July 31, 1993, was a Saturday. It was 31 years, 3 months, and 5 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.
On July 31, 1993, the following songs were at the top of the music charts in the USA and the UK:
The following songs were dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart:
The top movie on this day was "Rising Sun".
This date occurred 11,420 days ago. Approximately 381 months have passed. It was the 212th day of 1993, in week 30. The decade was the nineties. People who were born on July 31, 1993, are now 31 years old and belong to the Millennial generation. 127 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's go back to the nineties.
The date is July 31, 1993, and it's a Saturday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Leo. The work week is over and Saturday has finally come, so people are spending time with their kids, going to bars, shopping, playing video games, and watching sports.
The summer of 1993 is in full swing. The weather is warm, and the evenings are brighter than usual. Most schools and colleges are now finished until August or September. In America, the song "Can't Help Falling In Love" by UB40 is at the top of the singles charts, while "Pray" by Take That is the number-one song in the UK. Bill Clinton is the President of the United States, and the movie Rising Sun 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 "Married... with Children", "Home Improvement", "Step by Step", and "Martin". Texting is not a thing yet. Instead, people are using landline phones and pagers. Furthermore, most people have never heard of the Internet.
A civil war is taking place in the African country of Rwanda. 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 Cape Town, South Africa, eleven people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the APLA. The attack happened when four members of the APLA opened fire on a congregation inside St James Church in Kenilworth. In technology news, Microsoft has just released its new operating system "Windows NT 3.1". The comedy films "Coneheads" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" have both been released in movie theaters.
In Israel, Ukrainian-American John Demjanjuk has recently been acquitted by the Supreme Court of being a Nazi death camp guard. His acquittal has come on the back of new evidence that casts doubt over the claim that he is "Ivan the Terrible". Five years ago, Demjanjuk had been found guilty and sentenced to death. 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 "Paperboy", "Desert Strike ", "Kirby's Dream Land", and "Final Fantasy V".
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Married... with Children", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Round the Twist", and "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". Children are playing with toys such as the Game Boy, Fear Street books, Super Soaker (water gun), and X-Men Action Figures.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on July 31, 1993.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 31, 1993.
In July 1993, TV audiences were watching the following series:
1993 saw the introduction of cars such as the BMW 3 Series Compact, the Ford Mustang SVT Cobra, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the Renault Laguna, the Kia Sportage, and the Lincoln Mark VIII.
If you were a kid on July 31, 1993, then you were probably watching the following cartoons and TV shows:
If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:
Popular video games that people were playing in July 1993.
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1993.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out July 31, 1999, instead.
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Bill Clinton was the President of the United States on July 31, 1993.
John Major was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Albert Reynolds was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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