August 31, 1993, was a Tuesday. It was 31 years, 3 months, and 21 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Virgo.
Notable events that occurred on August 31, 1993:
On August 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 11,435 days ago. Approximately 381 months have passed. It was the 243rd day of 1993, in week 35. The decade was the nineties. People who were born on August 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 August 31, 1993, and it's a Tuesday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Virgo. The summer of 1993 is coming to an end and fall is just around the corner.
Labor Day weekend is a few days away, which means that many Americans are planning barbecues and other social gatherings. In America, the song "Can't Help Falling In Love" by UB40 is at the top of the singles charts, while "Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat 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 "Last of the Summer Wine", "Family Matters", "One Foot in the Grave", and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman". 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. It has been announced that NASA has lost radio contact with its spacecraft the Mars Observer. The loss in communication occurred just days before it was due to begin entry into the planet's atmosphere.
The media has reported that pop icon Michael Jackson is under investigation for child sexual abuse. Jackson has labeled the claims "extortion". In television news, a new children's show called the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" has recently made its debut. Singer Mariah Carey has just released her new album "Music Box". The album contains songs such as "Dreamlover" and "Hero".
In Europe, the last Russian troops in the former Soviet state of Lithuania have left the country. 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 "Street Fighter II: The World Warrior", "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins", "Tecmo NBA Basketball", and "FIFA International Soccer".
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Mr. Bean", "Art Attack", "Rosie and Jim", and "The Addams Family". Children are playing with toys such as the Easy-Bake Oven, Micro Machines, Lego Pirates, and Mighty Max.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on August 31, 1993.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 31, 1993.
In August 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 August 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 August 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 August 31, 1999, instead.
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Bill Clinton was the President of the United States on August 31, 1993.
John Major was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Albert Reynolds was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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