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Historical Event(s)
– The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.
– The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
– An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
– An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.
– Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.
– The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
– Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
– The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.