Historical Events In 1993

May 09 Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300

May 13 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50

May 20 10 meter meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)

May 08 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

May 13 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands

May 10 Paul Cézannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC

May 19 Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellín Colombia, kills 132

May 22 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

May 10 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145

May 15 Jane Seymour & James Kesch marry

May 12 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands

May 17 Intel unveils their new Pentium processor

May 20 Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns

May 24 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey

May 01 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)

May 10 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol

May 27 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6

May 24 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement

May 11 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire

May 21 Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life

May 12 NBC TV airs the final episode of the hit comedy Cheers

May 12 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV

May 07 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections

May 26 Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich

May 16 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull

May 19 Juventus wins 22th UEFA Cup at Torino

May 28 Polish Government of Suchocka falls

May 31 President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees

May 29 Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany

May 21 Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe

May 11 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins

May 24 Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war

May 26 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time

May 13 CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands

May 18 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty

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