Historical Events in 1993 (Part 4)

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• Sep 4 Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca throws 4 touchdown passes to Bobby Engram
• Sep 4 New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

• Sep 5 "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 207 performances
• Sep 5 "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 569 performances
• Sep 5 Musical "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 performances with 6 Tony Awards

• Sep 5 Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)

• Sep 7 Brazil votes over importing monarchy
• Sep 7 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds
• Sep 8 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
• Sep 8 Wang Junxia creates a women's world record 10,000m (29:31.78) at the Chinese National Games
• Sep 8 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in Astros' 7-1 win over NY Mets
• Sep 9 Croupier of casino in Bristol, England, shoots a 4 a record eight times
• Sep 9 Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization exchange letters of mutual recognition
• Sep 10 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced
• Sep 10 "The X-Files", created by Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson debuts on Fox
• Sep 11 Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies' world record (3:50.46)

• Sep 12 Wang Junxia runs a women's 3000 m world record (8:12.29) at the Chinese National Games

• Sep 12 STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit

• Sep 13 Wang Junxia runs a new women's 3000m world record (8:06.11) 1 day after setting previous record at the Chinese National Games
• Sep 13 Queens, NYC begins required recycling

• Sep 15 Liechtenstein prince Hans-Adam II disbands parliament

• Sep 17 Last Russian troops leave Poland.
• Sep 18 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994
• Sep 18 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
• Sep 18 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
• Sep 18 18th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Snapper" directed by Stephen Frears wins the People's Choice Award

• Sep 19 Actress Michele Phillips (Knots Landing) is robbed at gunpoint
• Sep 19 Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss SC wins 67th Miss America
• Sep 19 Parliamentary election in Poland

• Sep 19 San Diego Chargers' kicker John Carney boots 6 field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston to set a new NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made
• Sep 21 Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns

• Sep 22 Ukrainian Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma resigns due to the "slow pace of reform"

• Sep 22 STS-51 (Discovery) lands

• Sep 22 A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia
• Sep 23 "Les Miserables" opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh
• Sep 23 Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123°C (record high)
• Sep 24 1st Israeli killed by Islamics after PLO signs peace accord

• Sep 26 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
• Sep 26 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4
• Sep 26 Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club

• Sep 27 Actor Daniel Day-Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges
• Sep 27 The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.

• Sep 28 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
• Sep 28 Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live"
• Sep 29 "Grace Under Fire" starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV

• Sep 30 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed

• Oct 3 "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion NYC after 38 performances

• Oct 3 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow
• Oct 3 Harry Belafonte performs in Tivoli Copenhagen
• Oct 3 Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago
• Oct 3 Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 US Rangers
• Oct 3 Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
• Oct 4 Troops and tanks of President Boris Yeltsin shell and occupy the Russian White House in Moscow, the house of government of the Russian Federation
• Oct 5 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC

• Oct 6 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time

• Oct 7 Musical "Les Miserables" opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines
• Oct 7 Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed

• Oct 8 UN lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa
• Oct 10 NFL Cleveland Browns' Najee Mustafaa sets club record for longest interception (97 yds)
• Oct 10 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed
• Oct 11 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack
• Oct 11 US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti
• Oct 12 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
• Oct 12 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2
• Oct 13 Greek government of Papandreou forms
• Oct 13 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
• Oct 13 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Kary Mullis & Michael Smith
• Oct 13 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Russel Hulse & Joseph Taylor
• Oct 13 Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew.
• Oct 13 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• Oct 15 Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle

• Oct 16 IRA bomb attack on fish & chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed
• Oct 16 Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching British National Party headquarters
• Oct 18 STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit
• Oct 19 UN authorizes arms, military and police supply embargo against Haiti
• Oct 20 Highest scoring, longest lasting World Series game - Toronto Blue Jays score 6 runs in 8th inning to defeat Philadelphia Phillies 15-14, in 4 hr-14 min slugfest at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
• Oct 21 "Twilight of the Golds" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 29 performances

• Oct 21 Failed military coup in Burundi, led by ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, includes assassination President Ndadaye; 525,000 Hutus flee
• Oct 22 Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk
• Oct 23 Seven people killed by IRA bomb attack in Belfast
• Oct 23 Paramilitia kills 22 demonstrators at Bijbihara in Indian-controlled Kashmir
• Oct 23 Baseball World Series: Defending champion Toronto Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6 at the SkyDome, Toronto to clinch series, 4-2; MVP: Blue Jays infielder Paul Molitor
• Oct 24 "Wonderful Tennessee" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 9 performances
• Oct 25 Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead
• Oct 25 Canada Liberal Party and Bloc Québécois wins parliamentary election
• Oct 25 Daryll Cullinan hits unbeaten 337 for Transvaal against Northern Transvaal, South African 1st-class cricket record score
• Oct 26 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
• Oct 26 NJ Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993
• Oct 27 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso Texas
• Oct 28 Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years
• Oct 28 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters resigns
• Oct 29 Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86
• Oct 29 "The Sign" single released in Europe by Ace of Base
• Oct 30 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0
• Oct 31 "Wonderful Tennessee" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 9 performances
• Oct 31 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
• Oct 31 German unemployment hits national record of 3.5 million

• Nov 1 Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems
• Nov 1 After playing 12 Tests for Australia, fast bowler Michael Whitney plays his final day in 1st class cricket for NSW in a tour match loss v New Zealand in Newcastle
• Nov 1 STS-58 (Columbia) lands
• Nov 1 The Maastricht Treaty, the Treaty on European Union comes into effect

• Nov 2 Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey
• Nov 2 Dow Jones hits record 3697.64
• Nov 2 Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem

• Nov 3 Defenseman Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devils 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd consecutive NHL game in 2-3 loss at LA Kings

• Nov 4 "Timon of Athens" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances

• Nov 4 Bolivia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty

• Nov 5 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
• Nov 6 Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving

• Nov 6 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter

• Nov 9 "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances
• Nov 9 Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died
• Nov 9 Stari Most (the "old bridge", built in 1566) in Mostar, Bosnia, collapses after several days of bombing.

• Nov 10 Slovakian government of Vladimír Mečiar forms

• Nov 11 Krzysztof Penderecki conducts premiere of his revised version of "A Polish Requiem" in Stockholm, Sweden
• Nov 13 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
• Nov 13 Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
• Nov 13 Pakistani minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
• Nov 14 "Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
• Nov 14 "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 performances
• Nov 14 23rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
• Nov 14 24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04

• Nov 14 Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state

• Nov 15 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach SC on WYAV 104.1 FM
• Nov 15 Joe Buttafuoco sentence to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher
• Nov 15 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba.
• Nov 16 "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
• Nov 16 Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum
• Nov 17 "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
• Nov 17 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
• Nov 17 US House of Representatives approve Nafta

• Nov 18 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
• Nov 18 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
• Nov 18 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes US House of Representatives
• Nov 18 North-Siberia record cold for November (-55°C)
• Nov 18 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
• Nov 18 WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
• Nov 19 Algerian Muslim fundamentalists uprising, 27 killed
• Nov 19 Curacaose vote to remain part of Dutch Antilles
• Nov 20 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed

• Nov 20 Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
• Nov 20 58th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 22-14 in Auburn
• Nov 20 5th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 41-39 in South Bend (Boston College's first win in the series)
• Nov 21 "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater, NYC after 14 performances
• Nov 21 "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 performances
• Nov 21 Neo-fascist MSI wins 36% of municipal elections in Rome
• Nov 21 Top seeded German tennis player Steffi Graf wins WTA Tour Championship; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• Nov 21 German tennis star Michael Stich scores a 7–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 win over American Pete Sampras to win his first and only ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany

• Nov 23 "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 performances

• Nov 24 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales
• Nov 24 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
• Nov 24 11 year old Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of English 2 year old James Bulger

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