November 1993 was the eleventh month of that common year. The month which began on a Monday and ended after 30 days on a Tuesday.
The following events occurred in November 1993. For a more complete listing of notable deaths this month, see Deaths in November 1993.
Monday, November 1, 1993 The Maastricht Treaty took effect, formally establishing the European Union. The British Women's Royal Naval Service was absorbed into the Royal Navy. The trial began of the two alleged killers in the February 12 abduction and murder of James Bulger, a two-year-old British boy.
Space Shuttle Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 7:05 a.m. PST, completing the STS-58 mission. Born: Saleh Al-Shehri, Saudi Arabian footballer; in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Chizuru Arai, Japanese Olympic champion judoka; in Yorii, Saitama, Japan Marko Bakić, Montenegrin footballer; in Budva, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krystyna Freda, American-born Cypriot footballer Marvin Gakpa, French footballer; in Dunkirk, France Afa Ismail, Maldivian Olympic sprinter; in Malé, Maldives Sean Kelly, Scottish footballer; in Glasgow, Scotland Pat O'Connor, National Football League defensive end; in Evergreen Park, Illinois Richard Ofori, Ghanaian footballer Laura Pugh, Australian rules footballer Iván Rossi, Argentine footballer; in Castelar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Daniel Wilson, Guyana footballer; in Georgetown, Guyana Died: Severo Ochoa, 88, Spanish physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Tuesday, November 2, 1993 30-year-old Protestant Brian Woods, a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, died two days after being shot by an Irish Republican Army sniper at a vehicle checkpoint in Newry, County Down. In the 1993 New York City mayoral election, Republican Rudy Giuliani defeated incumbent Democrat David Dinkins for the position of Mayor of New York City. Two U.S. states voted to elect governors. In the 1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Republican Christine Todd Whitman defeated incumbent Democrat James Florio for the position of Governor of New Jersey. In the 1993 Virginia gubernatorial election, Republican U.S. Representative George Allen defeated Democrat Mary Sue Terry, the former Attorney General of Virginia, for the position of Governor. Born: Katsyaryna Andreeva, Belarusian journalist; in Minsk, Belarus Tobias Borg, Swedish professional basketball player; in Södertälje, Sweden Ignacio Caroca, Chilean footballer; in Curicó, Chile Harvey Dixon, Gibraltarian middle-distance runner; in Nice, France Marianne Fortier, Canadian actress; in Val-Bélair, Quebec, Canada Edoardo Goldaniga, Italian footballer; in Milan, Italy Ryan Ingraham, Bahamian high jumper Dimitrios Kourbelis, Greek footballer; in Korakovouni, Arcadia, Greece Dražen Luburić, Serbian volleyball player; in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nico Müller, German Olympic weightlifter; in Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Víctor Ruiz, Spanish footballer; in Valencia, Spain
Wednesday, November 3, 1993 In Chicago, Illinois, the partial collapse of a post office building under construction killed two construction workers and injured five. The prototype for Sonic The Hedgehog 3 was created. Born: Ezgi Dağdelenler, Turkish volleyball player; in Ankara, Turkey Rodrigo Ely, Brazilian footballer; in Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Kenny Golladay, National Football League wide receiver; in Chicago, Illinois Josh Griffiths, Welsh marathon runner Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (born Kaleena Jordan Lewis), American professional basketball player; in Pomona, California George Odum, National Football League safety; in Millington, Tennessee Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player; in Florence, Italy Died: Leon Theremin (born Lev Sergeyevich Termen), 97, Russian and Soviet inventor of the theremin
Thursday, November 4, 1993
China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overran the runway at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong; there were no fatalities. Jean Chrétien became the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. The National Basketball Association awarded its 28th franchise to Toronto. The new team would be named the Toronto Raptors in May 1994. Born: Michael Gogl, Austrian cyclist; in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria Julien Laporte, French footballer; in Clermont-Ferrand, France Moira Dela Torre, Filipino singer-songwriter Luo Jing, Chinese footballer; in Guiyang, Guizhou, China Obinna Oleka, American professional basketball player; in Washington, D.C. Andrus Peat, National Football League guard; in Mesa, Arizona Alejandro Peñaranda, Colombian footballer; in Jamundí, Colombia (d. 2018, shot) Elisabeth Seitz, German Olympic artistic gymnast; in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Jordan Smith, American singer and songwriter; in Whitley County, Kentucky Drew Starkey, American actor; in Hickory, North Carolina
Friday, November 5, 1993 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Railways Act 1993, setting out the procedures for privatisation of British Rail. Born: Ignacio González (born Juan Ignacio González Brazeiro), Uruguayan footballer; in Paysandú, Uruguay Jesús Jiménez, Spanish footballer; in Leganés, Spain Shy Martin (born Sara Hjellström), Swedish singer and songwriter; in Lerdala, Sweden Leila Mimmack, English actress; in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Mbagnick Ndiaye, Senegalese Olympic judoka Stoichkov (born Juan Diego Molina Martínez), Spanish footballer; in Los Barrios, Spain Hideya Tawada, Japanese actor and model; in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Saturday, November 6, 1993 The 1993 New Zealand general election was held. The Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II boxing match was held at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada. Holyfield won by majority decision. During Round 7 of the fight, parachutist James Miller crashed his paraglider into the side of the ring; he was knocked unconscious by fans and security and taken to a local hospital. Born: Rebeka Abramovič, Slovenian basketball player; in Ljubljana, Slovenia Toni Datković, Croatian footballer; in Zagreb, Croatia Thalita de Jong, Dutch cyclist; in Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands Carina Doyle, Australian-born New Zealand Olympic swimmer; in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Dearica Hamby, American professional basketball player Ryuji Izumi, Japanese footballer; in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan Ante Majstorović, Croatian footballer; in Zagreb, Croatia Fausto Masnada, Italian cyclist; in Bergamo, Italy Emmanuel Ogbah, Nigerian-American National Football League defensive end; in Lagos, Nigeria Héctor Sáez, Spanish cyclist; in Caudete, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain Joe Schobert, National Football League linebacker; in Waukesha, Wisconsin Dominik Starkl, Austrian footballer; in Sankt Pölten, Austria Isaac Viñales, Spanish motorcycle racer; in Llançà, Spain Josh Wakefield, English footballer; in Frimley, Surrey, England Erdoğan Yeşilyurt, Turkish-German footballer; in Euskirchen, Germany
Sunday, November 7, 1993
Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide Street Circuit. This would prove to be the last race Senna finished before his death on May 1, 1994. It was also Alain Prost's final Formula One Grand Prix before his retirement; Senna embraced his longtime rival on the award podium. Born: Charity Adule, Nigerian footballer; in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria Claudiu Belu, Romanian footballer; in Timișoara, Romania Dóra Bodonyi, Hungarian Olympic champion sprint canoeist; in Szarvas, Hungary Jürgen Locadia, Dutch footballer; in Emmen, Netherlands Arthur Masuaku (born Fuka-Arthur Masuaku Kawela), French footballer; in Lille, France Ronen Rubinstein, Israeli-American actor, writer, director and singer; in Rehovot, Israel Tan Ya-ting, Taiwanese Olympic archer; in Hsinchu, Taiwan Stefano Tonut, Italian professional basketball player; in Cantù, Italy Died: Adelaide Hall, 92, American jazz singer and entertainer, old age Terris Moore, 85, American explorer and mountaineer, president of the University of Alaska, heart attack
Monday, November 8, 1993 In the early morning hours, burglars lowered themselves through the roof of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden, to commit a $52 million robbery, stealing five paintings and a sculpture by Pablo Picasso and two paintings by Georges Braque. After negotiating with the thieves for a year, the museum would recover all of the Picasso paintings and one of the Braque paintings. Born: Cody Arens, American actor; in Richmond, Vermont Bence Batik, Hungarian footballer; in Szeged, Hungary Felipe Campos, Chilean footballer; in Santiago, Chile Kevin Giovesi, Italian racing driver; in Rho, Lombardy, Italy Maryna Ivashchanka, Belarusian basketball player; in Rechytsa, Belarus Sinead Jack, Trinidad and Tobago volleyball player; in Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago Livio Jean-Charles, French professional basketball player; in Cayenne, French Guiana, France Przemek Karnowski, Polish professional basketball player; in Bydgoszcz, Poland Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer; in Glasgow, Scotland Emil Nielsen, Danish footballer; in Store Merløse, Denmark Santeri Paloniemi, Finnish Olympic alpine skier; in Kuusamo, Finland Song Ui-young, South Korean-born Singaporean footballer; in Incheon, South Korea Lauren Young, Filipino-American actress; in Alexandria, Virginia
Tuesday, November 9, 1993 The Special Tactics and Rescue Unit of the Singapore Police Force was commissioned. Bosnian Croat forces destroyed the Stari Most, or Old Bridge of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by tank fire. Born: Semi Ajayi (born Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi), English footballer; in Crayford, England Halil Akbunar, Turkish footballer; in Konak, İzmir, Turkey Ultan Dillane, Irish rugby union player; in Paris, France Pete Dunne (born Peter Thomas England), English professional wrestler and promoter; in Birmingham, England Satyawart Kadian, Indian wrestler; in Rohtak, Haryana, India Bantu Mzwakali, South African footballer; in Cape Town, South Africa Died: Stanley Myers, 63, British film composer, cancer
Wednesday, November 10, 1993 The Parliament of Singapore passed the Fire Safety Act to ensure safety of buildings in the event of fires. A bus carrying tourists to Canterbury Cathedral crashed on the M2 motorway in Kent, England, killing the driver and 9 passengers and injuring more than 30. Seven climbers and three guides were lost in an avalanche on Chimborazo in Ecuador. Born: Simon Adjei, Swedish footballer Mamadama Bangoura, Guinean Olympic judoka Céline Boutier, French professional golfer; in Clamart, France Daieishō Hayato (born Hayato Takanishi), Japanese sumo wrestler; in Asaka, Saitama, Japan Jobby Justin, Indian footballer; in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Rogen Ladon, Filipino Olympic boxer; in Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines Ben Malango, Congolese footballer; in Kinshasa, Zaire Srđan Mijailović, Serbian footballer; in Požega, Republic of Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matej Mitrović, Croatian footballer; in Požega, Croatia Ibrahim Moro, Ghanaian footballer; in Accra, Ghana Maodo Nguirane, Senegalese basketball player; in Yeumbeul, Senegal Azusa Tadokoro, Japanese voice actress and singer; in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan Died: Alberto Breccia, 74, Argentine comics artist and writer
Thursday, November 11, 1993