FLASHBACK TO 1993 NEWS HEADLINES (Politics, Major Events, and more) Clinton Becomes 42nd President Car bomb explodes in NYC World Trade Center (6 killed, over 1000 injured) FBI arrests 8 Muslim extremists for plotting terrorist attacks on NYC (I wonder if they belong to Al Quaeda???) Menendez Brothers Go On Trial For Murder Of Parents Cult Leader David Koresh And Davidian Compound Members Defy Authorities 82 Die In Davidian Compound Fire In Waco Texas (78 Davidians & 4 FBI agents killed) Two LA Police Officers Are Convicted Of Violating Rodney Kings Civil Rights Bush And Yeltson Sign "Start II " Treaty "Storm of the century" strikes eastern seaboard, killing approx. 270 "Don’t' ask don't tell" is adopted by military to deal with Gays Brady Bill is passed mandating waiting period to buy guns European Union created -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTERTAINMENT (Music, Movies, Celebrity Highlights, and more) Top 8 Movies 1. Jurassic Park - $356,839,725 2. Mrs. Doubtfire $219,194,773 3. The Fugitive $183,752,965 4. The Firm $158,308,178 5. Sleepless in Seattle $126,551,583 6. Indecent Proposal $106,614,059 7. In the Line of Fire $102,238,862 8. The Pelican Brief $100,650,595 Billboard Top 10 1. Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap! 2. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 3. Bad Boys (from "Cops") - Inner Circle 4. Ditty - Paperboy 5. All That She Wants - Ace Of Base 6. Mr. Wendel - Arrested Development 7. Ordinary World - Duran Duran 8. Informer - Snow 9. Show Me Love - Robin S 10. Whoomp! (There It Is) - Tag Team Americas Top 20 TV Favorites 1. Home Improvement 2. 60 Minutes 3. Seinfeld 4. Roseanne 5. Grace under Fire 6. These Friends of Mine 7. Frasier 8. Coach 9. NFL Monday Night Football 10. Murder She Wrote Top Albums Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz Get a Grip - Aerosmith Janet- Janet Jackson Music Box - Mariah Carey Plush - Stone Temple Pilots Ten - Pearl Jam Michael Jackson charges (you remember the deal - now its all come back to after ten years...he's still in the news with all the Michael Jackson specials on TV) Michael Jackson tells that his lightened skin color is due to a rare skin disease on the Oprah Winfrey show. Natalie Merchant leaves the band 10,000 Maniacs Academy Awards, Best Picture - "Schindler's List" Grammy Record of the Year - "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston Top song - "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap! Top movie - "Jurassic Park" Top TV show - "Home Improvement" River Phoenix, age 23, dies of drug overdose Died; Audrey Hepburn, Ramond Burr, Dizzy Gillespie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPORTS BASKETBALL NBA FINALS 1993 - Chicago Bulls "threepeat" win third straight title The 1993 NBA Finals will always be remembered as one of the great NBA playoff series of all-time. It had drama, excitement, and most importantly, great basketball. From the first two games, in which Chicago stunned the Phoenix Suns by taking a 2-0 lead, to Phoenix rallying to win an equally shocking 2 of 3 games in Chicago, to a classic finale in Game 6 with an unlikely hero, this series had it all. NBA MVP: Charles Barkley, Phoenix, F Ave Score: 25.6 NCAA National Champions: North Carolina 34-4 - Coach: Dean Smith FOOTBALL Superbowl XXVIII:DALLAS 52 - Buffalo 17 Pro MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB College Football: Florida St. Heisman Trophy: Charlie Ward, Florida St., QB Rose Bowl: Wisconsin 21, UCLA 16 Orange Bowl: Florida St. 18, Nebraska 16 Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 24, Texas A&M 21 Sugar Bowl: Florida 41, West Va. 7 BASEBALL World Series Winner: Toronto 4-2 (WLWWLW) - Coach: Cito Gaston Opposing Team: PHILA. PHILLIES - Coach: Jim Fregosi National League MVP: Barry Bonds, SF - OF Rookie of the Year: Mike Piazza, LA - 1B American League MVP: Frank Thomas, Chi - 1B Rookie of the Year: Tim Salmon, Cal - OF Hockey Stanley Cup Montreal d. Los Angeles (4-1) TENNIS Wimbledon Women: Steffi Graf d. J. Novotna (7-6 1-6 6-4) Men: Pete Sampras d. J. Courier (7-6 7-6 3-6 6-3) Tennis great Arthur Ashe, age 50, dies of AIDS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Fun Facts from 1993 Intels "Pentium Processor " unveiled Now, look at where we are with computers!!! We can't live without our Computers! 98 million watched the last episode of Cheers; ads were $650,000 for 30 seconds Now, TV is all about reality shows like Real World, Bachelor/Bachelorette, Survivor, American Idol) The Ford Taurus tops the Honda Accord in total car sales Now, it's the SUV era!!! What's in: torn clothing, Snapple's exotic flavors, the new 29cent Elvis Presley stamp, Mortal Kombat video game and Joey Buttafuoco jokes. Now, it's all about capris, bootleg jeans, Abercombrie&Fitch, Dell Computers, Internet, XBOX, Gamecube, DVD, and Bin Laden jokes.