Aug 1993 Events

Two members of Ayman al-Zawahiri's al-Jihad exploded a bomb-laden motorcycle next to the car of Egyptian Interior Minister Hasan al-Alfi's car. The attack was an utter failure, resulting ...

Ayman Zawahiri wanted to capture the government of Egypt, and in August 1993, he unsuccessfully attempt to kill the Interior Minister Hasan al-Alfi. Al-Alfi was leading a crackdown on Is...

The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP) was a milestone in the Palestinian - Israeli c...

The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for the Newton platform in 1993. Some electronic engineering and the...

The Outer Limits is the seventh album released by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod, issued via Mechanic/MCA Records in 1993. This was the final album to feature vocalist Denis Bélanger un...

A CIA agent battles a Venezuelan crime lord bent on poisoning the U.S. with an exotic mind-altering drug.

In August 1993, 27-year-old Kelly Cahill, her husband and three children were driving home after a visit to a friend's house. Their routine journey would soon become a harrowing trip into...

The 1993 PGA Championship was the 75th PGA Championship held from August 12-15, 1993 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Paul Azinger won his first major championship on the second hole of...

At approximately 10:10 am. on August 13, 1993, the six-storey building of the Royal Plaza Hotel collapsed swiftly and totally, leaving high only the front elevator hall, which was built w...

A seagoing adventurer tries to find the bird of happiness to cheer up a destitute town.

Rise is the fifth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It is the first Bad Brains album to be released on a major label (Epic Records) and is notable for the abs...

In 1993, Michael Jackson was accused of abuse by Evan Chandler, on behalf of his then-13-year-old child, Jordan Chandler. Jackson and Jordan had become friends in May 1992, to the father'...

Unknown Road is the second album by Pennywise, released on August 17, 1993 through Epitaph Records. After frontman Jim Lindberg briefly left the band during touring in support of its prev...

Demadex, a type of diuretic, is prescribed to treat high blood pressure and water retention. By increasing the amount of water and salt removed from the blood and causing a decrease in bl...

A giant caveman (Richard Kiel) stumbles across modern civilization, then kidnaps a teenage girl and her father. Catchphrase: "Watch out for snakes!"