What Happened In August 1993 In History

Historical Events for August, 1993

• 1st » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
• 9th » The Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) e.g Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
• 10th » An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter magnitude scale named Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
• 20th » After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
• 21st » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
• 23rd » The 'Galileo (spacecraft) called Galileo' spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1993

• 1st » Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
• 1st » Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
• 2nd » Serhiy Nigoyan, Ukrainian activist (d. 2014)
• 3rd » Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
• 3rd » Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo and Guardians 4)
• 4th » Saido Berahino, Burundian-English footballer
• 5th » Patrick McBrearty, Irish footballer
• 5th » Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
• 6th » Kaori Ishihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 7th » Zaur Sizo, Russian footballer
• 7th » Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
• 8th » Ben Breedlove, American blogger (d. 2011)
• 8th » Jessie Rogers, Brazilian porn actress
• 9th » Rydel Lynch, American singer and actress (R5 (band) known as R5)
• 10th » Andre Drummond, American basketball player
• 10th » Yuto Nakajima, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 11th » Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
• 11th » Sean McGinty, English-Irish footballer
• 11th » Alyson Stoner, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 12th » Luna (singer) or Luna, South Korean actress, singer, and dancer (f(x) (band) known as f(x))
• 12th » Rodrigo Alborno, Paraguayan footballer
• 12th » Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 13th » Dominika Stará, Slovak singer
• 13th » Yoon Bo-mi, South Korean singer, actor and MC (A Pink)
• 14th » Gongchan, South Korean singer and actor (B1A4)
• 14th » Cassi Thomson, Australian-American actress and singer
• 15th » Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 16th » Cameron Monaghan, American actor
• 17th » Cinta Laura, German-Indonesian actress and singer
• 17th » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 18th » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
• 18th » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer, actor, dancer and model (A Pink)
• 20th » Mario Jelavić, Croatian footballer
• 20th » MK Nobilette, American singer
• 20th » Kamel Zeghli, Algerian footballer
• 26th » Marko Livaja, Croatian footballer
• 26th » Keke Palmer, American actress and singer
• 27th » Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
• 28th » Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
• 29th » Lucas Cruikshank, American actor

Famous Deaths for August 1993

• 4th » Bernard Barrow, American actor (b. 1927)
• 6th » Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 10th » Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (Mayhem (band) named Mayhem) (b. 1968)
• 16th » Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)
• 17th » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 19th » Utpal Dutt, Bangladeshi actor, director, and playwright (b. 1929)
• 20th » Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
• 26th » Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (b. 1923)
• 28th » William Stafford (poet) named William Stafford, American poet and academic (b. 1914)

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