* Walter Scott Houston ( 1912 – 1993 ) who wrote the " Deep-Sky Wonders " column in Sky & Telescope magazine for almost 50 years.

* 1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer ( d. 1993 )

* 1941 – Bobby Moore, English footballer ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

* 1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.

* 1993 – Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany

* 1993 – The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.

* 1916 – Tony Harris, South African cricketer ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

* 1993 – Heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas of Kyushu, Japan.

* 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach ( d. 1993 )

* 1945 – Ron Jones, English director ( d. 1993 )

* 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.

* 1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician ( d. 1993 )

* Maj .- Gen. Dadash Rzayev ( February – June 1993 )

* Colonel Safar Abiyev ( June – August 1993 )

* Maj .- Gen. Vahid Musayev ( August – September 1993 )

* 1958 – Randy Shughart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Dominika Stará, Slovak singer

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

In 1993 French ballerina Sylvie Guillem appeared in a piece entitled, Sissi, l ' impératice anarchiste ( Sissi, Anarchist Empress ), choreographed by Maurice Béjart to Strauss's Emperor Waltz.

After retiring as a judge in 1992, he wrote reports regarding two maritime accidents involving the grounding of oil tankers and subsequent spills of crude oil: the grounding of the MV Braer off the Shetland Islands in January 1993, in which 85, 000 tonnes of oil escaped ; and the grounding of the Sea Empress at the entrance to Milford Haven in February 1996, and subsequent escape of more than 70, 000 tonnes of oil off the Pembrokeshire coast.

* 1993 – Sarah Lahbati, Filipina television actress

* 1993 – Jhoana Marie Tan, Filipina television actress

* 1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress ( d. 1993 )

The film, which also starred cabaret singer Astrid Hadad and model / actress Claudia Ramírez — with whom Cuarón was linked between 1989 and 1993 — was a big hit in Mexico.

* 1993 – Cassi Thomson, Australian-American actress and singer

* 1993 – Imani Hakim, American actress

* 1910 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Vivien Cardone, American actress

* 1993 – Alyson Stoner, American actress, singer, and dancer

* 1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer

* 1993 – Lola Créton, French actress

* 1993 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer

* 1993 – Taylor Dooley, American actress

* 1993 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer, and dancer

* 1993 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress

* 1993 – Flora Cross, French actress

* 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet ( d. 1993 )

* 1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian actress ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Georgia Henshaw, Welsh actress

* 1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, American actress and singer

* 1993 – Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ( The Pretty Reckless )

* 1993 – Katie Cecil, American singer, guitarist, and actress ( KSM )

* 1993 – Elana Binysh, English actress

* 1903 – Mary Philbin, American actress ( d. 1993 )

* 1909 – Ann Todd, English actress ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Amber Beattie, English actress