1993

March 1

• Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians. [1]
• Luis Kutner, US co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at age 84. [1]
• Terry Frost, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at age 86. [1]

March 2

• Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary), dies at age 15. [1]
• Paul D Zimmerman, US screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at age 54. [1]

March 3

• Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at age 86. [1]
• Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, dies at age 89. [1]
• Cyril Collard, French composer/director/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at age 35. [1]

March 4

• Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies. [1]
• Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh. [31]
• Richard Sale, writer/director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at age 80. [1]

March 5

• Diana Ochoa dies after long illness at age 80. [1]
• A Macedonian Palair F-100 on a flight to Zurich crashes shortly after take-off from Skopje killing 83 of the 97 people on board. [1] [31]
• Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Swing Kids to theaters in the US. [6]
• Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash. [1]

March 6

• Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at age 35. [1]
• Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at age 58. [1]
• Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at age 64. [1]

March 7

• Arnold Franchetti, Italian/US composer, dies. [1]
• Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant. [1]
• Earl Wrightson, singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at age 77. [1]

March 8

• Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at age 78 of stroke (born 1914). [1] [31]
• Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at age 78. [1]
• Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at age 69. [1]
• Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion. [1]
• Wells Root, US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 92. [1]

March 9

• 19th People's Choice Awards. [1]
• 7th Soul Train Music Awards. [1]
• Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies. [1]
• Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at age 79. [1]
• Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles, California police officers accused of violating King's civil rights when they beat him during an arrest. [1] [31]

March 10

• C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies. [1]
• David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at age 47. [1]

March 11

• Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at age 76. [1]
• Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at age 81. [1]
• Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. [31]

March 12

• Several bombs explode in Bombay, India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more. [1] [31]
• Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at age 62. [1]
• Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2.5 week speech. [1]
• June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at age 62. [1]
• Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at age 83. [1]
• Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures / Amblin Entertainment live-action feature film A Far Off Place to theaters in the US. [6]
• North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites. [31]
• Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies. [1]

March 13

• The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec; it is reported to have killed 184. [1] [31]
• Ralph Smith Fults, US gangster (Bonnie and Clyde gang), dies at age 82. [1]

March 15

• Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at age 61. [1]
• Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at age 40. [1]
• Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, President of Panamá (1955-56), dies. [1]
• Near the coast of northern Chile, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. [53]

March 16

• Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at age 86. [1]
• Djilalli Lyabès, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered. [1]
• Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at age 87. [1]
• Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at age 69. [1]
• Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered. [1]

March 17

• 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta. [1]
• Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at age 92 (born 1900). [1] [31]
• Laadi Flici, Algerian Member of Parliament, murdered. [1]
• Skip Young, actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang), dies at age 62. [1]

March 18

• Amsterdam stock exchange hits record 12.2 billion gulden. [1]

March 19

• Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at age 58. [1]
• Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at age 30. [1]

March 20

• Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian President Yeltsin, dies at age 85. [1]
• An Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Warrington Town Centre, England, killing two children, Jonathan Ball (age 3) and Tim Parry. [1] [31]
• Death of Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911). [31]

March 21

• Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus a saint. [1]
• South Africa White Wolves kill five-year-old black girl. [1]

March 22

• Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at age 91. [1]
• Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at age 83. [1]

March 23

• Belgian government of Dehaene resigns. [1]
• Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at age 84. [1]

March 24

• Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at age 35. [1]
• Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel. [1]
• John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at age 78 (born 1914). [1] [31]
• Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at age 90. [1]
• Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at age 60. [1]

March 26

• Luis Falco, US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at age 50. [1]
• Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Born Yesterday to theaters in the US. [6]

March 27

• Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at age 47. [1]
• Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at age 61. [1]
• Kate Reid, British actress (Lil-Dallas), dies of cancer at age 62. [1]
• Katherine Hynes De Groot dies of stroke at age 88. [1]
• Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP, CDA), dies at age 74. [1]
• Jiang Zemin becomes President of the People's Republic of China. [31]

March 28

• 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins. [1]
• Conservative Gaullists win legislative election in France, and Édouard Balladur becomes prime minister. [1] [31]
• Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031). [1]

March 29

• 65th Academy Awards: Unforgiven, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win. [1]
• Premier Catherine Callbeck of Prince Edward Island becomes the first elected female Premier in Canada. [31]

March 30

• French government of Balladur forms. [1]
• Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election. [1]
• Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adventures of Darly and Samy), dies hiking at age 20. [1]
• Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at age 70. [1]
• Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years. [56]
• Israel begins a policy of sealing off the border between Israel and the occupied territories. [46.519]

March 31

• Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at age 28. [1] [31]
• Jose Maria Lemus, President of El Salvador (1956-60), dies. [1]

April 1

• Alan Bennett's Madness of George III, premieres in London. [1]
• Ihsan Mohamed Salem [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed. [1]
• Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies. [1]
• Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM. [4]

April 2

• First test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam). [1]
• Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (Four Sons, Homicidal), dies at age 93. [1]
• Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10. [1]
• Philip Morris announces it would slash price of Marlboro cigarettes by 20 percent to better compete with bargain brands. Stock prices of companies of household brands drop dramatically. Many consider all brand names are dead. Marketers call this "Marlboro Friday". [287.12]
• Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Adventures of Huck Finn to theaters in the US. [6]

April 3

• Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at age 83. [1]
• Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at age 57. [1]
• Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at age 83. [1]
• Death of Pinky Lee, American children's television host, by heart attack at age 85 (born 1907). [1] [5] [31]
• In Canada, two people share a CDN$15 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. [40.82]

April 4

• Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at age 93. [1]
• Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche], singer, dies. [1]
• Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna. [1]

April 5

• Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [1]
• Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad. [1]

April 6

• First test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow). [1]
• Divya Bharati "Baby Doll", Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car accident at 19 (born 1974). [1] [31]
• Hedi Amira Nouira, Prime Minister of Tunisia (1970-80), dies. [1]
• The HMS Richmond is launched by the British Royal Navy. [31]
• A nuclear accident occurs at Tomsk 7 in Russia. [31]

April 7

• Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at age 80. [1]
• Richard Schmiechen, dies of AIDS at age 45. [1]

April 8

• Arleen Whelan dies of stroke at age 78. [1]
• H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies. [1]
• Marian Anderson, American contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at age 96 (born 1897). [1] [31]
• STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit. [1]

April 9

• Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP), dies at age 74. [1]

April 10

• Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at age 50. [1] [31]

April 11

• Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie. [1]
• Mohammed el-Himi, Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered. [1]
• Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973-92), dies at age 63. [1]

April 12

• Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies. [1]
• Patience Jarvis dies of melanoma at age 56. [1]

April 13

• Barry Karas dies of leukemia at age 49. [1]
• Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies. [1]
• Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/Member of Parliament, dies at age 72. [1]
• Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, premieres in London. [1]
• Death of Wallace Stegner, American writer (car accident) (born 1909). [31]

April 14

• Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript. [1]
• Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir), dies at age 85. [1]
• Sam Ntombani, African National Congress-Secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death. [1]

April 15

• George Ives dies at age 111. [1]
• Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at age 85. [1]
• William Bakewell dies of leukemia at age 84. [1]
• Death of Robert Westall, British author (born 1929). [31]

April 16

• John P W Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at age 77. [1]
• Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King. [1]

April 17

• STS-56 (Discovery) lands. [1]
• Turgut Özal, President of Turkey (1989-93), dies at age 65 (born 1927). [1] [31]

April 18

• Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at age 76. [1]
• In Peru, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. Six people killed, thirty houses were destroyed at Lima. [53]

April 19

• A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire that kills 76 people (some suicides), including leader David Koresh. [1] [31]
• Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40. [1]
• George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash. [1]

April 20

• Cantinflas [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at age 81. [1]
• Uranus passes Neptune (this occurs once every 171 years). [1]

April 21

• Brazil votes against a monarchy. [1]

April 22

• Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at age 72. [1]
• Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at age 78. [1]
• Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at age 66. [1]
• Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, DC. [1] [31]
• The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released. [5] [31]

April 23

• Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at age 78. [1]
• Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia. [1]
• Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at age 59. [1]
• Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Indian Summer to theaters in the US. [6]
• The WHO declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency. [31]
• Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy" premieres in New York City. [1]
• Death of César Estrada Chávez, civil rights activist (born 1927). [31]

April 24

• 1000 kg heavy Irish Republican Army car bomb explodes in London, killing 1. [1]
• Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at age 75. [1]

April 25

• Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at age 85. [1]
• Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader. [1]

April 26

• Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56. [1]
• NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman. [1]
• STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit. [1]

April 27

• Afghan Antonov AN-32 plane crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76. [1]
• Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at age 90. [1]

April 28

• Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists. [1]

April 29

• Cy Howard, director (Lovers and Other Strangers), dies at age 77. [1]
• Michael Gordon, actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at age 83. [1]
• In western Arizona, USA, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs. [53]
• Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at age 46. [1]

April 30

• The Walt Disney Company announces an agreement to acquire Miramax Film Corporation. Disney will acquire Miramax's library of over 200 films. [6]
• Virgin Radio (then Virgin 1215) launches in the United Kingdom at 12:15 pm. [31]
• The World Wide Web is born at CERN. [31]
• Disney generally releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Bound by Honor to theaters in the US. [6]