Historical Events In 1993

Mar 19 World Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova &A Zhulin (Russia)

Mar 01 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees

Mar 28 Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)

Mar 02 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins

Mar 18 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion

Mar 08 Canadian Navy supply ship HMCS Preserver heads home after three-month tour of Somalia

Mar 05 Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi

Mar 08 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder

Mar 20 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England

Mar 03 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)

Mar 18 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC

Aug 10 In the South Island, New Zealand a 7.0 earthquake was centered about 130 kilometers west of Queenstown

Aug 18 Waring factions in Yugoslavia agree to place Sarajevo under UN control

Aug 31 Russians pull last 500 military personnel left from cold war, out of Lithuania

Sep 10 Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico a 7.3 quake resulted in 1 person killed, 3 injured and considerable damage in southwestern Guatemala

Sep 21 The first ever meeting between the Pope and the Israeli Chief Rabii takes place

Sep 23 Sydney, Australia chosen for Olympic Games of 2000

Sep 18 Australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001

Sep 24 America and the Commonwealth lift trade sanctions against South Africa

Sep 10 Further agreements reached between the PLO and Israel about self rule in the Gaza Strip

Sep 13 Israel and the PLO sign historic peace agreement at the White House, USA

Sep 23 A South African Bill grants blacks a legal say in affairs of state for the first time

Feb 01 New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman

Feb 04 Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror

Feb 08 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

Feb 22 Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours

Feb 10 US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia

Feb 12 A pair of 10-year-olds kidnap and beat to death a two-year-old child at a Liverpool, England shopping mall.

Feb 15 Bombings by Mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá Colombia

Feb 24 35th Grammy Awards Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton wins

Feb 07 Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed

Feb 04 Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA

Feb 03 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments

Feb 06 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

Feb 04 Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism

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