December 1993 in History

Events in History

Dec 11 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle elected President of Chile
Dec 12 WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in NYC
Dec 13 Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't
Dec 13 Dow Jones hits record 3764.43
Dec 13 Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
Dec 13 Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), lands
Dec 14 Muslim fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria

Event of Interest

Dec 15 British Prime Minister John Major and Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination

Dec 15 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill & explodes, 16 killed
Dec 15 Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns
Dec 15 Lee Aspen resigns as secretary of defense
Dec 15 Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed
Dec 17 "Northern Exposure" star Barry Corbin falls off his horse
Dec 17 Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54)
Dec 17 Muslims in Bangladesh call for the murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin
Dec 18 Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54)
Dec 18 The MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel and casino first opens as the largest hotel complex in the world (since surpassed)
Dec 26 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed
Dec 27 Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93
Dec 28 Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49
Dec 28 Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms
Dec 29 Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
Dec 30 Vatican recognizes Israel

Birthdays in History

Dec 6 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, born in Cuba

Weddings in History

Stephen Harper

Dec 11 Canada's PM Stephen Harper (34) weds Laureen Teskey (30)

Dec 18 General Hospital co-stars Kristina Malandro & Jack Wagner wed

Deaths in History

Pablo Escobar (1949-1993)

Dec 2 Colombian drug lord, shot to death by Colombian Police at 44

Dec 3 Lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80
Dec 4 Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68
Dec 4 Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist and founder (Vakvereniging Medical Astrology), dies at 42
Dec 4 Margaret Landon, American author (Anna & the King of Siam), dies at 90
Dec 5 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
Dec 5 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86
Dec 6 Desmond Barel Hirshfield, Lord Hirshfield, British chartered accountant, dies at 80
Dec 6 Prof Wolfgang Paul, German physicist (Nobel 1989), dies at 80
Dec 6 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered
Dec 7 Félix Houphouet-Boigny, first President of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88
Dec 8 Carlotta Monti, lover of WC Fields, dies at 86
Dec 9 Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies
Dec 11 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45
Dec 12 Gerard Nabrink, Dutch anarchist and co-founder (NVSH), dies at 90
Dec 12 Jozsef Antall, historian/premier of Hungary (1990-93), dies at 61
Dec 13 Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
Dec 14 Josephine Riley Matthews "Mama Jo" , African-American midwife (delivered over 1300 babies), dies at 96
Dec 16 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46
Dec 16 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese Prime Minister (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking, dies at 75
Dec 16 Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75
Dec 16 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68
Dec 19 Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
Dec 19 Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP asst sect of Education (1973-75), dies at 77
Dec 20 W Edwards Deming, US economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93
Dec 21 Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
Dec 22 Alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81
Dec 24 Alexander Mackendrick, American-born Scottish director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
Dec 24 Yen Chia-kan, PM/President of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
Dec 25 Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)
Dec 27 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
Dec 28 William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich), dies at 89
Dec 30 Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (Contribution to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay), dies at 86
Dec 30 Irving Paul Lazar, American talent agent, dies of kidney failure at 86
Dec 31 Brandon Teena, American trans man and hate crime victim, murdered at 21
Dec 31 Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80
Dec 31 Thomas J. Watson Jr., American businessman and politician (President of IBM, 1952-1971, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1979-1981), dies of a stroke at 79
Dec 31 Zviad Gamsachurdia, President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54