1993

The 1990s were a time of growing technology, the fall of communism, and the world-wide rise of multiculturalism.

The year 1993, while fitting into many of these trends, possessed a flavor distinctly all its own. In this year, the world population reached just over 5.5 billion people and many new parents settled on the name Jessica.

The cinema saw some amazing debuts that year. Dinosaur lovers the world-over gained Jurassic Park, the tear-jerking Schindler’s List reached theaters, and Robin Williams launched onto the screen as the sassy Mrs Doubtfire.

For those who preferred books to movies, the libraries had plenty to offer. Stephen King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes and Lowry’s The Giver were on practically everyone’s reading lists. Many people (some with less than great reputations) died that year: Audrey Hepburn, Thurgood Marshall, Andre the Giant, River Phoenix, drug-lord Pablo Escobar, and freedom-fighter Cesar Chavez. The birth of both Zayn Malik and Ariana Grande defined the chart-topping hints nearly twenty years later. Things did not end there.

Both Russia and the US saw drastic changes in leadership and an increase in their diplomatic cooperation; they both signed a treaty to reduce arms in 1993. Boris Yelsin took the helm in Russia while Bill Clinton replaced President George HW Bush in the United States. In another step towards peace, Russia finally pulled the last of its troops from Poland.

The USA made some changes as well. For the first time in US history, all 50 states observed Martin Luther King Day. This year also saw the DOW close at over 3500, the premiere of the X-Files, the end of Sears catalog department, and Nelson Mandela winning his Nobel Prize.

Stephen King and dinosaur lovers should look back on 1963 with a smile. Anyone who hates One Direction, might not be so grateful.

Discover how the world looked like in 1993

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Oscar Winners

All Academy Awards Prize winners of the 66th edition of the Oscar ceremony

Best picture

Schindler's List

Best director

Steven Spielberg

Best actor

Tom Hanks

Best actress

Holly Hunter

Best supporting actor

Tommy Lee Jones

Best supporting actress

Anna Paquin

Time Person of the Year

Who was the person of the year of 1993?

The Peacemakers

Represented by Yasser Arafat, F. W. de Klerk, Nelson Mandela, and Yitzhak Rabin.De Klerk, as State President of South Africa, oversaw Mandela's release from prison in 1990. The pair worked together to end the Apartheid system.Arafat, as President of the Palestinian National Authority, and Rabin, as Prime Minister of Israel, signed the 1993 Oslo Accord, the first face-to-face agreement between Palestinian and Israeli authorities.

Books

Which were the most popular books released in 1993 ?
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Nobel Prizes

All Nobel Prize winners of 1993

Peace Prize

Nelson Mandela
F. W. de Klerk

Literature

Toni Morrison

Physics

Russell Alan Hulse
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.

Economic Sciences

Robert Fogel
Douglass North

Chemistry

Kary Mullis
Michael Smith

Physiology or Medicine

Richard J. Roberts
Phillip Allen Sharp

Music charts

Which were the top hits of 1993?

Top #1 songs in the USA

Tag Team - Whoomp! There It Is
Silk - Freak Me
SWV - Weak
UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love
Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
Snow - Informer
Ace Of Base - All That She Wants

Top #1 songs in the UK

Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
Shaggy - Oh Carolina
Bitty McLean - It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)
Ace Of Base - All That She Wants
2 Unlimited - No Limit
Shabba Ranks - Mr Loverman
Culture Beat - Mr Vain
Haddaway - What Is Love
Elton John & Kiki Dee - True Love
Gabrielle - Dreams

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Popular names

Which were the top popular names given to babies born in 1993 in the USA ?

Top #10 male names

Top #10 female names

World Population

Demographic statistics of the year 1993

Population statistics

Total population: 5.6 billion (5,581,597,546 to be precise!)
Urban population: 2.5 billion, that is 44.0% of the total population of 1993 lives in cities
Yearly change: +82.5 million, corresponding to a percentage increase of +1.5%
Average density: 37.0 persons per km²

Historical Events

Which were the important events of 1993?

Events

01 Jan 1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia
02 Jan 1993 Gypsy Passion closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 55 performances
03 Jan 1993 Catskills on Broadway closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 452 performances
04 Jan 1993 7th largest wrestling crowd
05 Jan 1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
06 Jan 1993 Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
07 Jan 1993 The Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3DO announces a CD-based entertainment platform, developed by Electronic Arts, Time Warner, Matsushita, and Kleiner Perkins.
08 Jan 1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
09 Jan 1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 metre free style (53.33).
10 Jan 1993 My Favorite Year closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 37 performances
11 Jan 1993 American independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics.
12 Jan 1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
13 Jan 1993 Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena - Cowboys beat Bills
14 Jan 1993 Anna Christie opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances
15 Jan 1993 7.5 earthquake strikes Northern Japan, 2 die
17 Jan 1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45 seconds).
18 Jan 1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
19 Jan 1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
20 Jan 1993 Adm Studeman, serves as acting Director of CIA
21 Jan 1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
23 Jan 1993 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman wins.
24 Jan 1993 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000
25 Jan 1993 Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
26 Jan 1993 West Indies defeats Australia by one run in fourth Test at Adelaide.
27 Jan 1993 DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12.
31 Jan 1993 St Joan opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 49 performances
01 Feb 1993 New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman.
02 Feb 1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song
03 Feb 1993 Federal trial of four police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California.
04 Feb 1993 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism
05 Feb 1993 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act.
06 Feb 1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
07 Feb 1993 Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
08 Feb 1993 GM sues NBC, alleging that Dateline NBC program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
09 Feb 1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in northeast Burma.
10 Feb 1993 Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey airs on ABC-TV and draws an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people.
11 Feb 1993 Janet Reno is nominated by President Bill Clinton as U.S. Attorney General.
12 Feb 1993 Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted, tortured and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. Both are later charged. See Murder of James Bulger.
13 Feb 1993 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (21.87 seconds).
14 Feb 1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79.
15 Feb 1993 Bomb strike on mafia drug lords in Bogot, Colombia; kills 14
16 Feb 1993 Sharon Disney, adopted daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, dies of complications from cancer.
17 Feb 1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, killing approximately 1,215 out of 1,500 passengers.
19 Feb 1993 Kenya Moore, 22, (Miss Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA.
20 Feb 1993 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
21 Feb 1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (overtime) at Salt Lake City.
22 Feb 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 224 versus England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours.
23 Feb 1993 India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
24 Feb 1993 35th Grammy Awards: "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton wins.
25 Feb 1993 Fool Moon opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 207 performances
26 Feb 1993 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
27 Feb 1993 PBA National Championship Won by Ron Palombi Jr
28 Feb 1993 Anna Christie closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
01 Mar 1993 Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians.
02 Mar 1993 Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89
03 Mar 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston
04 Mar 1993 Goodbye Girl opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 188 performances
05 Mar 1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
07 Mar 1993 23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises
08 Mar 1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion
09 Mar 1993 7th Soul Train Music Awards
11 Mar 1993 Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
12 Mar 1993 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
13 Mar 1993 The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to QuTbec; it is reported to have killed 184.
14 Mar 1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul
15 Mar 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 227 versus Zimbabwe, his second consecutive Test 200.
17 Mar 1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta, India.
18 Mar 1993 Sisters Rosensweig opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 performances
19 Mar 1993 Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin
20 Mar 1993 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England
21 Mar 1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
22 Mar 1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
23 Mar 1993 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl.
24 Mar 1993 Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel.
25 Mar 1993 Candida opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
27 Mar 1993 Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
28 Mar 1993 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins.
29 Mar 1993 65th Academy Awards - Unforgiven, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win
30 Mar 1993 Redwood Curtain opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 40 performances
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.
01 May 1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President
02 May 1993 Tango Passion closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
03 May 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances
04 May 1993 Angels in America-Millennium Approaches opens at Kerr for 367 performances
06 May 1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands.
07 May 1993 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections.
08 May 1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
09 May 1993 Song of Jacob Zulu closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 performances
10 May 1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
11 May 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire.
12 May 1993 Last broadcast of Knots landing on CBS
13 May 1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
14 May 1993 William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at age 85.
15 May 1993 Jane Seymour and James Kesch, Marriage
16 May 1993 3 Men on a Horse closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
18 May 1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola.
19 May 1993 Juventus wins 22th UEFA Cup at Torino.
20 May 1993 274th and final episode of Cheers on NBC TV.
21 May 1993 Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life.
22 May 1993 Riddick Bowe scores a technical knock-out on Jesse Ferguson in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
23 May 1993 Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open.
24 May 1993 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement
26 May 1993 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
27 May 1993 Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
28 May 1993 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror.
29 May 1993 Texas Rangers' player Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Boston Red Sox, he gives up three runs on two hits and three walks, and he damages his arm.
30 May 1993 Betsy King wins J C Penney / LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
31 May 1993 President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees
01 Jun 1993 Brooklyn New York begins recycling
03 Jun 1993 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
05 Jun 1993 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
06 Jun 1993 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America and Kiss of the Spider Woman win
07 Jun 1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill
08 Jun 1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
09 Jun 1993 Japanese crown Prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
10 Jun 1993 She Loves Me opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
11 Jun 1993 Jurassic Park opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
12 Jun 1993 Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly hits #17
13 Jun 1993 39th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
14 Jun 1993 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
18 Jun 1993 John Sculley steps down as CEO of Apple Computer, remaining as chairman. The board of directors names Michael Spindler as new CEO.
20 Jun 1993 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
21 Jun 1993 Camelot opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 56 performances
22 Jun 1993 New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
23 Jun 1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff
24 Jun 1993 Arab terror group plans bombing of Holland / Lincoln Tunnels caught
25 Jun 1993 New York Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
26 Jun 1993 Late Night with David Letterman airs for last time on NBC-TV
27 Jun 1993 Falsettos closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
28 Jun 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
30 Jun 1993 Les Miserables, opens at Point Theatre, Dublin
01 Jul 1993 1 second is added to the clock
02 Jul 1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
03 Jul 1993 100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna
04 Jul 1993 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier
05 Jul 1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km
06 Jul 1993 John F Kennedy Jr, gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan
07 Jul 1993 Guntis Ulmanis elected President of Latvia
10 Jul 1993 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi President / Sylvie Kinigi, Prime Minister
11 Jul 1993 14th US Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus
12 Jul 1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
13 Jul 1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
14 Jul 1993 Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow and New York
16 Jul 1993 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
17 Jul 1993 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km
18 Jul 1993 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St. George
19 Jul 1993 Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes
20 Jul 1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium
21 Jul 1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke
22 Jul 1993 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
23 Jul 1993 British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed
24 Jul 1993 Actor Richard Moll (Night Court) weds Susan Brown
25 Jul 1993 31st Tennis Federation Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany
26 Jul 1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed
27 Jul 1993 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
28 Jul 1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
29 Jul 1993 Cin Red pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession
31 Jul 1993 Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops
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 Sep 1993 White Liars / Black Comedy opens at Criterion NYC for 38 performances
02 Sep 1993 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins
04 Sep 1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium
05 Sep 1993 Fool Moon closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 207 performances
06 Sep 1993 Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
07 Sep 1993 Brazil votes over importing monarchy
08 Sep 1993 Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km
09 Sep 1993 Croupier of casino in Bristol England, shoots a 4, a record 8 times
10 Sep 1993 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced
11 Sep 1993 107th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova
12 Sep 1993 113rd US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline
13 Sep 1993 Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord
15 Sep 1993 Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament.
16 Sep 1993 Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits
17 Sep 1993 Last Russian troops leave Poland.
18 Sep 1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994
19 Sep 1993 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences and Ted Danson wins
21 Sep 1993 Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns
22 Sep 1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
23 Sep 1993 Les Miserables, opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh
24 Sep 1993 1st Israeli killed by Islamics after PLO signs peace accord
26 Sep 1993 30th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England
27 Sep 1993 Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges
28 Sep 1993 Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL
29 Sep 1993 Grace Under Fire, starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV
30 Sep 1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
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
01 Nov 1993 Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems
02 Nov 1993 1st commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial
04 Nov 1993 Timon of Athens opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
05 Nov 1993 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
06 Nov 1993 Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving
07 Nov 1993 Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
09 Nov 1993 Cinderella opens at New York State Theater NYC for 14 performances
10 Nov 1993 Joseph & the Amazing opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 223 performances
11 Nov 1993 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder
12 Nov 1993 London Convention: Marine dumping of radioactive waste is outlawed.
13 Nov 1993 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
14 Nov 1993 Kentucky Cycle opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
15 Nov 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach SC on WYAV 104.1 FM
16 Nov 1993 Any Given Day opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
17 Nov 1993 Grand Night For Singing opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
18 Nov 1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
19 Nov 1993 Algerian Moslem fundamentalists uprising, 27 killed
20 Nov 1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
21 Nov 1993 Cinderella closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 performances
22 Nov 1993 Laughter on the 23rd Floor opens at Richard Rodgers NYC for 320 performances
23 Nov 1993 Angels in America-Perestroika opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 performances
24 Nov 1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
25 Nov 1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
26 Nov 1993 Political campaigners James Carville (49) and Mary Matalin wed
27 Nov 1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
28 Nov 1993 Mixed Emotions closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 48 performances
29 Nov 1993 Abe Lincoln in Illinois opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 40 performances
30 Nov 1993 NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars
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

1993

Your place in the Universe on 1993

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Oscar Winners

Best picture

Schindler's List

Schindler's List

Best director

Steven Spielberg

Schindler's List

Best actor

Tom Hanks

Philadelphia

Best actress

Holly Hunter

The Piano

Best supporting actor

Tommy Lee Jones

The Fugitive

Best supporting actress

Anna Paquin

The Piano

Time Person of the Year

Books

Griffin & Sabine

Care Of The Soul

The Bridges of Madison County

The Client

Like Water For Chocolate

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Nobel Prizes

Peace Prize

Literature

Physics

Economic Sciences

Chemistry

Physiology or Medicine

Music charts

Top #1 songs in the USA

Top #1 songs in the UK

Movies

Schindler's List

The X-Files

Life in the Freezer

Cracker

La petite vie

1993 Chinese Zodiac and Horoscope

Popular names

Top #10 male names

Top #10 female names

World Population

Population statistics

Historical Events

Events