October 21, 1993

Top songs

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on October 21, 1993:

• United States: "Dream Lover" by Mariah Carey
• United Kingdom: "Relight My Fire" by Take That & Lulu

Facts

This date occurred 11,137 days ago. Approximately 371 months have passed. It was the 294th day of 1993, in week 42. The decade was the nineties. People who were born on October 21, 1993, are now 30 years old and belong to the Millennial generation. 124 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

Take me back to October 21, 1993

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is October 21, 1993, and it's a Thursday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Libra. The summer is long gone. Temperatures have become much cooler, and the evenings are beginning to get darker.

There is a fresh, earthy scent in the air, and fallen leaves have carpeted driveways, lawns, pathways, and sidewalks. Halloween 1993 is quickly approaching and stores are selling costumes and decorations. In America, the song "Dream Lover" by Mariah Carey is at the top of the singles charts, while "Relight My Fire" by Take That & Lulu is the number-one song in the UK.

Bill Clinton is the President of the United States, and the movie Demolition Man is at the top of the box office. John Major is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Only Fools and Horses", "Roseanne", "The X-Files", and "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman".

Texting is not a thing yet. Instead, people are using landline phones and pagers. Furthermore, most people have never heard of the Internet. In fashion, many of the trends from the late 1980s are still in vogue. Colored tights, denim overalls, leotards, flannel shirts, and shoulder pads are all fashionable at the moment. Grunge fashion has also become mainstream, popularizing band t-shirts, ripped jeans, mom jeans, and Doc Martens. A war is continuing to rage in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Meanwhile, in technology news, a relatively new storage format called the CD is beginning to outpace the regular cassette tape in music sales. The disc-based format gives listeners the ability to skip between songs instead of having to manually rewind and forward. A playing discs game called "Pogs" is currently spreading in popularity throughout the world. It's 1993, so radio stations are being dominated by the likes of Meat Loaf, UB40, Snow, Haddaway, Whitney Houston, Take That, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey.

In music news, singer Mariah Carey has released her new single "Hero". If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Vincent Price, River Phoenix, Frank Zappa, and Charizma would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "FIFA International Soccer", "Star Fox", "Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland", and "Mighty Final Fight".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Married... with Children", "Clarissa Explains It All", "The Addams Family", and "Bill Nye the Science Guy". Children are playing with toys such as the Easy-Bake Oven, Yo-yo, the SEGA Game Gear, and Nerf Arrowstorm.