killed in the act, making the attack the most momentous outbreak of violence against migrants or their descendants since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Vienna / Austria : The first Life Ball takes place. In addition to the city government, there were only two other sponsors. The organizers achieve proceeds of 1.1 million schillings , which will go to the “ Aids Life” association.

Monday May 31, 1993

• Bern / Switzerland : FC Lugano wins the final game in the Swiss Cup of Footballers 4-1 against Grasshopper Club Zurich .

See also

• Nekrolog May 1993 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in May
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in May

Web links

Poznań in May 1993

Commons : May 1993  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suspicion of "LTTE" terror membership. In: shz.de . January 18, 2016, accessed on January 5, 2018 : "Modification of the Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa [...] on May 1, 1993" 
2. ↑ DT 64 becomes MDR Sputnik. In: mdr.de . February 7, 2007, accessed October 28, 2017 . 
3. ^ 57th Ice Hockey World Championship 1993 in Germany. In: ifosta.de, Jörg Thomas. Retrieved February 22, 2017 . 
4. ^ Björn Engholm's resignation. In: ndr.de . May 3, 2013, accessed October 21, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Susanne Dyrchs: The hybrid Khmer-Rouge-Tribunal: origin, development and legal basis . Peter Lang Publishing Group , Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-56981-8 , p. 92 (Cologne writings on law and state, volume 36).
6. ↑ Andorra. (No longer available online.) In: factbook.org . August 1, 2003, archived from the original on April 2, 2018 ; accessed on April 1, 2018 (English). 
7. ↑ A verdict that caused shock waves. In: welt.de . May 4, 2013, accessed August 16, 2019 . 
8. ↑ The house today. In: buddenbrookhaus.de . Retrieved August 28, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Resolution 824. In: nato.int . May 6, 1993, accessed April 1, 2018 . 
10. ^ Protests in Banja Luka over a mosque. In: nzz.ch . June 19, 2001. Retrieved January 5, 2018 . 
11. ↑ 32.3 million euros in compensation for the Islamic community. In: derstandard.at . February 20, 2009, accessed January 5, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Nocturnal. In: quotenmeter.de . Retrieved April 1, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Thomas Hauser : There Will Always Be Boxing . University of Arkansas Press , Fayetteville 2017, ISBN 978-1-68226-041-8 , pp. 52 .
14. ^ Senegal, Parliamentary Chamber: Assemblée nationale, elections held in 1993. In: ipu.org . Accessed October 1, 2017 . 
15. ^ Ian Jeffries: Economies in Transition . Routledge , London 1996, ISBN 0-415-13684-9 , pp. 287 .
16. ^ A quarter century since the Thai toy factory fire. In: wsws.org, International Committee of the Fourth International . July 14, 2018, accessed on August 23, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Astra 1C. In: satbeams.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020 . 
18. ↑ AC Parma - Royal Antwerp FC 3: 1. In: kicker.de . Retrieved February 20, 2017 . 
19. ↑ 100 years of BMW (part 3). In: kues-magazin.de . September 13, 2016, accessed June 27, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Biography of Ezer Weizman. In: mfa.gov.il . Retrieved on January 14, 2018 (English): "sworn into office on May 13, 1993" 
21. ^ Legal basis of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament. In: landtag-mv.de . Retrieved July 16, 2020 . 
22. ^ Estonia - Member State. In: coe.int . Retrieved January 14, 2018 . 
23. ^ Lithuania - Member State. In: coe.int . Retrieved January 14, 2018 . 
24. ^ Slovenia - Member State. In: coe.int . Retrieved January 14, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest in Millstreet. In: eurovision.de, ARD . Retrieved May 16, 2017 . 
26. ↑ Il ya vingt ans, la prize d'otages de Neuilly. In: leparisien.fr . May 13, 2013, accessed January 14, 2018 (French). 
27. ^ Biography of Süleyman Demirel. In: tccb.gov.tr . Retrieved August 23, 2018 . 
28. ↑ Türkiye 24 saatlik başbakan bile gördü. In: ahaber.com . August 27, 2015, accessed September 14, 2018 (Turkish). 
29. ↑ The association establishes itself. In: afvd.de . Retrieved January 14, 2018 . 
30. ↑ Handball, European Cup - Hypo wins Cup. In: bildarchivaustria.at , material from Austria Press Agency . May 16, 1993. Retrieved August 14, 2017 . 
31. ^ Stefan Eminger , Ernst Langthaler (ed.): Lower Austria in the 20th century: Politics . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-78197-4 , p. 322 .
32. ^ The election of the Prime Ministers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. In: nomos.de , material from NordÖR . September 2013, accessed on October 21, 2017 : "Day of the Prime Minister's Election, Name of the Prime Minister" 
33. ↑ uefa.com : Möller makes the difference ( Memento from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
34. ↑ karlspreis.de : The Charlemagne Prize 1993 Felipe González Márquez ( Memento of 26 November 2006 at the Internet Archive )
35. ↑ Venezuelan Leader Quits to Face Trial. In: The New York Times . May 21, 1993, accessed January 8, 2018 . 
36. ↑ Partial Solar Eclipse 1993 May 21. In: nasa.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2017 . 
37. ↑ The Scharping Airport. In: Focus . May 10, 1993. Retrieved January 14, 2018 . 
38. ↑ История. In: ifo.aero . Retrieved January 14, 2018 (Russian): "22 мая 1993: впервые приземлился" 
39. ↑ Schnellbahnnetz from 1972 to today. In: u-bahn-muenchen.de . Retrieved February 17, 2018 . 
40. ↑ The Saarbrücken Castle. In: regionalverband-saarbruecken.de . 2014, accessed July 9, 2017 . 
41. ↑ au.int : Member States of the AU ( Memento from March 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
42. ↑ Eritrea becomes independent. In: welt.de . March 19, 2010, accessed February 28, 2017 . 
43. ↑ Palmarčs du Festival 1993. In: ina.fr . Retrieved May 23, 2017 (French). 
44. ^ Cocaine, Cardinal Ocampo, and the Drug Wars. In: the-american-catholic.com. October 28, 2008, accessed May 24, 2017 . 
45. ^ Resolution 827 (1993). In: un.org . May 25, 1993. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
46. ↑ “All of Marseille was upside down”. In: rp-online.de . Retrieved April 1, 2018 . 
47. ^ Former Prime Minister Markus Büchel has died. In: 20min.ch . July 9, 2013, accessed February 24, 2019 . 
48. ↑ The head of government of the Principality of Liechtenstein elected by the Landtag is then appointed by the Prince.
49. ↑ fr-online.de : Forbidden by law ( Memento from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
50. ↑ Streibl's fateful friends. In: sueddeutsche.de . December 13, 2008, accessed April 1, 2017 . 
51. ↑ The Landtag 1990-1994 (12th legislative period). In: hdbg.de . 1996, accessed on October 19, 2017 : "The day after the resignation, the Bavarian State Parliament elects Edmund Stoiber (CSU) as the new Prime Minister." 
52. ^ Flag Raising Ceremony for Two New Members of the United Nations. In: unmultimedia.org, United Nations . May 28, 1993, accessed January 16, 2018 . 
53. ↑ Prime Ministers of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In: kinghussein.gov.jo. Retrieved January 15, 2018 . 
54. ↑ 20 years of arson attack in Solingen. In: bpb.de . May 28, 2013, accessed January 15, 2018 . 
55. ↑ How the Life Ball became a mega-event. In: orf.at . November 2, 2015, accessed January 7, 2018 . 
56. ↑ Finals 1980-1999. In: fussball-schweiz.ch, rotweiss Verlag GmbH. Retrieved November 1, 2016 .