Historical Events for June 1993

Months in 1993: January February March April May July August September October November December

Events 1 - 77 of 77

1st - Brooklyn NY begins recycling
1st - Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
1st - Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
1st - Melchior Ndadaye elected pres of Burundi
3rd - 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
5th - "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
5th - 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
5th - 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
5th - Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
5th - Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
6th - 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America & Kiss of the Spider Woman win
6th - 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)
6th - 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
6th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
6th - Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia
6th - Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected pres of Guatemala
7th - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
7th - Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
7th - Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford
Tennis Player Steffi Graf 7th - Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
8th - Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
9th - "Amantes" (1991), premieres in France
9th - "Body Snatchers" (1993), premieres in France
9th - "Ce que femme veut" (1993), premieres in France
9th - "Passion Fish" (1992), premieres in France
9th - "Tout capour ca!" (1993), premieres in France
9th - "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), premieres
9th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
9th - Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
10th - "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
11th - "Jurassic Park" opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
11th - "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV
11th - "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
12th - "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
13th - "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth NYC after 232 perfs
13th - 39th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
13th - Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran
WWF Wrestler Hulk Hogan 13th - YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
14th - Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
14th - Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey
16th - Ken Griffey Jr slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
17th - Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
18th - Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
18th - Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England
19th - Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
20th - 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
20th - 93rd US Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
20th - Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
21st - "Camelot" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 56 performances
21st - English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat
21st - STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
22nd - NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
22nd - Wilson Pickett plead guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving
23rd - Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff
23rd - Lorena Gallo Bobbitt amputates husband's John Wayne Bobbitt's penis
23rd - UN authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
24th - Arab terror group plans bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught
24th - Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber.
25th - NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
25th - Parliamentary election in Morocco
Comedian David Letterman 26th - "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV
26th - Actress Julia Roberts & country singer Lyle Lovett wed
26th - NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
26th - Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
26th - US Tomahawk-rockets hit Iraqi secret service, Baghdad
26th - The U.S. launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
27th - "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
27th - 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert
27th - NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
27th - Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
27th - Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
28th - Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
28th - Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
28th - NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Neth
28th - Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught & most HRs by a catcher
Actress Julia Roberts 30th - "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin
30th - Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field