April 1993 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1993 Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
• 02 Apr 1993 Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10.
• 04 Apr 1993 At Camden Yards, Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. president to throw the first pitch of the baseball season from the pitcher's mound.
• 05 Apr 1993 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1
• 06 Apr 1993 Florida Marlins first loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers).
• 07 Apr 1993 Dante Bichette hits the first Colorado Rockies homerun (Shea Stadium, New York).
• 08 Apr 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit.
• 09 Apr 1993 Colorado Rockies first home game and first victory, 11-4 over Montreal Expos.
• 10 Apr 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak.
• 11 Apr 1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277.
• 13 Apr 1993 3 Men on a Horse opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
• 14 Apr 1993 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript.
• 16 Apr 1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
• 17 Apr 1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
• 18 Apr 1993 Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil
• 19 Apr 1993 Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day siege
• 20 Apr 1993 Uranus passes Neptune (this occurs once every 171 years).
• 21 Apr 1993 Wilder, Wilder, Wilder opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 30 performances
• 22 Apr 1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
• 23 Apr 1993 Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia.
• 24 Apr 1993 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett
• 25 Apr 1993 Blood Brothers opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
• 26 Apr 1993 Shakespeare for My Father opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 266 performances
• 27 Apr 1993 Afghan Antonov AN-32 plane crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76.
• 28 Apr 1993 Tango Passion opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 29 Apr 1993 In western Arizona, USA, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs.
• 30 Apr 1993 David Waymer, NFL player (New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders), dies at age 34.

Famous Birthday

• Chance the Rapper
• Nathan Sykes

  Irish singer (The Wanted).

• Raphaël Varane

  French footballer.

• Vivien Cardone

  American actress.

• Elizaveta Golovanova
• Matteo Manassero
• Josephine Skriver

  Model.

• Sofia Carson

  TV Actress.

• Alexy Bosetti
• Will Merrick
• Giusy Buscemi
• Graham Phillips (actor)
• Gisselle Kuri

  Vine Star.

• Dre Drizzle

  YouTube Star.

• Amina Blue

  Model.

• Heath Hussar

  Vine Star.

• Alisha Marie

  YouTube Star.

• Victoria Shaffer

  American noted family and daughter of Paul Shaffer, the leader of "The World's Most Dangerous Band" on Late Night with David Letterman.

• Nick Price

  American actor.

• Frank Kaminsky

  Basketball Player.

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Famous Deaths

• Cesar Chavez

  American labor activist (Born 1927).

• Bertus Aafjes

  Dutch poet and writer, influenced by German romanticism.

• Michael Gordon

  Actor / director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83.

• Mick Ronson

  English guitarist songwriter and producer (The Spiders from Mars and Mott the Hoople) (d. 1993).

• Leslie Charteris

  English / US detective writer (Enter the Saint).

• Alexander Mnouchkine

  French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83.

• Eugenie Leontovitch

  Actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93.

• Richard Schmiechen

  Dies of AIDS at 45.

• Henny Budie

  Dutch director / producer (Sterrenslag).

• Barry Karas

  Dies of Leukemia at 49.

• David Koresh [Vernon Howell]

  Cult leader (Davidians), suicide.

• Cantinflas [Mario Moreno]

  Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81.

• Hans Sahl

  German / US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90.

• Cy Howard

  Director (Lovers & Other Strangers), dies at 77.

• William Bakewell

  Dies of Leukemia at 84.

• Ihsan Mohamed Salem [Yunis Awad]

  Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed.

• Masahiko Kimura

  Japanese judoka (Born 1917).

• Wayne Mack

  Sportscaster / actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68.

• Juan of Borbon y Battemberg

  father of king Juan Carlos I, dies.

• John Tuzo Wilson

  Canadian geologist (Born 1908).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Snow - Informer
2. Silk - Freak Me
3. Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
4. Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing
5. Jade - Don't Walk Away

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Bluebells - Young At Heart
2. George Michael & Queen With Lisa Stansfield - Five Live (EP)
3. Snow - Informer
4. Ace Of Base - All That She Wants
5. Shaggy - Oh Carolina