Unix Timestamp: 757123200
Wednesday, December 29. 1993, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The Congress Party gains a parliamentary majority in India after the defection of 10 Janata Dal party lawmakers.

Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" becomes the longest running book on the bestseller list of "The Sunday Times" ever.

U.S. President Bill Clinton sends 6 American warships to Haiti, to enforce United Nations trade sanctions against the military-led regime in that country.

Argentina passes a measure allowing President Carlos Menem and all future presidents to run for a second term. It also shortens presidential terms to 4 years and removes the requirement for the president to be Roman Catholic.

The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers flood large portions of the American Midwest.

Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.

Many foreigners are murdered by rebel groups in Algeria.

The Oslo Accords negotiations begin.

The second World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago.

Wildfires in California destroy over and 700 homes.

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism is put in crisis, mainly from speculation against the French franc.

Over a dozen people are killed by the new Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome, mainly in the Southwestern United States.

Severe floods hit South Asia, killing over 4,000 people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.

The Caign for Homosexual Law Reform succeeds in having the Irish sodomy law reformed.