3rd » Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle program e.g Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
7th » Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
17th » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the United Nations called UN.
21st » Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
22nd » The Corona (satellite) named Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
27th » Zakho: A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho leaves about 100 dead and 150 wounded.
28th » Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.