In December 1993, Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, the son of previous president Eduardo Frei Montalva, led the Concertación coalition to victory with an absolute majority of votes ( 58 %).

Long-time President Houphouët Boigny, in power since the 1960s, passed away in December 1993, unleashing a succession crisis which quickly involved the power institutions of the state.

Since the death of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar in a police shootout during December 1993, indiscriminate acts of violence associated with that organization have abated as the " cartels " have broken up into multiple, smaller and often-competing trafficking organizations.

The Convention was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992 and entered into force on 29 December 1993.

* On December 15, 1993, Colin Powell was created an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

# Still Pumped from Using the Mouse — December 14, 1992 to September 27, 1993

The first public version of Doom was uploaded to Software Creations BBS and an FTP server at the University of Wisconsin – Madison on December 10, 1993.

" Don't ask, don't tell " ( DADT ) was the official United States policy on homosexuals serving in the military from December 21, 1993 to September 20, 2011.

The Clinton Administration on December 21, 1993, issued Defense Directive 1304. 26, which directed that military applicants were not to be asked about their sexual orientation.

In accordance with the December 21, 1993, Department of Defense Directive 1332. 14, it was legal policy ( 10 U. S. C.

According to the statements given by Berlinger and Sinofsky, Cooper informed them of his receipt of the knife on December 19, 1993.

:* Edouard Saouma ( Lebanon ): January 1976 – December 1993.

It was also revealed in December 1996 that Fine Gael had received some £ 180, 000 from Ben Dunne in the period 1987 to 1993.

Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe in November / December 1993.

Following President Bongo's re-election in December 1993 with 51 % of the vote, opposition candidates refused to validate the election results.

Following President Bongo's re-election in December 1993 with 51 % of the vote, opposition candidates refused to validate the election results.

In December 1993, Conté was elected to a 5-year term as president in the country's first multi-party elections, which were marred by irregularities and lack of transparency on the part of the government.

Ireland also passed legislation in response to the EU directive with the effective date being 31 December 1993.

The official conversion rate of the lempira fell to US $ 1 = L7. 26 in December 1993.

In December 1993, during UNOSOM II, a Saudi Arabian HMMWV departs for the seaport of Mogadishu, Somalia.

* First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories from December 1987 to 1993

The Downing Street Declaration was issued on 15 December 1993 by Major and Albert Reynolds, the Irish Taoiseach, with whom he had a friendly relationship: an IRA ceasefire followed in 1994.

After the Gator Bowl game on December 31, 1993 the old stadium was essentially demolished and replaced with a reinforced concrete superstructure.

He released an EP called Fire It Up in December 1993.

After the PZPR was dissolved, Leszek Miller became a co-founder of the Social Democracy of the Polish Republic ( till March 1993, he was Secretary General, then Deputy Chairman and, from December 1997, the Chairman of that party ).

Bongo was re-elected President in December 1979 and November 1986 to 7-year terms.

President Bongo coasted to easy re-elections in December 1998 and November 2005, with large majorities of the vote against a divided opposition.

Facing a divided opposition, President Omar Bongo was re-elected in December 1998, with 66 % of the votes cast.

Bongo was elected president in February 1975 and re-elected in December 1979 and November 1986 to seven-year terms.

President Bongo coasted to an easy re-election in December 1998 with 66 % of the vote against a divided opposition.

In December 1999, through the mediation efforts of President Bongo, a peace accord was signed in Congo-Brazzaville between the government and most leaders of an armed rebellion.

The December accord, mediated by President Omar Bongo of Gabon, called for follow-on, inclusive political negotiations between the government and the opposition.

* December 18 – Omar Bongo is re-elected as President of Gabon in the country's first multiparty elections.

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba ( 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009 ), born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009.

The youngest of twelve siblings, Albert-Bernard Bongo was born on 30 December 1935 in Lewai ( since renamed Bongoville ), French Equatorial Africa, a town of the Haut-Ogooué province in what is now southeastern Gabon near the border with the Republic of the Congo.

Bongo became President on 2 December 1967, following the death of M ' ba four days earlier, and was installed by de Gaulle and influential French leaders.

Following a Congress of the PDG in January 1979 and the December 1979 elections, Bongo gave up some of his ministerial portfolios and surrendered his functions as head of government to Prime Minister Mebiame.

This moderate opposition group sponsored demonstrations by students and academic staff at the Universite Omar Bongo in Libreville in December 1981, when the university was temporarily closed.

Although he had been passed over for the post of Prime Minister earlier in the 1990s, Ntoutoume Emane was appointed as Prime Minister in January 1999, after serving as the campaign manager for President Omar Bongo during his successful re-election campaign for the December 1998 presidential election.

Ali Bongo ( 8 December 1929 – 8 March 2009 ) was a British comedy magician, and president of The Magic Circle who performed an act in which he was known as the " Shriek of Araby ".

In Berkshire, a successful skirmish at the Battle of Englefield on 31 December 870 was followed by a severe defeat at the siege and Battle of Reading by Ivar's brother Halfdan Ragnarsson on 5 January 871 ; then, four days later, Alfred won a brilliant victory at the Battle of Ashdown on the Berkshire Downs, possibly near Compton or Aldworth.

The BSP won convincingly the pre-term elections in December 1994 with a majority of 125 seats out of the 240 seats in the parliament and despite the mandate is for 4 years, BSP's government collapsed too and remained in office until 1996 due to the economic crysis in Bulgaria.

Sinn Féin won 73 out of 105 seats in Ireland at the general election held in December 1918, and in January 1919 organised themselves as the First Dáil, which then declared an independent Irish Republic.

The Croatian parliamentary election, 2011 was held on 4 December 2011, and the Kukuriku coalition won.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

In December 1918, republicans ( then represented by the Sinn Féin party ) won 73 Irish seats out of 105 in the 1918 General Election to the British Parliament, on a policy of abstentionism and Irish independence.

As a result, Svinhufvud and his senate delegation won Lenin's concession of sovereignty on 31 December 1917.

The first democratic elections since 1976 were held in December 1984 and were won by the Grenada National Party under Herbert Blaize who won 14 out of 15 seats in elections and served as Prime Minister until his death in December 1989.

In the runoff on December 26, Alfonso Portillo ( FRG ) won 68 % of the vote to 32 % for Óscar Berger ( PAN ).

However, because he failed to achieve a fifty percent majority, he won a runoff election on December 28, defeating the center-left candidate Álvaro Colom.

Facing only token opposition, Magloire won the election and assumed office on December 6.

In December 1990, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a liberation theology Roman Catholic ( Salesian ) priest, won 67 % of the vote in elections that international observers deemed largely free and fair.

The PLH, after some debate, refused to nominate a candidate, and on December 28 Paz Barahona won virtual unanimous election.

Despite this naval defeat, it was on the ground that this war would be won, Napoleon inflicted the Austrian and Russian Empires one of their greatest defeats at Austerlitz ( also known as the " Battle of the Three Emperors " on 2 December 1805 ), destroying the Third Coalition.

After eight years in opposition, the Coalition won the federal election of December 1949 and Menzies began his record-setting second term as Prime Minister.

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

The next year on December 18 the Chargers faced the unbeaten Colts ; the Colts dream of the first perfect season since 1972 failed as the Chargers won 26-17.

In the first open presidential elections in a quarter century, in December 1992, Moi won with 37 % of the vote, Matiba received 26 %, Mwai Kibaki ( of the mostly Kikuyu Democratic Party ) 19 %, and Odinga 18 %.

President Moi won re-election as President in the December 1997 elections, and his KANU Party narrowly retained its parliamentary majority.

In the December 2007 elections the ODM won majority seats in Parliament, but the presidential elections votes were marred by claims of rigging by both sides.

In December 2010 the Koenigsegg Agera won the prestigious BBC Top Gear Hypercar of the Year Award.