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Born on Thursday October 21, 1993
Died on Thursday October 21, 1993

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 21, 1993 at Delpher


Born on October 21

Died on October 21
  • 1990 » Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)
  • 1990 » Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)
  • 1991 » Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
  • 1992 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898)
  • 1992 » Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
  • 1993 » Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
  • 1995 » Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
  • 1995 » Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
  • 1995 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
  • 1995 » Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)

Names that were popular for boys in 1993
  1. Jeroen
  2. Thomas
  3. Michael
  4. Tim
  5. Jan
  6. Kevin
  7. Bart
  8. Robin
  9. Dennis
  10. Mark
  11. Sander
  12. Johannes
  13. Rick
  14. Jacob
  15. Hendrik
  16. Ruben
Names that were popular for girls in 1993
  1. Iris
  2. Lisa
  3. Laura
  4. Maria
  5. Tessa
  6. Anne
  7. Melissa
  8. Anna
  9. Sanne
  10. Sophie
  11. Eline
  12. Sarah
  13. Jessica
  14. Michelle
  15. Kelly
  16. Amanda

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1993
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • February 8 » General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
  • June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
  • July 25 » Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
  • September 27 » The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
  • November 1 » The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
  • November 20 » Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes near Ohrid killing all 116 people on board.
Weather October 21, 1993

The temperature on October 21, 1993 was between 4.5 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.

Source: KNMI