Editing 1993 (section)

===May===
* [[May 1]] – [[Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa]]: During a [[International Workers' Day|May Day]] rally, [[President of Sri Lanka]] [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] is assassinated by a [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] [[Suicide Bomber|suicide bomber]]. [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka|Prime Minister]] [[Dingiri Banda Wijetunga]] succeeds Premadasa as the 3rd executive president of [[Sri Lanka]].
* [[May 4]] – [[UNOSOM II]] assumes the [[Somalia]]n duties of the dissolved [[UNITAF]].
* [[May 9]] – [[Juan Carlos Wasmosy]] becomes the first democratically elected [[President of Paraguay]] in nearly 40 years, after defeating [[Domingo Laíno]] in the [[1993 Paraguayan general election]].
* [[May 15]] – [[Niamh Kavanagh]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1993|Eurovision Song Contest]] for Ireland with ''[[In Your Eyes (Niamh Kavanagh song)|In Your Eyes]]''.
* [[May 16]] – The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] elects Prime Minister [[Süleyman Demirel]] as [[President of Turkey]]. After Demirel becomes president, the acting [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] is [[Erdal İnönü]] of [[Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)|Social Democratic Populist Party]] for 40 days.
* [[May 19]] – [[SAM Colombia Flight 501]], a [[Boeing 727-46]], [[Aviation accidents and incidents|crashed]] during its approach to [[José María Córdova International Airport]], Colombia, killing all 132 occupants onboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Boeing 727-46 HK-2422X, Wednesday 19 May 1993 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/325264 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Boeing 727-46 on Mt Páramo Frontino: 132 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-boeing-727-46-mt-paramo-frontino-132-killed |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}</ref>
* [[May 24]] – [[Eritrea]] gains independence from [[Ethiopia]].
* [[May 25]] – The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] is created in [[The Hague]].
* [[May 28]] – Eritrea and [[Monaco]] gain entry to the United Nations.