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Canada in 1993

Historical records for Canada in 1993, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

15Records
12Events
7Named people
4Places
5Categories

Historical records

March

18 March 1993Discovery of Shoemaker-Levy 9David H. Levy

Palomar Observatory · Science / Astronomy

With Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, discovers the fragmented comet later destined to strike Jupiter.

June

25 June 1993Prime Minister of CanadaKim Campbell

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Becomes Canada first woman prime minister.

26 June 19931st Female Prime MinisterKim Campbell

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, Canada's 1st woman Prime Minister

26 June 1993Group of SevenKim Campbell

Government / Government of Canada

2nd woman in history to sit at the table of the Group of Seven leaders, after British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

26 June 1993Prime Minister of CanadaKim Campbell

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, Canada's 1st woman Prime Minister

October

October 1993Peacekeeping Mission LeadershipRomeo Dallaire

Kigali · Warfare / Rwandan Genocide

Begins supervising implementation of the Arusha peace agreement.

October 1993UNAMIR CommandRomeo Dallaire

Kigali · Warfare / Rwandan Genocide

Takes command of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.

November

4 November 1993InaugurationJean Chretien

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada

4 November 1993Prime Minister of CanadaJean Chretien

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Forms a Liberal majority government.

Other Events

1993ElectionKim Campbell

Government / Government of Canada

Campbell & all but two of her party's candidates lose their seats in the national elections

1993Low Density Lambda CosmologyJames Edwin Peebles

Cosmological Constant Models · Science / Astronomy

Peebles develops observational arguments for a low-matter universe containing a cosmological constant, helping establish Lambda cosmology before the supernova discovery of acceleration.

1993Minister of National DefenceKim Campbell

Government / Government of Canada

Appointed Minister of Defence

1993Page CurveDon Page

Science / Physics

Derives the characteristic entropy evolution now called the Page curve for radiation from an evaporating black hole under unitary evolution.

1993Party LeaderAvril Phaedra Campbell

Politics / Progressive Conservative Party

Appointed Party Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party

1993Prime Minister of CanadaJean Chretien

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Appointed Prime Minister of Canada

Names involved

Avril Phaedra CampbellDavid H. LevyDon PageJames Edwin PeeblesJean ChretienKim CampbellRomeo Dallaire

Places involved

Cosmological Constant ModelsKigaliOttawaPalomar Observatory

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.