* 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.

For the 1993 Indianapolis 500, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of The Marmon Group of companies, Eric Bachelart drove a tribute to the Marmon Wasp, actually a year old Lola with Buick power, which was uncompetitive and failed to qualify.

The team had done reasonably well with Dallara chassis before, but turned to Lola for 1993.

Badoer finished 7th in the 1993 San Marino Grand Prix, a race of high attrition, to score the best Lola result of the season.

Following a disastrous 1993, BMS Lola merged with Minardi, the team changing its name to BMS Minardi.

Grouillard arranged to drive with the Indy Regency Team in a Lola T92 / 00 for 1993 in the CART PPG World Series following Nigel Mansell in the series.

* La Lola se va a los puertos ( 1993 )

After heated debates over startup continued through 1993, French and Russian nuclear consultants declared operating conditions basically safe.

: Die Nabis: Propheten der Moderne, Kunsthaus Zürich & Grand Palais, Paris & Prestel, Munich 1993 ISBN 3-7913-1969-8 ( German ), ( French )

* 1993 – Vanessa Duriès, French novelist ( b. 1972 )

His major subsequent films include The French Connection ( 1971 ), in which he played Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle ; The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ); The Conversation ( 1974 ); Superman ( 1978 ), in which he played arch-villain Lex Luthor ; Hoosiers ( 1986 ); Mississippi Burning ( 1987 ); Unforgiven ( 1992 ); The Firm ( 1993 ); Crimson Tide ( 1995 ); Get Shorty ( 1995 ); The Birdcage ( 1996 ); Enemy of the State ( 1998 ); and The Royal Tenenbaums ( 2001 ).

* 1993 – Flora Cross, French actress

* 1993 – Ingmar Lazar, French pianist

* 1993 – Léo Ferré, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet ( b. 1916 )

* Marie-Pierre Arnaud-Lidet's 1993 edition for the Collection Budé ( includes French translation )

* 1911 – Guy des Cars, French novelist ( d. 1993 )

* 1911 – Paul Grégoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal ( d. 1993 )

* 1903 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist ( d. 1993 )

* 1993 – Ilona Mitrecey, French singer

Taoist Meditation: The Mao-shan Tradition of Great Purity ( Albany: SUNY Press, 1993 French 1989 ).

The Taoist Body ( Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993 French version 1982 ).

* March 28 – French legislative election, 1993: Gaullists win a majority and Édouard Balladur becomes Prime Minister.

** André the Giant, French professional wrestler ( d. 1993 )

** Jean Lecanuet, French politician ( d. 1993 )

He has not neglected to work in French productions either — e. g., Les Visiteurs ( 1993 ) ( which was later remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001 ), The Crimson Rivers ( 2000 ) and Jet Lag ( Décalage horaire ) by Danièle Thompson ( 2002 ), which was also a box-office success in France.

et Confessoris Theodori Studitis Praepositi Parva Catachesis ( Paris, 1891 ), French translation by Anne-Marie Mohr, Petites catéchèses (= Les Pères dans la foi 52 ) ( Paris, 1993 ).

* Tango ( 1993 film ), a film by French director Patrice Leconte

* Pierre Deval ( 1897 – 1993 ), a French modernist and figurist painter, lived and worked at the Domaine d ' Orvès in La Valette-du-Var from 1925 until his death in 1993.

* Darwin ( French TV, 1993 )

Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize ( April 23 1943 – September 4 1993 ) was a French actor who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series Fantasy Island ( 1978 – 1984 ).