October 1993 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1993 Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
• 02 Oct 1993 Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis
• 03 Oct 1993 White Liars / Black Comedy closes at Criterion NYC after 38 performances
• 04 Oct 1993 Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
• 05 Oct 1993 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor
• 06 Oct 1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time
• 07 Oct 1993 Les Miserables, opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines
• 08 Oct 1993 Howard Stern releases his 1st book Private Parts
• 10 Oct 1993 Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception
• 11 Oct 1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack
• 12 Oct 1993 Mixed Emotions opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 13 Oct 1993 Greek government of Papandreou forms
• 14 Oct 1993 Stack's auctions the Reed Hawn Collection; the Mickley specimen of the Class I US 1804 Draped Bust dollar sells for $475,000. The Reed Hawn US 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin sells for $875,000.
• 15 Oct 1993 Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle
• 16 Oct 1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan President
• 18 Oct 1993 STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit
• 19 Oct 1993 UN authorizes arms, milt and police supply embargo against Haiti
• 20 Oct 1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
• 21 Oct 1993 Twilight of the Golds opens at Booth Theater NYC for 29 performances
• 22 Oct 1993 Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37)
• 23 Oct 1993 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast
• 24 Oct 1993 Wonderful Tennessee opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 9 performances
• 25 Oct 1993 Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead
• 26 Oct 1993 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
• 27 Oct 1993 The Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas is imploded.
• 28 Oct 1993 Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years
• 29 Oct 1993 Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86
• 30 Oct 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0
• 31 Oct 1993 Wonderful Tennessee closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 9 performances

Famous Birthday

• Barbara Palvin

  Model.

• Caroline Garcia

  French tennis player.

• Molly Quinn

  TV Actress.

• Angus T Jones

  American actor.

• Tiffany Trump

  American noted family, the daughter of Donald Trump and Marla Maples, who married a month after Tiffany's birth.

• Abby Sunderland

  American sailor.

• Hunter King

  TV Actress.

• Witney Carson

  Dancer.

• Aidan Mitchell

  American actor, he played the family's cross-dressing son in the popular FX cable TV series, "The Riches.

• Scotty McCreery

  American country music singer, winner of the tenth season of American Idol on 25 May 2011.

• Garbiñe Muguruza

  Spanish tennis player.

• Taylor Spreitler

  TV Actress.

• Tara Barr

  American actress.

• Mahiya Mahi
• Wesley So
• Anika Kabir Shokh
• Elizabeth McLaughlin

  TV Actress.

• India Eisley

  American actress.

• Sara Jovanovic
• Marcus Mariota

  Football Player.

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Famous Deaths

• River Phoenix

  American actor who had an impressive resume of films by the time he reached his 20s.

• Federico Fellini

  Italian film maker, a screenwriter and director of top Italian films, known by many as the master of cinema.

• Vincent Price

  American actor and author who was best known for elegantly sophisticated horror roles.

• Doris Duke

  American heiress, No.

• Karl G Henize

  Astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66.

• Catherine Collard

  French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46.

• Janine Darcey

  French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75.

• JH Scheps

  Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93.

• Henry Ringling North

  Circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83.

• Walter Brown Newman

  US screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77.

• Gwen Wells

  Actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42.

• Ken E Jones

  Musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34.

• John Bowles

  President (Rexall Drugs), dies at 76.

• Frank J Del Giudice

  US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77.

• Djillali Belkhenchir

  Algerian doctor, murdered at 52.

• Geert de Vlaeminck

  Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26.

• Desmond Nuttall

  English theorist, dies at 49.

• Roy Armstrong

  English Historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91.

• Maurice Dolbier

  US actor / writer (Nowhere near Everest), dies at 81.

• Bert Schoofs

  Table tennis star, dies at 48.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
2. SWV - Right Here (Human Nature)
3. Xscape - Just Kickin' It
4. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
5. Tag Team - Whoomp! There It Is

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room
2. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
3. Take That featuring Lulu - Relight My Fire
4. Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me
5. Dina Carroll - Don't Be A Stranger