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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1993.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1993: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1993?


Events

  • 01 Aug 1993 In the Summer House opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 25 performances
  • 02 Aug 1993 Peter Angelos and William DeWitt purchase Orioles
  • 04 Aug 1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo
  • 06 Aug 1993 Japan Hosokawa government begins
  • 07 Aug 1993 Camelot closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 56 performances
  • 08 Aug 1993 California State senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams
  • 09 Aug 1993 The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
  • 10 Aug 1993 Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA
  • 11 Aug 1993 Director Oliver Stone files for divorce from Elizabeth
  • 12 Aug 1993 Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
  • 13 Aug 1993 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
  • 14 Aug 1993 Dr William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver
  • 15 Aug 1993 Goodbye Girl closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 188 performances
  • 17 Aug 1993 For the first time, the public is allowed inside Buckingham Palace.
  • 18 Aug 1993 Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern Switz, destroyed by fire
  • 19 Aug 1993 34th Walker Cup: US, 19-5
  • 20 Aug 1993 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles
  • 21 Aug 1993 Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes
  • 22 Aug 1993 In the Summer House closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 25 performances
  • 23 Aug 1993 Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game
  • 24 Aug 1993 Mars Observer comes closest to Mars
  • 27 Aug 1993 Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed / 1 lives
  • 28 Aug 1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
  • 29 Aug 1993 21st du Maurier Golf Classic: Brandie Burton
  • 30 Aug 1993 150,000,000 millionth visitor to Eiffel Tower
  • 31 Aug 1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
  • 01 Aug 1993 The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in August 1993?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Can't Help Falling In Love
  2. - Whoomp! There It Is
  3. - Weakyoutube
  4. - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  5. - Dreamloveryoutube

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Living On My Own
  2. - The Key, The Secret
  3. - It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)
  4. - Mr Vain
  5. - The River Of Dreams

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in August 1993?

Maybe (Maybe Not) by Robert Fulghum

Maybe (Maybe Not)

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERI began a list of contradictory ideas I hold.

Listening To Prozac by Peter D. Kramer

Listening To Prozac

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Prozac was first introduced in 1987 and has been prescribed to almost five million Americans. What is Prozac exactly? Is it a medication?

The Fifties by David Halberstam

The Fifties

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Halberstam considers the Fifties a seminal part of determining what America is today.

Days Of Grace by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad

Days Of Grace

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"Touching, courageous... All of it--the book, the man, and the life--is rare, beautiful and wonderful. COSMOPOLITANDAYS of Grace is an inspiring story about a man who was the embodiment of courage and elegance.

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

The Bridges of Madison County

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This is the legendary love story that became the best-selling hardcover novel and the main motion picture starring Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep. This is the story about Robert Kincaid, a photographer and free spirit who searches for Madison County's …