December 1993 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1993 Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minnesota, killing 18.
• 02 Dec 1993 A Websters musical Sunset Promenade premieres in LA
• 04 Dec 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500 metre (35.92 seconds).
• 05 Dec 1993 Timon of Athens closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
• 06 Dec 1993 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7 13.29.
• 07 Dec 1993 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery
• 08 Dec 1993 4th Billboard Music Awards
• 09 Dec 1993 My Fair Lady opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances
• 10 Dec 1993 Dow Jones hits record 3740.67
• 11 Dec 1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (quarterback).
• 12 Dec 1993 Any Given Day closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
• 13 Dec 1993 Dow Jones hits record 3764.43
• 14 Dec 1993 Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates / Bosnians in Algeria
• 15 Dec 1993 British Premier Major / Irish Premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination
• 16 Dec 1993 Red Shoes opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 17 Dec 1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m
• 18 Dec 1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.54).
• 19 Dec 1993 Red Shoes closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 20 Dec 1993 Donald Trump weds Marla Maples.
• 24 Dec 1993 Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers, Whiskey Galore!), dies at age 81.
• 26 Dec 1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child
• 27 Dec 1993 Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe opens at Palace Theater NYC for 7 performances
• 28 Dec 1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49
• 29 Dec 1993 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment
• 30 Dec 1993 Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe closes at Palace NYC after 7 performances
• 31 Dec 1993 Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years

Famous Birthday

• Meghan Trainor

  American singer-songwriter.

• AnnaSophia Robb

  American actress and singer.

• Lola Créton
• Jasmine Villegas

  American R&B and pop singer.

• Olivia Cooke

  TV Actress.

• Elian Gonzales
• Ali Lohan

  American singer.

• Gabriela Franková
• Jyoti Amge
• Ariadna Gutiérrez
• Gabriel Medina

  Surfer.

• Raphaël Guerreiro
• Ross Barkley

  Soccer Player.

• Alicia von Rittberg
• Hermione Corfield
• Adrien Thomasson
• Andrea Belotti
• Mariya Nishiuchi

  Japanese singer-songwriter and actress.

• Young K
• FBG Duck

  Rapper.

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Famous Deaths

• Frank Zappa

  American musician, a guitarist, singer and composer, an actor, record and film producer.

• Myrna Loy

  American actress whose political views took her into prominence in UNESCO.

• Don Ameche

  American actor in vaudeville and radio with some 50 films from 1936.

• William L Shirer

  Writer (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89.

• Sam Wanamaker

  American actor, he was the primary visionary and fund-raiser for the reconstruction of the Globe Theatre in London built according to the...

• Arthur Dreifuss

  director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at age 85.

• Brandon Teena

  American murder victim (Born 1972).

• Howard Caine at age 64 actor (Hogan's Heroes

  War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo).

• Myrna Loy [Williams]

  US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88.

• Prof Wolfgang Paul

  German physicist (Nobel 1989), dies at 80.

• Charizma

  American rapper (Born 1973).

• Frank V Zappa

  American guitarist and composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at age 52 (born 1940).

• Frank Sturgis

  Watergate burglar, dies at age 68.

• Hetty de Boer-Jongkind

  Dutch medical astrologist, dies at age 42.

• Pierre Victor Auger

  French physicist (Born 1899).

• Richard AFM Auwerda

  Dutch journalist / writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68.

• Charles JB Jonckheere

  Flemish Poet / writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87.

• Rouaz Lakhdar

  Algerian supreme court justice, murdered.

• Muhammad Reza Golpayegani

  ayatollah of Iran, dies.

• Douglas Hopkins

  American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at age 32 (born 1961).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
2. Janet Jackson - Again
3. Mariah Carey - Hero
4. Ace Of Base - All That She Wants
5. Salt 'N Pepa - Shoop

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby
2. Chaka Demus & Pliers featuring Jack Radics & Taxi Gang - Twist And Shout
3. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
4. Snap! featuring Niki Harris - Exterminate!
5. D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better