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===June=== * [[June 1]] ** Large protests erupt against [[Slobodan Milošević]]'s regime in [[Belgrade]]; opposition leader [[Vuk Drašković]] and his wife Danica are arrested. ** [[President of Guatemala]] [[Jorge Serrano Elías]] is forced to flee the country after an attempted [[self-coup]]. ** [[1993 Burundian presidential election]]: The first multiparty elections in Burundi since the country's independence lead to the election of [[Melchior Ndadaye]], leader of the [[Front for Democracy in Burundi]]. The next day's [[1993 Burundian legislative election|legislative election]] sees his party win with an overwhelming majority. * [[June 5]] ** The [[National Assembly of Venezuela]] designates [[Ramón José Velásquez]] as successor of suspended [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]]. ** [[June 1993 attack on Pakistani military in Somalia|Attack on Pakistani military in Somalia]]: twenty-four [[Pakistan]]i troops in the [[United Nations Operation in Somalia II|United Nations forces]] are killed in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]]. * [[June 6]] ** Following the [[Revolutionary Nationalist Movement]]'s [[1993 Bolivian general election|victory]], [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]] becomes President of Bolivia. ** [[Mongolia]] holds its first direct [[1993 Mongolian presidential election|presidential elections]], [[Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat]] remains president. * [[June 8]] – [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]]: the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]]-declared [[1993 Kurdistan Workers' Party ceasefire|ceasefire]] ends in [[Iraq]]. * [[June 11]] – ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' releases in cinemas in the United States. * [[June 14]] – Multipartyists win [[1993 Malawian democracy referendum|a referendum]] on the future of the one-party system in [[Malawi]]. * [[June 18]] ** [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraq refuses to allow [[United Nations Special Commission|UNSCOM]] weapons inspectors to install remote-controlled monitoring cameras at two missile engine test stands. ** [[KTTV]] launched [[Good Day L.A.]] * [[June 22]] – Japan's [[New Party Sakigake]] breaks away from the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]. * [[June 24]] – UK mathematician [[Andrew Wiles]] wins worldwide fame after presenting his proof of [[Fermat's Last Theorem]], a problem that had been unsolved for more than three centuries. * [[June 25]] ** [[Kim Campbell]] becomes the 19th, and first female, [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. ** [[Tansu Çiller]] of [[True Path Party (Turkey)|True Path Party]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]]. ** [[Zoran Lilić]] succeeds [[Dobrica Ćosić]] as [[President of Serbia and Montenegro|President of Yugoslavia]]. ** The [[Lithuanian litas|litas]] is introduced as the new currency of [[Lithuania]]. ** [[Jacques Attali]] resigns as President of the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]. * [[June 26]]–[[June 28|28]] – [[Typhoon Koryn (1993)|Typhoon Koryn]] causes massive damage to the [[Philippines]], China and [[Macau]]. * [[June 27]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] orders a [[Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993)|cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters]] in the [[Al-Mansur]] District of [[Baghdad]], in response to an Iraqi plot to assassinate former U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April. * [[June 29]] – The first [[Mobile phone|mobile]] [[Telephone call|phone call]] was made in [[Greece]], marking the launch of [[mobile telephony]] services in the country by [[Nova (Greece)|Telestet (now NOVA)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Χαλαβαζής |first=Πάνος |date=2021-06-29 |title=Σαν σήμερα το 1993 "γεννήθηκε" η κινητή τηλεφωνία στην Ελλάδα από την Telestet |url=https://www.ictplus.gr/san-simera-to-1993-gennithike-i-kiniti-tilefonia-stin-ellada-apo-tin-telestet/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=ICTPLUS |language=el}}</ref>
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