Looking ahead

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Things that happened in February, 1993:

• February 4 - Members of the right-wing Austrian FPÖ split to form the Liberal Forum in protest against the increasing nationalistic bent of the party.
• February 5 - Belgium becomes a federal state rather than a kingdom.
• February 8 - General Motors Corporation sues NBC, after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day.
• February 10 - Lien Chan is named by Lee Teng-Hui to succeed Hao Pei-tsun as Premier of the Republic of China.
• February 10 - Mani Pulite scandal: Claudio Martelli resigns, followed by various politician over the next 2 weeks.
• February 11 - Janet Reno is selected by President Clinton as Attorney General of the United States.
• February 14 - Glafkos Klerides defeats incumbent George Vasiliou in Cypriot presidential election.
• February 14 - Albert Zafy defeats Didier Ratsiraka in Malagasy presidential election.
• February 17 - A ferry sinks in Haiti, killing approximately 1,215 out of 1,500 passengers.
• February 22 - Two 11-year-old boys are charged with the murder of James Bulger, whose body was found on February 14.
• February 22 - UN Security Council Resolution 808 is voted on, deciding that "an international tribunal shall be established" to prosecute violations of international law in Yugoslavia. The tribunal will be established on May 25 by Resolution 827.
• February 23 - Actor Gary Coleman wins a $1,280,000 lawsuit against his parents.
• February 24 - Yukihiro Matsumoto starts working on the Ruby programming language.
• February 24 - Premier of Canada Brian Mulroney resigns amidst political and economic turmoil.
• February 26 - World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
• February 28 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.