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===September=== * [[September 13]] ** [[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election]]: The Labour Party wins a plurality of the seats and Prime Minister [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] retains office. ** [[Oslo I Accord]]: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, [[PLO]] leader [[Yasser Arafat]] and [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]] shake hands in Washington, D.C. after signing a peace accord. * [[September 15]]β[[September 21|21]] β [[Hurricane Gert (1993)|Hurricane Gert]] crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through Central America and Mexico. * [[September 17]] β Russian troops withdraw from Poland. * [[September 19]] β [[1993 Polish parliamentary election]]: A coalition of the [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]] and the [[Polish People's Party]] led by [[Waldemar Pawlak]] comes into power. * [[September 22]] β [[Big Bayou Canot train disaster]]: A bridge collapses while the Amtrak ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' is in the process of crossing it, killing 47 people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tolchin |first=Martin |date=1993-12-14 |title=3 Heroes Recall Amtrak Disaster on a Bayou |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/14/us/3-heroes-recall-amtrak-disaster-on-a-bayou.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * [[September 23]] β The [[International Olympic Committee]] selects [[Sydney]], Australia, to host the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/24/1064083046670.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=September 24, 2003|access-date=September 18, 2017|title=Sydney wins|first=Sam|last=North|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918210136/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/24/1064083046670.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[September 24]] β The [[Cambodia]]n monarchy is restored, with [[Norodom Sihanouk]] as king. * [[September 26]] ** The first mission in [[Biosphere 2]] ends after two years. ** [[PoSAT-1]] (the first Portuguese satellite) is launched on board French rocket [[Ariane 4]]. * [[September 27]] β [[War in Abkhazia (1992β93)|War in Abkhazia]]: [[Sukhumi massacre|Fall of Sukhumi]] β [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] accuses Russia of passive complicity. * [[September 30]] β [[1993 Latur earthquake|Latur earthquake]]: A 6.2 {{M|w}} earthquake occurs in the vicinity of [[Maharashtra]], India having a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
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