* 1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.

In the 2004 federal election, the Conservatives had one of the worst showings in the region for a right-wing party, going back to Confederation, with the possible exception of the 1993 election.

In Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, the Supreme Court heard arguments on November 1, 2005 and unanimously ruled in February 2006 that the U. S. federal government must allow the UDV to import and consume the tea for religious ceremonies under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

In August 1993, Bakker was transferred to a minimum security federal prison in Jesup, Georgia, and was subsequently granted parole in July 1994, after serving almost five years of his sentence.

Motivated by his hatred of the federal government and angered by what he perceived as its mishandling of the Waco Siege ( 1993 ) and the Ruby Ridge incident ( 1992 ), McVeigh timed his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the deadly fire that ended the siege at Waco.

McVeigh and Nichols cited the federal government's actions against the Branch Davidian compound in the 1993 Waco Siege ( shown above ) as a reason they perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing.

They expressed anger at the federal government's handling of the 1992 Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) standoff with Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge as well as the Waco Siege — a 1993 51-day standoff between the FBI and Branch Davidian members which began with a botched ATF attempt to execute a search warrant leading to a fire fight ( it is unknown whether ATF agents or Branch Davidians fired the first shot ) and ended with the burning and shooting deaths of David Koresh and 75 others.

The riots were a result of the state court acquittal of three White and one Hispanic L. A. police officers by an all-white jury in a police brutality case involving motorist Rodney King, but in 1993, all four officers were convicted in a federal civil rights case.

* Canadian politics is radically altered in the 1993 federal election with the collapse of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, ( a major political party in Canada since 1867 ) from being government to only 2 seats and the New Democratic Party collapsing from 44 seats to 9.

* March 13 – Australian federal election, 1993: The Australian Labor Party stays in power despite poor economic results.

* October 25 – Canadian federal election, 1993: Jean Chrétien and his Liberal Party defeat the governing Progressive Conservative Party, which falls to an historic low of 2 seats.

The fourth state reform, which took place in 1993 under Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, consolidated the previous state reforms and turned Belgium into a fully-fledged federal state.

The party achieved major success in the 1993 federal election, when it succeeded in replacing the Progressive Conservative Party as the leading right-wing party in Canada.

The idea of using it for the World's Fair came later and brought in federal money for the United States Science Pavilion ( now Pacific Science Center ) and state money for the Washington State Coliseum ( later Seattle Center Coliseum, rebuilt 1993 as KeyArena ).

On July 10, 1993, the Russian parliament passed a resolution declaring Sevastopol to be " a federal Russian city ".

After the destructive Great Flood of 1993, Rhineland citizens used federal funds to relocate their houses 1½ miles inland away from the river.

In the 1993 federal election, the Bloc won 54 seats ( out of 75 ) in Quebec, sweeping nearly all of the francophone ridings there.

Mulroney entered 1993 facing a statutory general election ( under Canadian law, Canadian federal governments can have a maximum duration of five years, but they often have lesser duration as they must enjoy the confidence of the Parliament of Canada in order to continue to exist ).

In 1993 the parliament approved a constitutional package transforming Belgium into a full-fledged federal state.

However, with the Maastricht Treaty of 1993, new intergovernmental elements have been introduced alongside the more federal systems, making it more difficult to define the European Union.

He became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1990, and led the party to a majority government in the 1993 federal election.

The practice of appointed Queen's Counsel continues in a number of Canada's provinces ; appointments ceased in Ontario in 1985, and the federal government ceased the practice in 1993.

Previously, in 1993 a federal injunction had prohibited Lexington from barring individuals ' displaying the Confederate flag.

According to a U. S. District Court Memorandum of Decision in 1993, Scientologists " have abused the federal court system by using it, inter alia, to destroy their opponents, rather than to resolve an actual dispute over trademark law or any other legal matter.

In 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission of the federal government ( BRAC 1993 ) recommended the base for closure.

His success with the 49ers was rewarded with his election to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1993.

Soon after the election 1993, Patassé became unpopular within the army, not least because of his inability to pay their wages ( partly due to economic mismanagement and partly because France suddenly ended its economic support for the soldiers ’ wages ).

Post-World War II Japan has historically been dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party but there was a brief coalition government formed after the 1993 election following LDP's first loss of its overall House of Representatives majority since 1955.

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

The president was re-elected in a disputed election in 1993 with 51 % of votes cast.

Although the main opposition parties claimed the elections had been manipulated, there was none of the civil disturbance that followed the 1993 election.

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

There was no serious civil disorder or protests following the election in contrast to the 1993 election.

Conté, ‘ civilianised ’ since a rigged election in 1993, had to make significant concessions in order to save his regime.

Any hope for his party's winning the 1993 election was predicated on improving social programs, addressing employment needs, and appeasing a disgruntled, vocal public sector.

* 1993 – An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

In June 1993, incumbent Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat won the first popular presidential election running as the candidate of the democratic opposition.

In 1993 Fraser made a bid for the Liberal Party presidency but withdrew at the last minute following opposition to his bid due to Fraser being critical of then Liberal leader John Hewson for losing the election earlier that year.

* 1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.

In 1993, the Library of Congress wrote " Foreign observers generally reported that the election was fair.

Nonetheless, the political crisis that followed Babangida's annulment of the results of the June 1993 Nigerian presidential election and Babangida's resignation from the army and presidency two months later did not significantly alter the existing close relations between Ghana and Nigeria, two of the most important members of ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations.

After the June 12, 1993, Nigerian presidential election was annulled, and in light of human rights abuses and the failure to embark on a meaningful democratic transition, the United States imposed numerous sanctions on Nigeria.

He went on to lead Labor to a record fifth consecutive victory at the 1993 election against the Liberal-National coalition led by John Hewson.

Most commentators believed the 1993 election was " unwinnable " for Labor ; the government had been in power for 10 years and the pace of economic recovery from the early 1990s recession was ' weak and slow '.

Howard, determined to avoid a repetition of the 1993 election, adopted a " small target " strategy – committing to keep Labor reforms such as Medicare, and defusing the republic issue by promising to hold a constitutional convention.

Lipponen was elected the new chairman in 1993, and he led the party to victory in the parliamentary election of 1995.

Under the Presidential Elections Act, 1993 a candidate's election formally takes place in the form of a ' declaration ' by the returning officer.