1993 Ryder Cup
The 30th Ryder Cup Matches were held in England at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire, near Sutton Coldfield. The United States team won a second consecutive Ryder Cup, by a margin of 15 to 13 points. Europe took a slender one point lead into the Sunday singles matches in what was a close contest. Davis Love III secured victory for the U.S. by defeating Costantino Rocca at the last hole, 1 up. Through 2018, this is the most recent U.S. victory in Europe and also the last time the U.S. retained the Cup.


1993 Ryder Cup
This was the first Ryder Cup played in Europe to be televised live in the United States by a major network, NBC. The 1989 edition was carried by the USA Network on cable, with video provided by the BBC. The U.S. television coverage in 1985 was a highlight show on ESPN in early November, over a month after its completion. NBC took over live weekend coverage in 1991 in South Carolina.


1993 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format predominantly used from 1987 to 1999 was as follows:


1993 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes - matches that were level after 18 holes were deemed a draw with half a point going to each team.


1993 Ryder Cup, Teams
The selection process for the European team remained similar to that used since 1985, with nine players chosen from a money list at the conclusion of the Volvo German Open on 29 August and the remaining three team members being chosen soon afterwards by the team captain. The beginning of the qualifying period was, however, extended to start with the Canon European Masters in Switzerland at the beginning of September 1992 rather than starting in January 1993. The change was made so that there would be more opportunities for the leading players to qualify by right.


1993 Ryder Cup, Teams
In 1991 two of the three captain's picks were given to José María Olazábal and Nick Faldo, then ranked two and three in the world, who had played most of their golf in the US and did not qualify automatically. A few European players declined invitations to the 1993 PGA Championship to play in the Hohe Brücke Austrian Open in order to gain Ryder Cup points. At this time prize money in the major championships played in the USA did not earn Ryder Cup points.


1993 Ryder Cup, Teams
Prior to the final event Sam Torrance had to withdraw from the final event because of injury but none of the other challengers for automatic places were able to pass him. Joakim Haeggman tied for 6th place in the German Open and rose from 14th to 10th place in the points list while Ronan Rafferty tied for 20th place and finished 11th. Gallacher made his picks on 30 August. It was widely expected that he would choose Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal as two of his selections and most interest centred on whether he would select Haeggman or Rafferty.


1993 Ryder Cup, Teams
Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1993 Ryder Cup.


1993 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


1993 Réunionese Regional Council election
Early Regional Council elections were held in Réunion in June 1993. The Free Dom party remained the largest on the Council, winning 12 of the 45 seats.


1993 Réunionese Regional Council election, Background
Following the 1992 elections, Free Dom formed an alliance with Communist Party, with the two holding 26 seats. Free Dom leader Camille Sudre was subsequently elected President of the Council with a majority of 27 votes.


1993 Réunionese Regional Council election, Background
However, the Socialist Party launched an appeal against the election results, make accusations of media bias due to Radio Free-DOM, owned by Sudre, had campaigned in his favour. In May 1993 the French Conseil d'Etat annulled the results of the elections, and fresh elections were arranged for the following month.


1993 Réunionese Regional Council election, Background
Margie Sudre, wife of Camille, took over as lead candidate on the Free Dom list.


1993 Réunionese Regional Council election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Margie Sudre was elected President of the Council, receiving the support of the Communist Party of Réunion and three Socialist Party councillors.


1993 SANFL Grand Final
The 1993 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Woodville-West Torrens defeating Norwood by 73 points. The match was played on Saturday 2 October 1993 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 42,719.


1993 SANFL Grand Final
This was Woodville-West Torrens first grand final appearance, and their first premiership. This was the also the first premiership for West Torrens since 1953, and the first premiership for Woodville after 29 years in the SANFL competition.


1993 SANFL season
The 1993 SANFL season was the 114th season of the highest level Australian rules football Competition in South Australia.


1993 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge
The 1993 SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge season was the fourth running of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. The D class from 1992 was dropped. Lotus got its final series win, after which the brand would eventually be removed from the American market for several years before returning with the Elise.


1993 SEC Championship Game
The 1993 SEC Championship Game was won by the Florida Gators 28–13 over the Alabama Crimson Tide. The game was played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 4, 1993, and was televised to a national audience on ABC.


1993 SEC Championship Game
In the 1993 SEC Championship game the Western Division was represented by the Alabama Crimson Tide even though they finished second in the division. The first place Auburn Tigers were on NCAA probation which prohibited them from participating in post season games. Alabama later had their 1993 season affected by the NCAA when in 1995, the NCAA found Antonio Langham guilty of receiving improper benefits after signing with an agent following the 1992 season, forcing Alabama to forfeit all games in which Langham played. Officially, Alabama finished the 1993 season with a 1–12 record, winning only their bowl game.


1993 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 11–14, 1993 in downtown Lexington, Kentucky at Rupp Arena, the home court of the University of Kentucky Wildcats. Tournament coverage was provided in its entirety by Jefferson Pilot Sports, who at the time was in its sixth season with regional syndication rights to the SEC. Tom Hammond and Ed Murphy provided play-by-play commentary.


1993 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Kentucky Wildcats won the SEC Tournament championship to, and received the SEC’s automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament by defeating the LSU Tigers by a score of 82–65.


1993 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1993 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1993 college football season.


1993 Sacramento Gold Miners season
The 1993 Sacramento Gold Miners finished in 5th place in the West Division with a 6–12 record and missed the playoffs. In 1993, the Canadian Football League admitted its first U.S. franchise, the Sacramento Gold Miners (formerly the Sacramento Surge of the WLAF), in an attempt to broaden Canadian football's popular appeal and boost league revenues.


1993 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 1993 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. This was the first season they competed at the Division I-AA level, as they had previously been at the Division II level.


1993 Sacramento State Hornets football team
Sacramento State competed in the inaugural season of American West Conference (AWC). They had previously played in the Western Football Conference (WFC), which folded after the 1993 season. The Hornets were led by first-year head coach Mike Clemons and played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. The team finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 2–2 WFC). Overall Sacramento State was outscored by its opponents 232–319 for the season.


1993 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL
No Sacramento State players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.


1993 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 29 November 1993. No party won a majority, and although the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party received the most votes, the People's Action Movement remained in power.


1993 Salem Open-Beijing
The 1993 Salem Open-Beijing was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It is the 1st edition of the China Open, and is part of the World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. The event was held at the Beijing International Tennis Center in Beijing, China. The event took place from October 18 to October 24. Michael Chang won the singles title.


1993 Salem Open-Beijing, Finals, Doubles
Paul Annacone /  Doug Flach defeated  Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis, 7–6, 6–3


1993 Salem Open-Beijing – Doubles
Paul Annacone and Doug Flach won the title, defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 6–3 in the final.


1993 Salem Open-Beijing – Singles
Michael Chang won the title, beating Greg Rusedski 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4 in the final.


1993 Sammarinese general election
General elections were held in San Marino on 13 May 1993. The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 26 of the 60 seats in the Grand and General Council.


1993 Sammarinese general election, Electoral system
Voters had to be citizens of San Marino and at least 18 years old.


1993 San Diego Chargers season
The 1993 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 34th season, their 33rd in San Diego, and 24th in the National Football League.


1993 San Diego Chargers season
The 1993 season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record in 1992. Instead, they slipped to an 8-8 record. A tougher schedule made wins harder to come by - their beaten opponents averaged a 0.500 win percentage, compared to 0.369 the year before.


1993 San Diego Chargers season
Uncertainty at the quarterback position contributed to a slow start. Stan Humphries suffered a shoulder injury in preseason, and posted a quarterback rating of just 46.12 through the first four games; John Friesz replaced him, posting better numbers but going 2-4 as a starter. Humphries returned for the final six games with a greatly improved rating of 90.7, and San Diego won four of them, but missed the playoffs by a single win.


1993 San Diego Chargers season
The pass-catching corps were largely unchanged. Anthony Miller led the team in all major receiving categories (84 receptions, 1162 yards, 7 touchdowns), while Ronnie Harmon had 73 catches out of the backfield. Marion Butts (746 yards, 4 touchdowns) split time in the backfield with rookie Natrone Means (645 yards, 8 touchdowns). On defense, the leaders were Leslie O'Neal (12.0 sacks), Junior Seau (129 tackles), and Darren Carrington (7 interceptions, plus 1 fumble recovery).


1993 San Diego Chargers season
Veteran cornerback Gill Byrd missed the entire season with injury and retired - in his absence, San Diego dropped from 9th in the league to dead last against the pass. Kicker John Carney started the season in fine form, running the consecutive field goal streak he'd started in 1992 up to a new NFL record of 29. His form slipped as the season wore on, and he finished on 31 field goals from 40 attempts.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1
In a game with no offensive touchdowns, John Carney's six field goals brought San Diego their first opening day win for seven years. They had to overcome a terrible start, Stan Humphries' second pass attempt of the season being batted in the air by Cortez Kennedy for Joe Nash to intercept and return 13 yards for a touchdown. Humphries was intercepted again only three plays later, but Seattle missed a field goal, and the Charger offense began to move the ball. Four consecutive field goal drives had them up 12-10 at the half.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1
Marion Butts rushed for 87 yards on 15 carries, but had to leave the game early in the 3rd quarter. Still, the Chargers managed two more Carney kicks, the latter making it a two score game with just 5:35 to play. The Seahawks responded with a drive deep into Charger territory, but Burt Grossman recovered a fumble at the two. Charger punter John Kidd then gave up an intentional safety as time expired.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1
Carney's six field goals were a club record; he had successes from 50 and 51 yards out, becoming the first Charger with two 50+ yard field goals in the same game. Humphries wasn't intercepted again after the first two possession, but completed only 13 of 30 for 123 yards and a 27.5 QB rating.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
The Chargers' first loss of the season arrived after a comeback attempt faltered. Two John Elway touchdown passes either side of an Eric Bieniemy fumble helped Denver lead 17-0 at halftime. Cornerback Marquez Pope played a key role in shifting momentum after the break, intercepting a pass and forcing a fumble on consecutive Bronco possessions. Both turnovers set the Chargers up with excellent field position, and both chances were converted, Humphries hitting Derrick Walker and Nate Lewis for touchdowns.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
Now trailing only 17-14, San Diego were close to a stop on the next drive, but Elway converted a 3rd and 19 with a 46 yard completion to the one yard line. Ex-Charger Rod Bernstine scored a play later. Following an exchange of field goals, Humphries was intercepted and Denver iced the win.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2
Nate Lewis had 10 receptions and 119 yards, both career highs.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
It was déjà vu for the Chargers, as John Carney kicked six field goals for the second consecutive home game. San Diego's defense played a huge role throughout the game; in the first half, Darren Carrington and Junior Seau both intercepted Warren Moon, either side of a Carrington fumble recovery. Each of these takeaways was converted into a field goal. Carney's third, from 27 yards out, gave him a streak of 26 consecutive regular season successes, stretching back to the previous season. This broke an NFL record set by Morten Andersen only a week earlier.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
Moon got Houston in the end zone on their next drive, then Humphries threw his second pick six of the season, and it was 14-9 at the break. Humphries continued to struggle in the 3rd quarter, and was pulled for John Friesz, who completed a 47 yard pass downfield to Nate Lewis on his very first play. That set up Carney's fourth kick. Moon was intercepted on the next two Houston possessions: the first of these, by Sean Vanhorse, ended an Oiler threat; the second was Seau again, and led to Carney's fifth field goal and a 15-14 lead.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
Moon was also benched at this point - his backup Cody Carlson drove Houston to a 3rd and 2 at the San Diego 8, whereupon a touchdown pass to Haywood Jeffires was incorrectly ruled to have been out of bounds. As a result, the Oliers settled for a field goal, and led by only two points with 4:59 to play. Friesz then completed four passes for 46 yards, as San Diego went 75 yards in 13 plays, culminating in Carney's final kick with just 3 seconds on the clock.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3
Humphries finished with just 7 completions from 26 attempts, for 73 yards and an interception, for a 23.6 QB rating.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5
Stan Humphries struggled again, and the Chargers slipped to 2-2. They trailed 7-0 when John Carney missed a 48 yard field goal, bringing his streak of consecutive kicks without a miss to an end at 29 (a record since surpassed). A Marion Butts run levelled the scores, but Humphries threw two interceptions thereafter as the Seahawks pulled away.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5
This time, Humphries completed 12 of 27 for 141 yards, with a QB rating of 30.0; three of the six worst ratings of his career came in the first four games of this season. John Friesz, who came in and threw a consolation score to Anthony Miller, was named the starter for the next game.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
John Friesz struggled on his first start of the season, hindered by a rushing attack which could gain only 19 yards on 20 carries. Still, the defense kept them in the game at half time, trailing only 6-3. On the first Charger drive of the 3rd quarter, Friesz executed a successful QB sneak on 4th and 1, earning a 1st and goal at the 8. However, Kevin Greene hit Friesz as he threw on the next play, causing a goal line interception and knocking the quarterback out of the game with a concussion.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6
Humphries came in, but was soon sacked by Greg Lloyd, causing a fumble which Levon Kirkland recovered and ran in for the game's only touchdown. San Diego finished with 138 yards, their worst tally for 16 years.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
San Diego dropped a thriller to lose their third straight. Shortly after Anthony Miller had an 89 yard touchdown reception chalked off for a Harry Swayne hold, the Chiefs opened the scoring, veterans Joe Montana and Marcus Allen combing from 15 yards out. The Chargers were forced to punt on their next possession, but John Kidd's monster 67 yard kick pinned Kansas City at their own three. This shift in field position set San Diego up for a 36 yard touchdown drive, rookie Natrone Means powering over the goal line for his first career touchdown. Montana and Friesz then exchanged interceptions, before a Nick Lowery field goal made it 10-7 at the break.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
John Carney had a chance to tie the scores in the 3rd quarter, but saw his kick blocked. Early in the 4th, Darrien Gordon returned a punt 54 yards to the three, and Miller caught the go-ahead touchdown pass on 3rd and goal. Lowery then hit the upright from 35 yards out, before Carney had another one blocked. Taking over on the 20 with 3:27 to play, Montana then led his team on the game-winning drive, converting a 4th and 10 along the way. Allen scored from a yard out with 1:57 remaining. Friesz also managed to convert a 4th and 10, but then threw four consecutive incompletions from the Kansas City 47.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7
Anthony Miller caught 6 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown. This result broke a string of nine consecutive home wins for San Diego, including one in the playoffs.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9
Donald Frank's 102 yard interception return gave the Chargers a much-needed win. Los Angeles got off to an ideal start, Jeff Hostetler finding Tim Brown for a 71 yard touchdown on their very first play. San Diego responded quickly with Anthony Miller's 29 yard touchdown reception on the next drive. Following an exchange of field goals, it was 10-10 at halftime.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9
The Hostetler-to-Brown connection produced another long touchdown in the 3rd quarter (38 yards); San Diego again responded on the ensuing drive, Shawn Jefferson gaining 33 yards on a reverse before Butts ran it in from 12 yards out. Hostetler, who passed for 424 yards on the day, moved his team to the Charger 5 with a 55 yard completion, but threw his next pass straight at Frank, who ran the length of the field for an easy touchdown. Gary Plummer intercepted Hostetler on the next drive, and the teams traded field goals through the final quarter.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9
While Friesz only threw for 162 yards, the rushing duo of Means and Butts gained 68 and 64 yards respectively.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
A balanced offensive performance saw the Chargers even their record at 4-4. A short TD run by Butts opened the scoring, and San Diego led 10-3 at the break. A 66 yard strike from Friesz to Miller extended the advantage, but John Carney missed the conversion, and back-to-back touchdown drives by Minnesota put the Vikings up by a point.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
San Diego regained control with a trio of 4th quarter turnovers. First, Sean Vanhorse intercepted Sean Salisbury, and Means put the Chargers ahead seven plays later. On the ensuing kickoff, Marquez Pope forced a fumble, and Friesz found Shawn Jefferson for the Chargers' second score in barely a minute. Finally, Chris Mims knocked the ball from Salisbury's hands, with Leslie O'Neal recovering to end the final Viking threat.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10
Friesz went 20 of 32 for 268 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, while Miller caught 7 balls for 142 yards and one score. Means had 17 carries for 105 yards and a touchdown - the first 100-yard game of his career.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11
John Carney's late miss saw the Chargers drop a close game. San Diego sent their field goal unit onto the field at the end of their first three drives. The first two times, Carney attempted kicks - one successful, one blocked. The third time, holder John Kidd swept around left end for a touchdown and a 10-0 lead. Chicago then took charge, three field goals and a Jim Harbaugh touchdown pass putting them up 16-10 late in the 3rd quarter. The Chargers converted three 3rd downs and a 4th down on their next drive, but were eventually forced to settle for a field goal.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11
Plummer then intercepted Harbaugh in Charger territory, and Friesz led a 46 yard drive. However, Carney's kick missed badly to the left with 1:11 to play, and Chicago ran the clock out.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12
Los Angeles dominated several key statistics, even if the final score was close. The Raiders had more yards (428 to 154) plays (81 to 42) and time of possession (41:48 to 18:12). The tone was set by the opening drive of the game, as LA went 86 yards in 19 plays, taking 11:22 before stalling at the goal line and kicking a field goal. They had to settle for 3 points on three further red zone visits - a pair of turnovers also kept the score down.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12
For the Chargers, John Friesz struggled during his rare visits to the field, going 3 of 8 for 38 yards, and getting sacked twice. Stan Humphries came in at halftime, but saw a 44 yard completion to Shawn Jefferson wiped out by an offensive pass interference penalty, and couldn't breech the Raider red zone until late on in the game. After the fourth Raider field goal, Humphries threw six straight completions for 73 yards, the final nine coming on a touchdown to Nate Lewis. However, there was only 1:53 to play - the Raiders recovered an onside kick and only 14 seconds remained when San Diego got the ball back, whereupon Humphries was intercepted.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
The Charger defense had three takeaways while imposing a Monday Night shutout. Indianapolis drove to a first down at the Charger 26 on the game's first possession, but Stanley Richard intercepted an underthrown HB option pass, and there were few threats thereafter.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
Stan Humphries had a successful return to the starting lineup, going 16 of 25 for 216 yards, and 2nd quarter touchdowns to Jefferson and Lewis. In the second half, Chris Mims and Junior Seau recovered a pair of fumbles, which San Diego turned into rushing touchdowns by Butts and Eric Bieniemy. In total, the Chargers rolled up 247 yards on the ground.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13
It was the second consecutive season in which San Diego shut out the Colts.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14
John Carney kicked the winner, as both he and the Chargers overcame their early errors. In the first half, Carney missed two long field goals, and a Nate Lewis touchdown was negated by a penalty. San Diego were also fooled by a fake field goal, and it was 10-0 Denver at the break.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14
Darren Carrington intercepted John Elway on the first play of the second half, and the tide began to turn, the turnover leading to a successful field goal, before Means tied the scores early in the 4th quarter. After Denver missed a field goal and both team punted, the Chargers began their final possession on their own 5 yard line. Following an eight yard run by Means, Humphries threw on 10 consecutive plays, completing 7 passes for 72 yards. Carney's decisive kick came from 34 yards out with 3 seconds left.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15
San Diego's playoff chances took a knock, as Green Bay edged a hard-fought encounter. The Packers took an early 7-0 lead, after which both sides kicked two field goals, and Brett Favre and Stan Humphries were intercepted on consecutive plays - it was 13-6 at the break.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15
Early in the 3rd quarter, Humphries led his team to a 4th and 4 at the Green Bay 34. They opted to go for it, but Humphries was sacked, and the Packers soon doubled their lead. A Nate Lewis reception soon had San Diego back in the game, after which they crossed midfield twice more, but could produce no further points. Means was stopped for a loss on 4th and 1 from the 37, and Humphries threw an interception on 2nd and 9 from the 43 with 2:29 on the clock.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15
In total, Humphries completed 27 of a career-high 51 attempts, for 257 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions. Anthony Millar had 8 catches for 103 yards.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16
The Chargers were officially eliminated from playoff contention, after losing a topsy-turvy struggle. They a dream start, Donald Frank intercepting Joe Montana on the very first play from scrimmage, and Stan Humphries throwing a 28 yard touchdown to Ronnie Harmon three plays later. Humphries was knocked out of the game with a concussion, but the big plays kept coming, Plummer forcing a fumble which Mims recovered, setting up a Carney field goal. When blocking tight end Duane Young caught his first career touchdown pass from Friesz, it was 17-0 three seconds into the 2nd quarter.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16
The Chiefs responded quickly, scoring 14 points on their next two drives, and turning a Gordon fumble and Friesz interception into 14 more after half time. The tide then turned San Diego's way, with consecutive drives into the red zone - they turned the ball over on downs the first time, but quickly forced a punt and scored through Means.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16
The final Charger drive began on their own 28 with 2:07 to play. Friesz completed four consecutive passes to reach a first down at the Kansas City 32, but threw straight at Albert Lewis on the next play for a game-sealing interception.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17
After scoring only six touchdowns in their previous seven home games, the Chargers exploded for six in a single night, routing the playoff-chasing Dolphins and avenging their recent playoff defeat. The biggest scoring plays came in the 2nd quarter. First, Natrone Means burst through the line and outran the secondary for a 65 yard touchdown, his second of the game. Then, with five seconds to play in the half, the Chargers reached the Dolphin 41 with five seconds to play in the half. Humphries lofted a Hail Mary that was deflected in the air and grabbed by Anthony Miller just before he stepped out of the end zone. Harmon, Miller and Means added further scores in a processional second half.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17
Humphries finished 19 of 29 for 248 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, a QB rating of 126.8. Miller had 7 catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns; Means carried 18 times for 118 yards and scored three times. On defense, Darren Carrington had two interceptions while Donald Frank added a third.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 18
A strong finish saw the Chargers level their record at 8-8. A 48 yard Anthony Miller touchdown opened the scoring, and the Chargers led 13-3 at halftime. After San Diego botched a fake field, the game turned Tampa Bay's way, and they led 17-16 with 8:26 to play. John Carney's fourth field goal of the game restored the Chargers lead, before they converted a pair of interceptions into touchdowns by Duane Young and Natrone Means.


1993 San Diego Chargers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 18
Humphries had another strong showing: 18 of 30, for 272 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. Anthony Miller caught 7 passes for 119 yards and his 40th and final touchdown as a Charger.


1993 San Diego Padres season
The 1993 San Diego Padres season was the 25th season in franchise history.


1993 San Diego Padres season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1993 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 1993 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).


1993 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill, in his fourth year. They played home games at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California. The Aztecs offense scored 413 points while the defense allowed 392 points. They completed the season with a record of six wins, six losses (6–6, 4–4 WAC).


1993 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1993, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1993 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1993 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 44th season in the National Football League and their 48th overall. The 49ers appeared in the NFC Championship Game for the second consecutive season and for the fifth time in six seasons. For the first time since 1978, Joe Montana was not on their active roster; specifically, the 49ers had traded him away to the Chiefs in April.


1993 San Francisco 49ers season, Playoffs, NFC Divisional Game vs. New York Giants
Ricky Watters was the story of the game as he rushed for an NFL record 5 touchdowns. He had 118 yards rushing on 24 attempts, along with 5 catches for 46 yards. The Giants were never in the game. The 49ers handed the Giants their worst playoff loss in their history, eclipsing their 37–0 loss to the Packers in 1961.


1993 San Francisco 49ers season, Playoffs, NFC Championship Game vs. Dallas Cowboys
For the second year in a row, the 49ers met the Cowboys in the NFC Championship game. And just like the year before, the Cowboys were victorious. The 49ers kept it close in the 2nd quarter, as Steve Young tossed a touchdown pass to Tom Rathman to tie the game at 7. But the Cowboys would explode with 21 consecutive points to go up 28–7 at halftime. The game was put out of reach late in the 3rd quarter when a 42-yard touchdown pass from Bernie Kosar to Alvin Harper put the Cowboys up 35–14. With the loss, the 49ers finish the year at a disappointing 11–7.


1993 San Francisco Giants season
The 1993 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 111th season in Major League Baseball, their 36th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 34th season at Candlestick Park. In the offseason, Barry Bonds left the Pittsburgh Pirates to sign a lucrative free agent contract worth a then-record $43.75 million over 6 years with the Giants, with whom his father, Bobby Bonds, spent the first 7 years of his career, and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons.


1993 San Francisco Giants season
The deal was, at that time, the largest in baseball history, in terms of both total value and average annual salary. To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25 once he signed with the Giants, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco. (His number during most of his stay with the Pirates, 24, was already retired in honor of Mays.) Bonds hit .336 in 1993, leading the league with 46 home runs and 123 RBI en route to his second consecutive MVP award and third overall (of an eventual seven).


1993 San Francisco Giants season
As good as the Giants were (winning 103 games), the Atlanta Braves won 104 in what some call the last great pennant race (due to the Wild Card being instituted the following season). After leading the National League West by ten games on July 22, and still holding a 7.5-game lead a month later, the Giants went 6–15 and relinquished the division lead to the Braves.


1993 San Francisco Giants season
The Giants then went on a 14–2 run, which left them tied with the Braves with one game remaining, which they lost 12–1 to the 80–81 Los Angeles Dodgers to become the only National League team to win 100 or more games and not make the playoffs in the divisional play era.


1993 San Francisco Giants season, Offseason
On November 10, 1992, National League owners voted 9-4 against allowing Giants owner Bob Lurie to sell the team for $115 million to a Tampa Bay group, which would have moved the Giants to the Florida Suncoast Dome in time for the 1993 season.


1993 San Francisco Giants season, Regular season
During the season, John Burkett and Bill Swift would be the last pitchers to win at least 20 games in one season for the Giants in the 20th Century.


1993 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg.= Batting average


1993 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Starting pitchers
Note: G= Games pitched; IP= Innings pitched: W= Wins; L= Losses; ERA= Earned run average; SO= Strikeouts


1993 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Starting pitchers, Other pitchers
Note: G= Games pitched; IP= innings pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV= Saves; ERA= Earned Run Average; SO= Strikeouts


1993 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1993 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1993 NCAA Division II football season.


1993 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Gators were led by second-year head coach Dick Mannini. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–3 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 212–286.


1993 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.


1993 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1993 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference. The team was led by head coach John Ralston, in his first year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1993 season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 2–4 Big West).


1993 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Jose State Spartans were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.


1993 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1993, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix
The 1993 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 25 April 1993. It was the fourth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix
The 61-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Prost's teammate Damon Hill led the early stages of the race before suffering a brake failure. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Benetton-Ford, with Martin Brundle third in a Ligier-Renault.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The Williamses were 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Senna, Wendlinger and Andretti. Both McLaren drivers collided with the barrier after experiencing active suspension problems.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Only 0.176 seconds separated 5th to 11th place on the grid.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Prost was passed by Hill and Senna (who had already got ahead of Schumacher). Hill led Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Wendlinger and Andretti at the end of lap 1.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hill pulled away quickly while Senna held up Prost. Prost passed Senna on lap 8 and set off after Hill. It was time for the stops and Senna got ahead of Prost in these stops. On lap 17, Prost audaciously overtook both Hill and Senna at Tosa in the presence of backmarkers. At the same time, Senna got ahead of Hill. Hill didn't last long, retiring with brake failure on lap 21. Both McLarens soon went out, Andretti from fifth on lap 33 by spinning off and Senna from second on lap 43 with a hydraulic failure.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race
In between, Alesi, who took fifth after Andretti's spin retired with clutch failure. After being held up by Suzuki's Footwork, a large battle took place between Lehto and the two Lotuses of Herbert and Zanardi. Zanardi locked his front brakes into the final chicane, overshooting and ripping an oil line. Rejoining the circuit with the rear of the car on fire, he shortly retired on the approach to Tamburello.


1993 San Marino Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher was now second and Wendlinger was third but Wendlinger retired with engine failure on lap 49, giving third to Brundle. Prost won from Schumacher, Brundle, Lehto, Philippe Alliot and Barbazza.


1993 San Marino Open
The 1993 San Marino Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Centro Tennis Cassa de Risparmio in the City of San Marino, San Marino that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the third and last edition of the WTA San Marino and was held from 26 July until 1 August 1993. Unseeded Marzia Grossi won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.


1993 San Marino Open, Finals, Doubles
Anna-Maria Cecchini /  Patricia Tarabini defeated  Florencia Labat /  Barbara Rittner 6–3, 6–2


1993 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1993 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 July 1993, at the Mugello Circuit.


1993 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Doug Chandler crashes in qualifying and briefly loses consciousness, which automatically DQd him from the race.


1993 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Mick Doohan’s 3rd pole in a row. Doohan takes the start from Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz.


1993 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Down the straight, Rainey is extending his leg as if he has a problem.


1993 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
The lead is a 2-man battle, and Doohan almost highsides on the turn leading to the straight and lets Schwantz through for the lead. They swap the front many times, but Schwantz develops a tire problem and nurses it home to 2nd. In the battle with Schwantz, Doohan demonstrates that any lingering weakness from Assen '92 isn't enough to prevent him from riding at the highest level.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season
The 1993 San Miguel Beermen season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
The entry of Allan Caidic to the already-talented lineup of San Miguel Beermen reunites him with his former NCC teammates Samboy Lim, Hector Calma, Franz Pumaren and Yves Dignadice. Along with last season's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Ato Agustin, the Beermen now formed a threesome combo with Caidic, Lim and Agustin and were installed as heavy favorites to bag the All-Filipino crown.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
On March 2, Allan Caidic debut in San Miguel uniform as the star studded Beermen prevailed over Coney Island (formerly Purefoods), 106-98. As expected, San Miguel finish on top of the eliminations with eight wins and two defeats, losing only to newcomer Sta.Lucia Realtors and to Coney Island in the last playing date of the elimination round. The Beermen are tied with Swift after the round-robin quarterfinals among five teams with 10 wins and four losses. They advanced into the final playoffs with Coney Island by winning over Sta.Lucia Realtors, three games to one, in their best-of-five semifinal series. In the All-Filipino Cup championship rematch, the Beermen lost in six games to the equally talented Coney Island Ice Cream Stars.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
The high-leaping Patrick Durham, a second round draftee by the Dallas Mavericks in 1989 and the MVP of the CBA All-Star game in the previous year, was their import in the Commissioner's Cup. The Beermen are tied with Purefoods, Shell and Alaska, going into the last playing date of the semifinals on August 22. The Beermen eliminates Shell from the finals race with a 91-82 win, setting up a sudden-death playoff with Purefoods Oodles, which beat Alaska in the first game of a knockout double-header. San Miguel lost to Purefoods, 101-119, in a playoff match for the right to face Swift in the championship series.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
Kenny Travis return for the Governor's Cup and scored 49 points in San Miguel's 129-107 win over Sta.Lucia in the opening game on September 26. The Beermen nip Swift, 112-110, in their next game on October 1 in an early clash of top favorites.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
San Miguel finish with the best record in the eliminations with eight wins and two losses, they dropped their first two games in the semifinals, but won their next four assignments and assured itself of a first finals berth with their 12th win in 16 games, winning over Swift for the third time in the conference, 95-89 on November 23.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
San Miguel battled the Swift Mighty Meaties, who were looking for their second straight title in the season, for the Governor's Cup crown. Behind eventual best import winner Kenny Travis, which got the better of his match-up with the high-scoring Tony Harris, the Beermen surprisingly won the finals series in just five games and clinch their 10th PBA title.


1993 San Miguel Beermen season, Commissioner's Cup / Governor's Cup roster
Assistant coaches: Filomeno Pumaren / Joseph Uichico Team Manager: Eddie Veneracion


1993 Sandown 500
The 1993 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars and selected Group 3E Series Production Cars, held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1993. The event was staged over 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, a total distance of 499 km.


1993 Sandown 6 Hour
The 1993 Sandown 6 Hour was an endurance race for production cars which was staged at Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia on Sunday, 21 February 1993. The race was won by Peter Fitzgerald and Brett Peters, driving a Porsche 968 CS.


1993 Sandown 6 Hour, Classes
The defining parameters of the six classes have not yet been ascertained.


1993 Sandown 6 Hour, Qualifying
The fastest lap in Qualifying was set by Gregg Hansford, driving a Mazda RX-7, with a lap time of 1:25.06.


1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
The 1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 79th season in the club's 83rd year of existence. The team finished in 3rd place in the Canadian Football League's West Division with an 11–7 record.


1993 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
Notably, the 1993 Roughriders became the first team to lose to an American-based CFL team following their week 4 loss to the expansion Sacramento Gold Miners. The team had played the Gold Miners on the road with just three days of rest and would win 10 of their next 14 games following that loss. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs, but lost the West Semi-Final game to the Edmonton Eskimos.


1993 Scheldeprijs
The 1993 Scheldeprijs was the 80th edition of the Scheldeprijs cycle race and was held on 21 April 1993. The race was won by Mario Cipollini.


1993 Scotland rugby union tour of the South Pacific
The 1993 Scotland rugby union tour of South Pacific was a series of matches played in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa in May and June 1993 by Scotland national rugby union team. It was an unofficial tour, because the Scottish Rugby Union did not award full international caps, due to the absence of the player involved in the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played February 27 to March 6 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba.


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Connie LaliberteThird: Laurie AllenSecond: Cathy GauthierLead: Janet ArnottAlternate: Corrine Webb


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Shannon KleibrinkThird: Sandra JenkinsSecond: Sally ShigehiroLead: Joanne WrightAlternate: Glenys Bakker


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Julie SuttonThird: Jodi SuttonSecond: Melissa SoligoLead: Karri WillmsAlternate: Elaine Dagg-Jackson


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Maureen BonarThird: Lois FowlerSecond: Allyson BellLead: Rhonda FowlerAlternate: Gerri Cooke


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Nancy McConneryThird: Leanne PerronSecond: Sandy ComeauLead: Denise CormierAlternate: Lynn MacKenzie


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Maria Thomas Third: Cathy CunninghamSecond: Kathy KerrLead: Kathy BrophyAlternate: Laura Phillips


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Colleen JonesThird: Heather RankinSecond: Kay ZinckLead: Mary-Anne ArsenaultAlternate: Helen Radford


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Anne MerklingerThird: Theresa BreenSecond: Patti McKnightLead: Audrey FreyAlternate: Kristin Turcotte


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Angela RobertsThird: Sara GatchellSecond: Janice MacCullumLead: Nancy ReidAlternate: Leslie Allan


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Agnes CharetteThird: Chantal OsborneSecond: France CharetteLead: Sylvie DanielAlternate: Berenadette Lafrenier


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Sandra PetersonThird: Jan BetkerSecond: Joan McCuskerLead: Marcia GudereitAlternate: Anita Ford


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kelly KayloThird: Sharon CormierSecond: Wendy OndrackLead: Debbie MossAlternate: Cheryl Burlington


1993 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
Saskatchewan wins in an extra end after Peterson (Schmirler) hits a Manitoba rock biting the rings and rolls into the house.


1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
The 1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Falkirk and St Mirren on 12 December 1993 at Fir Park in Motherwell. It was the fourth final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the Scottish Football League.


1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
The match was Falkirk's first national cup final in 36 years since winning the Scottish Cup Final in 1957; whilst it was St Mirren's first in only six years since lifting the Scottish Cup in 1987. The tournament was contested by clubs below the Scottish Premier Division, with both finalists from the First Division.


1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
The match was goalless after 45 minutes, but Falkirk took the lead two minutes into the second half with a goal from Neil Duffy and only one minute later were 2–0 up with a goal from Richard Cadette. The final goal of the game came from John Hughes, which was enough for Falkirk to win the match 3–0 and the tournament for the first time.


1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Falkirk
Falkirk faced neighbours Alloa Athletic at home in the first round with the home team producing a 2–1 victory. The second round draw saw Cowdenbeath travel to Brockville Park, in another home game for Falkirk with the team winning 3–0  to progress to the quarter-final. The reward for reaching the quarter-final was a third home game of the tournament against rivals Dunfermline Athletic with The Bairns emerging 4–1 winners. The semi-final opposition was Livingston, and a fourth consecutive home game at Brockville with Falkirk winning 3–2 to book a place in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final for the first time.


1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, St Mirren
St Mirren faced a trip to Clyde in the first round which saw the team emerge 1–0 winners. The second round was another game on the road against Renfrewshire rivals Morton with The Saints producing a 4–2 victory to progress to the quarter-finals. A third away game of the tournament saw St Mirren travel to Airdrieonians, winning 1–0. The reward for reaching the semi-final was another away game with the opponents in the form of Ayr United at Somerset Park. St Mirren won 2–1 to book a place in the final. St Mirren reached the Scottish Challenge Cup Final for the first time.


1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Pre-match, Analysis
Falkirk played all of their games preceding the final at their home of Brockville Park, in the process scoring twelve goals and conceding four. On the other hand, St Mirren played all four of their games on the road with no matches played at their home of Love Street. Despite playing all of their games away from home, St Mirren scored eight goals and conceded only three, whilst keeping two clean sheets compared with Falkirk's one. This was the first appearance for both Falkirk and St Mirren in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final since its inauguration in 1990.


1993 Scottish Cup Final
The 1993 Scottish Cup Final was played between Rangers and Aberdeen at Celtic Park on 29 May 1993. Owing to ground reconstruction at Hampden Park, the fixture was played at another stadium for the first time since 1924.


1993 Scottish Cup Final
Rangers won the match 2–1, thereby securing a domestic treble. Rangers' scorers were Mark Hateley, scoring in his second consecutive Scottish Cup Final, and Neil Murray. Lee Richardson scored Aberdeen's goal.


1993 Scottish League Cup Final
The 1993 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 24 October 1993, at Celtic Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 48th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Rangers and Hibernian. Rangers won the match 2–1 thanks to goals by Ian Durrant and Ally McCoist.


1993 Scottish Masters
The 1993 Regal Scottish Masters was the twelfth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 22 to 26 September 1993. The tournament was played at the Motherwell Civic Centre in Motherwell, and featured twelve professional players.


1993 Scottish Masters
Ken Doherty won the title for the first time, beating Alan McManus 10–9 in the final.


1993 Scottish Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the Regal Scottish Challenge title beating John Higgins 6–5 in the final.


1993 Scottish Masters, Qualifying
Four qualifying matches were played, under a best-of-nine frames format, the winners going on to play Jimmy White, John Parrott, Neal Foulds and Stephen Hendry, all of whom were seeded to the quarter-final stage.


1993 Scotts Mills earthquake
The 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake, also known as the "Spring break quake", occurred in the U.S. state of Oregon on March 25 at 5:34 AM Pacific Standard Time. With a moment magnitude of 5.6 and a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale, it was the largest earthquake in the Pacific Northwest since the Elk Lake and Goat Rocks earthquakes of 1981. Ground motion was widely felt in Oregon's Willamette Valley, the Portland metropolitan area, and as far north as the Puget Sound area near Seattle, Washington.


1993 Scotts Mills earthquake, Earthquake
The Scotts Mills mainshock epicenter was located about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) east of the town of Scotts Mills in Marion County, and about 54 kilometers (34 mi) south of Portland. The United States Geological Survey reported that strong motion instruments recorded peak ground accelerations of 0.06 g at Detroit Dam, 44 kilometers (27 mi) to the southeast, and also give an extensive review of damage reports and ground motion intensities.


1993 Scotts Mills earthquake, Earthquake
Reports of the earthquake came from as far as Roseburg in southern Oregon, 165 miles (266 km) south of the epicenter, to the coastal town of Lincoln City, east to Bend, and north to Seattle. The seismology lab from the University of Washington in Seattle reported the Richter magnitude to be 5.4, but stated that the initial figure could change. An aftershock measuring 3.2 happened within the first hour of the main shock.


1993 Scotts Mills earthquake, Damage
Most structural damage consisted of toppled chimneys and failure of walls of unreinforced masonry. Buildings with damage include Molalla High School,  the State Capitol in Salem, and the St. Paul Church in Saint Paul. The damage at the capitol occurred in the old wing and that section of the facility was closed after the morning earthquake, and two walls at the high school were partially collapsed. Additional damage to some homes occurred in Molalla in the form of broken windows and brick planters at some homes there. No damage was reported in Portland, but residents did see books knocked off shelves and some car alarms were set off. Several people were treated at the Salem Hospital for injuries related to falling glass.


1993 Scotts Mills earthquake, Previous events
A similar sized earthquake occurred in 1877 and Portland was struck by a magnitude 5.5 quake in 1962, but geophysicists say the area is vulnerable to even larger earthquakes, such as the 1872 North Cascades earthquake.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup
The 1993 Seagram's VO Cup, was the first edition of the Players' Championship, the championship tournament for the inaugural season of the World Curling Tour. It was held February 17–21, 1993 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The total purse for the event was $120,000, with the winning team receiving $40,000.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup
The event featured the "free guard zone", wherein the first three rocks of an end couldn't be removed if they were in the guard zone. This rule would later be adopted into the official rules of curling.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup
In an all-Ontario final, Russ Howard of Penetanguishene won his first of two Players' Championships, defeating Paul Savage of Toronto, 8–2.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup, Qualification
The top 30 men's teams on the "V.O. Cup standings" as of December 31, 1992 qualified for the event based on results from Tour events that season, along with the winner of a qualifying event and a sponsor's exemption. Adrian Bakker of Calgary qualified through winning the preliminary event and Tormod Andreassen of Norway was the sponsor's exemption.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup, Qualification, V.O. Cup standings
Top 30 teams on the V.O. Cup standings, as of January 6, 1993. Struck out teams declined their invitation or were not registered. Teams ranked "x" were substitutes.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup, Qualification, V.O. Cup standings
After further drop outs, Doran Johnson of Lethbridge, Alberta, Bill Adams of Thunder Bay and Ron Mills of Saskatoon were invited to play, replacing Folk, Armstrong and Vavrek.


1993 Seagram's VO Cup, Qualifying event
One team qualified by winning the Acadia Recreational Complex cash bonspiel. The event was held at the Acadia Recreational Complex from January 29-31, in Calgary, and came with a purse of $10,500, and a top prize of $3,000. The winning team of Adrian Bakker, Jim Lautner, Ron Riggall and Scott Rankin of Calgary won the event, defeating Ken McLean of Regina, Saskatchewan in the final.


1993 Seattle Mariners season
The Seattle Mariners 1993 season was their 17th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 82–80 (.506). During the 1993 season, Randy Johnson set a club record with 308 strikeouts. It was also the first season he walked less than 100 batters.


1993 Seattle Mariners season
The previous fall, the team also introduced a new logo, team colors and uniform set for this season that remain the team's current look to this day (with slight adjustments made in 2015).


1993 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1993 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1993 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1993 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1993 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1993 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1993 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 18th in the National Football League. Playing under head coach and general manager Tom Flores, the team finished with a 6–10 win–loss record in the American Football Conference (AFC) West and missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season. In the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft, Seattle selected quarterback Rick Mirer, who became their starter for the 1993 season.


1993 Seattle Seahawks season
At the end of the season, running back Chris Warren, defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy, and safety Eugene Robinson were selected to play for the AFC in the 1994 Pro Bowl, the NFL's honorary all-star game.


1993 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers
Seattle began the season with an 18–12 loss to the San Diego Chargers in a game that featured no offensive touchdowns. Joe Nash scored the game's first points with a 12-yard interception return for a touchdown, on a ball tipped into the air by Cortez Kennedy. Though the Seattle defense held the Chargers to no touchdowns, kicker John Carney had made six field goals to Seattle's one, as the Chargers led 18–10 in the fourth quarter.


1993 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers
With 1:25 left in the game, Mirer completed a pass to Brian Blades to the Chargers' two-yard line, but a hit by linebacker Gary Plummer made Blades lose the ball. Seattle scored a safety as the Chargers ran out the clock to win 18–12. Sportswriter John Clayton noted that San Diego's game-plan was to run the football with halfback Marion Butts, and to run the ball to the left side, away from Kennedy.


1993 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at San Diego Chargers
Clayton observed that the strategy worked against a defense he described as "tough", but mistakes by Seattle's linebackers allowed San Diego to earn "modest gains" on plays to keep drives moving. The first rookie quarterback to start a Seahawks season opener, Mirer finished the game with 154 yards and completed 20 of 27 pass attempts.


1993 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Los Angeles Raiders
In their home opener, Seattle lost to the Los Angeles Raiders, 13–17.


1993 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Cleveland Browns
As of the 2017 season, this is the second most-recent of only eight NFL games since 1940 where both teams scored a safety, with the only more recent one occurring the following season between the Cardinals and the Oilers.


1993 Segunda División B play-offs
The 1993 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 1992–93 Segunda División B to the 1993–94 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B.


1993 Segunda División B play-offs
The teams play a league of four teams, divided into 4 groups. The champion of each group is promoted to Segunda División.


1993 Segunda División de Chile
The 1993 Segunda División de Chile was the 42nd season of the Segunda División de Chile.


1993 Senegalese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Senegal on 9 May 1993. The result was a victory for the ruling Socialist Party, which won 84 of the 120 seats. Voter turnout was around 41%.


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1993 Senegalese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 21 February 1993. Incumbent President Abdou Diouf of the Socialist Party defeated seven other candidates, winning 58.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 51.5%.


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1993 Senior League World Series
The 1993 Senior League World Series took place from August 15–21 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. La Vega, Dominican Republic defeated Taipei, Taiwan twice in the championship game.


1993 Senior PGA Tour
The 1993 Senior PGA Tour was the 14th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $26,500,000, including four majors. Dave Stockton won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


1993 Senior PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1993 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.


1993 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on 19 December 1993.


1993 Serbian parliamentary election
The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 123 of the 250 seats.


1993 Serbian parliamentary election
The SPS formed a government with New Democracy, which had run as part of the Democratic Movement of Serbia coalition.


1993 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
The elections were boycotted by political parties  of ethnic Kosovo Albanians, who made up about 17% of the population.


1993 Seychellois constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Seychelles on 18 June 1993, following the failure of a referendum the previous year to pass the 60% threshold required. After the new constitution had been redrafted, it was put to a public vote for a second time, receiving the approval of 73.6% of voters.


1993 Seychellois general election
General elections were held in the Seychelles between 20 and 23 July 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum on 18 June. They were the first-ever multi-party elections for President and the first multi-party election for the National Assembly since 1974. The Assembly was increased from 22 to 33 seats by the addition of 11 seats to be elected by proportional representation in addition to the 22 constituency seats.


1993 Seychellois general election
The ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front, which had previously been the sole legal party, won both elections, taking 27 of the 33 seats in the National Assembly, whilst its leader, France-Albert René, won the presidential election. The other two parties to contest the election were the Seychelles Democratic Party, which won five seats, and the United Opposition, an alliance of the Seselwa Party, the Seychelles National Party and the National Alliance Party), which won one. Voter turnout was 86.5%.


1993 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 1st Shanghai International Film Festival was the inaugural film festival of the now A-grade Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). It was held for one week in Shanghai between October 7 and October 14, 1993. The festival saw participation of 167 films from 33 different countries and 300,000 attendees.


1993 Shanghai International Film Festival
Shanghai Film Art Center was the primary main venue with an additional eight secondary venues.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season
The 1993 Shell Helix Ultra season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Shell Rimula-X in the All-Filipino Cup.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season, Occurrences
Before the start of the season, Shell's main man Benjie Paras wanted out of his contract and signified his intentions to join his team's arch rival Ginebra San Miguel. The Shell management declined Ginebra's offer of two trade options. As it turn out, Paras skip the whole All-Filipino Cup tournament and the team suffered without their top center. The Turbo Chargers finish last by winning only two out of their 10 games in the eliminations.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season, Occurrences
After holding out for six months, Benjie Paras finally decided to signed up with Shell and played his first game in the second conference.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season, Occurrences
Forward Ricky Relosa was suspended for the rest of the conference during the Commissioner's Cup when on the July 25 Shell-Swift encounter, he punched Swift import Ronnie Thompkins on the nape which provoked Thompkins and he chase Relosa all the way to the Shell bench and a brawl ensued.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season, Notable dates
June 13: Seven-time best import Bobby Parks was back anew as Shell opened their title-retention bid with an 85-84 squeaker past Seven-Up. Benjie Paras canned two free throws that gave Shell an 85-82 cushion with time down to 12.6 seconds.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season, Notable dates
June 18: Shell Helix romped to a 98-89 win over Ginebra as the dreaded trio of Parks, Paras and Magsanoc combined for 56 points. The Oilers starved off the Gins' late-game rally for their second win in the Commissioner's Cup.


1993 Shell Helix Oilers season, Governor's Cup roster
Assistant coaches: Manuel Pineda / Cris Calilan Team Manager: Charlie Favis


1993 Shimizu S-Pulse season
The 1993 season was Shimizu S-Pulse's second season in existence and their first season in the newly established J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season third in the league.


1993 Singaporean presidential election
The Singaporean presidential election of 1993 was held to elect the next President of Singapore with Ong Teng Cheong as the winning candidate due to a popular vote.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Background, Constitution Amendments
In January 1991, the Constitution of Singapore was amended to provide for the popular election of the President. The creation of the elected presidency was a major constitutional and political change in Singapore's history as, under the revision, the President is empowered to veto the use of government reserves and appointments to key civil service appointments. He or she can also examine the administration's enforcement of the Internal Security Act and Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, and look into investigations of corruption.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Background, Constitution Amendments
By virtue of transitional provisions in the Singapore Constitution, Ong's predecessor Wee Kim Wee exercised, performed and discharged all the functions, powers and duties of an elected president as if he had been elected to the office of President by the citizens of Singapore.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Background, Constitution Amendments
Polling day was 28 August 1993. The writ of election was issued on 4 August 1993, with the Nomination day and Polling Day adjourned on 18 and 28 August 1993, respectively. Two eligible candidates are Chinese Singaporeans and were issued certificates of eligibility by Singapore's Presidential Elections Committee, and both were nominated on Nomination Day.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day
Candidates needed to obtain a Certificate of Eligibility from the Presidential Elections Committee, and pay an election deposit of S$18,000, three times that of a Parliamentary candidate, in order to file their nomination papers. Ong had earlier resigned his Deputy Prime Minister portfolio, his MP for Toa Payoh GRC (now belong to Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC), and his People's Action Party membership in order to contest in the election. Ong was backed by influential leaders such as then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and then-Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day
However, some members of the Cabinet and the People's Action Party supported Chua, including then-Finance Minister Richard Hu and former Trade Minister, then-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Tony Tan Keng Yam. Workers' Party members J B Jeyaretnam and Tan Soo Phuan also applied for nomination, but were not awarded the Certificate of Eligibility.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day, Chua's Campaign
Chua was a reluctant candidate and had to be persuaded by the Government to stand so that the election would be contested, and the electorate could choose between two good candidates.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Nomination day, Chua's Campaign
The 10-day campaign was supposed to be a "gentlemen's election", free of flag-waving and noisy rallies. But Chua took it to the extreme, urging supporters not to campaign for him. He appeared on TV just twice (once avoiding any mention of himself or his views), and even announced on polling day that Ong was the better candidate. Even so, Chua did surprisingly well, garnering 41.3% of the vote.


1993 Singaporean presidential election, Results
Polls were closed and votes were counted with Ong Teng Cheong with 58.69% of the votes. The Returning Officer Ong Kok Min declared Ong Teng Cheong as Singapore's first president-elect and was inaugurated as the fifth President of Singapore on 1 September 1993..


1993 Skate America
The 1993 Skate America was held at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1993 Skate Canada International
The 1993 Skate Canada International was held in Ottawa, Ontario on November 4–7. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1993 Skoda Czech Open
The 1993 Skoda Czech Open, also known as the Prague Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic  that was part of the ATP World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 2 August until 8 August 1993. First-seeded Sergi Bruguera won the singles title.


1993 Skoda Czech Open, Finals, Doubles
Hendrik Jan Davids /  Libor Pimek defeated  Jorge Lozano /  Jaime Oncins 6–3, 7–6


1993 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1993 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. Ballymote emerged to claim their first Intermediate title, in what was their first final at the grade, defeating fellow first-time finalists St. John's in the decider. The victory secured Ballymote a return to Senior football for the first time since the mid-1960s.


1993 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1993 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Eastern Harps won their first Championship since 1975, after defeating Tubbercurry by a point in the final. This was the beginning of a new era of domination by two clubs, as Harps and Tourlestrane would claim the majority of honours for the rest of the decade, just as Tubbercurry and St. Mary's had done in the 1980s.


1993 Slovak presidential election
The 1993 Slovak presidential elections were held between 26 January and 15 February 1993. Michal Kováč was elected as the first president of Slovakia and became the only Slovak president elected by Parliament. A candidate needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.


1993 Solingen arson attack
The Solingen arson attack was one of the most severe instances of xenophobic violence in modern Germany. On the night of 28–29 May 1993, four young German men (ages 16–23) belonging to the far right skinhead scene, with neo-Nazi ties, set fire to the house of a large Turkish family in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Three girls and two women died; fourteen other family members, including several children, were injured, some of them severely.


1993 Solingen arson attack
The attack led to violent protests by Germans of Turkish descent in several German cities and to large demonstrations of other Germans (of non-Turkish descent) expressing solidarity with the Turkish victims. In October 1995, the perpetrators were convicted of arson and murder and given prison sentences between 10 and 15 years. The convictions were upheld on appeal.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Background
In the early 1990s after German reunification, foreigners and especially asylum seekers were very controversial in Germany. The CDU party and the tabloid newspaper Bild Zeitung were the main forces calling for limiting their numbers.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Background
Several instances of anti-foreigner (xenophobic) violence preceded the Solingen attack. In December 1988, a German extreme-right militant, Josef Seller, set fire to the "Habermeier Haus" building in Schwandorf, Bavaria, killing the Turkish couple Fatma and Osman Can, together with their son Mehmet. The arson attack also took the life of a German citizen, Jürgen Hübner. In September 1991, violent disturbances in Hoyerswerda forced the evacuation of an asylum seeker's hostel. During the three-day riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen in August 1992, several thousand people surrounded a high-rise building and watched approvingly while militants threw Molotov cocktails. The Vietnamese inhabitants barely managed to survive by fleeing to the roof. In November 1992, an arson in Mölln perpetrated by extreme-rightist youth killed three Turks.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Background
In December 1992, large demonstrations protesting against xenophobia took place all over Germany, with over 700,000 participants. Several Neo-Nazi groups were outlawed by the end of 1992.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Background
On 26 May 1993, three days before the attack, the German Bundestag had resolved to change the German constitution (the Grundgesetz) to limit the numbers of asylum seekers. Previously, the constitution had granted every political refugee in the world a direct right to refugee status in Germany.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Background
The Solingen attack, with five people killed, was the most severe case of anti-foreigner violence in Germany at that time. One week later, an arson attack on a house in Frankfurt am Main, with 34 foreigners inside, was detected early and nobody died. A case of arson in an asylum seeker's hostel in Lübeck in 1996 in which 10 people died was never solved. As of 2008 a total of 135 foreigners have died in Germany as a result of similar xenophobic violence.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Events
According to the police report, fire broke out at the entrance of the house Untere Wernerstraße 81 at 1:38 am on 29 May 1993. The fire had been set with gasoline. Mevlüde Genç, 50 years old at the time and the oldest member of the family, was able to climb out of a window and alert neighbors. She lost two daughters, two granddaughters and a niece that night.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Events
Fire fighters arrived after five minutes, but it was too late. Gürsün İnce, 27 years old, jumped out of a window and died. Her four-year-old daughter, whom she had held in her arms, survived. The girls Hatice Genç (18 years old), Gülistan Öztürk (12 years old), Hülya Genç (9 years old) and Saime Genç (4 years old) died in the flames. Bekir Genç, 15 years old, jumped burning out of a window; he survived with severe injuries. A six-month-old infant and a three-year-old child suffered life-threatening injuries.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Defendants
All of them were members of the far right skinhead scene of Solingen and exercised together in a martial arts school. This school was later revealed to be run by an informant of the North Rhine-Westphalia domestic intelligence agency (the Verfassungsschutz).


1993 Solingen arson attack, Trials
The trial, before five judges of Düsseldorf's Higher Regional Court, began in April 1994. Kohnen, Reher and Buchholz were charged as minors (limiting the maximal penalty to 10 years in prison), while Gartmann was charged as an adult. The prosecutors claimed hatred of foreigners as motive.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Trials
Gartmann had confessed to police and he later confessed again before a magistrate with his lawyer present. He also apologized to the victims. According to the confession, Gartmann, Kohnen and Buchholz had clashed with foreigners at a party that night, met up with Reher and then, while drunk, decided to "frighten" some Turks. Towards the end of the trial, Gartmann withdrew his confession, claiming that it had been issued under duress and that he had been threatened with having to share a cell with Turks. Interviewed in prison four months after the verdict, he explained that he had given a false confession because police had convinced him that that was the only way to avoid a sentence of life in prison.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Trials
Reher also confessed, but changed his story repeatedly, in the end claiming that he had acted alone. Kohnen and Buchholz denied any involvement.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Trials
No hard evidence was found linking the defendants to the crime, in part because the police had treated the crime scene in a sloppy manner. Witnesses could not clarify the events.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Trials
In October 1995, the four defendants were found guilty of murder, attempted murder and arson. The three defendants charged as minors received the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and Gartmann was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Federal Court of Justice of Germany confirmed the convictions on appeal in 1997.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Trials
The Turkish family sued for civil damages and won. They received about 270,000 DM and a monthly pension for one severely burned victim.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
The memorial services were attended by several high-ranking German officials, with President Richard von Weizsäcker giving the first speech. Chancellor Helmut Kohl was criticized for not visiting Solingen nor attending the memorial or burial services; he had denounced what he called "Beileidstourismus" ("condolence tourism") of other politicians.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
The case was widely reported in the international press. After a radio campaign in the Netherlands, 1.2 million postcards with the slogan "Ich bin woedend!" ("I am furious") were sent as a protest from there to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
A memorial to commemorate the event was unveiled one year after the attack, in front of the Mildred-Scheel-Schule, a school that Hatice Genç had attended. It shows two large metal figures ripping apart a swastika, surrounded by a large number of rings, each sponsored by an individual. Initially the city had agreed to a monument in the very center of the city, but then reneged, citing concerns that "social peace" might be jeopardized. The location of the arson at Untere Wernerstraße Nr. 81  is marked by five chestnut trees and a plaque. In Frankfurt-Bockenheim the Hülyaplatz commemorates the events with a statue of a man hammering at a swastika.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
In 1996 the German government presented Mevlüde Genç with the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band because she went on to advocate understanding and friendship between Turks and Germans after the attack. In 2008 Germany instituted the Genç prize in her name to honor people who work for understanding and integration.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
One of the recipients was Kamil Kaplan, a Turk who in February 2008 had lost his wife, two daughters and his mother in a fire catastrophe in Ludwigshafen in which a total of nine people had died; right-wing arson had initially been suspected, but the case was later found to have been an accident. Kaplan, like Mevlüde Genç, had called for peaceful cooperation between Turks and Germans. In 2012, Mevlüde Genc was nominated by the CDU state party to be a member of the 15th Federal Convention to elect the next German President.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
Two of the perpetrators were released early because of good behavior. In September 2005, another perpetrator, Christian Reher, was sent to four months in prison for having used the Hitler salute on two occasions.


1993 Solingen arson attack, Aftermath
As of 2008, the surviving victims still live in Solingen, in a house built with donations and insurance money, protected by cameras and special fire windows.


1993 Solomon Islands general election
General elections were held in the Solomon Islands on 26 May 1993. A record total of 280 candidates contested the election, the result of which was a victory for the new SIGNUR party, which won 20 of the 47 seats. However, it failed to achieve a majority in Parliament, and its leader, Solomon Mamaloni, was defeated in the election for Prime Minister by Francis Billy Hilly.


1993 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1993 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1993 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1993.


1993 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1993 Cossacks were led by first-year head coach Frank Scalercio. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7, 2–2 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 193–308 for the season.


1993 Sonoma State Cossacks football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Sonoma State player was selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.


1993 Soul Train Music Awards
The 1993 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on March 9, 1993. The show was hosted by Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle and Luther Vandross.


1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina
The 1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in October and November 1993 in Argentina by South Africa national rugby union team.


1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Argentina
In the same period, also a development South African team, toured Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.


1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia
The 1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played by the Springboks in Australia during July and August 1993. It was the first tour of the South African team to Australia since the riots of controversial tour of 1971.


1993 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia
The test series was won by the Wallabies with two test wins to one.


1993 South African Grand Prix
The 1993 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993. The race, contested over 72 laps, was the first race of the 1993 FIA Formula One World Championship and was won from pole position by Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault, with Ayrton Senna second in a McLaren-Ford and Mark Blundell third in a Ligier-Renault.


1993 South African Grand Prix
This was the first time since 1974 that the first race of a season did not feature the defending Drivers' Champion in the field (in 1974, Jackie Stewart was missing as he had retired following the death of his teammate François Cevert in 1973). Defending 1992 champion Nigel Mansell had moved to race in Indycar for the season. Since there was no defending Drivers' Champion in the field this season, defending Constructors' Champion Williams could not use No. 1 on either of its cars. Therefore, this was the first race since the 1973 United States Grand Prix that number 0 was used.


1993 South African Grand Prix
This was the 33rd South African Grand Prix and, as of 2021, the most recent Formula 1 race held in the continent of Africa.


1993 South African Grand Prix
The Swiss Sauber team made their Grand Prix debut and scored their first points with JJ Lehto's 5th-place finish.


1993 South African Grand Prix, Report
The season started off in Kyalami where Prost, in his first race with Williams, took pole ahead of Senna, Schumacher, Hill, Alesi and Lehto, impressing in Sauber's first Grand Prix. At the start, Prost was poor and Senna and Hill (who was already ahead of Schumacher) got ahead of him. Then, Hill spun in front of Prost and dropped well down the field, Prost being forced to back off and let Schumacher through to second. Senna led Schumacher, Prost, Lehto, Wendlinger and Alesi at the end of lap one.


1993 South African Grand Prix, Report
Prost attacked Schumacher, took second on lap 13 and set off after Senna. Five laps later, he attacked into the first corner but Senna took the inside and defended. However, Senna could not do anything when Prost attacked on lap 25 with the inside line. He took the lead and motored off. Schumacher also passed Senna to take second soon after. Both of them pitted unlike Prost, but Senna was quicker and rejoined ahead.


1993 South African Grand Prix, Report
Schumacher was in no mood to stay third and attacked Senna on lap 40. There was minor contact and Schumacher spun off into retirement. Patrese was third but he too spun off on lap 47, leaving Blundell's Ligier third and Fittipaldi's impressive Minardi in fourth. Prost won from Senna, Blundell, Fittipaldi, Lehto (who was lapped twice in early stages of the race) and Berger (he was out but was classified sixth).


1993 South African Open (tennis)
The 1993 South African Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 88th edition of the South African Open and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. It took place in Durban, South Africa from 29 March through 5 April 1993.


1993 South African Open (tennis)
American Aaron Krickstein, seeded No.5, defended his title that he had won the previous year, beating South African Grant Stafford in the singles final.


1993 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Lan Bale /  Byron Black defeated  Johan de Beer /  Marcos Ondruska, 7–6, 6–2


1993 South American Championships in Athletics
The 1993 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Lima, Peru on 2, 3 and 4 July.


1993 South American Cross Country Championships
The 1993 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 20–21, 1993. The races were held in Cali, Colombia.


1993 South American Cross Country Championships
For the first time, medals were awarded for teams. A list of athletes announced to participate,results of the top 10 athletes, top 10 results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.


1993 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 89 athletes from 5 countries participated.


1993 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 25th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela from June 18–20, 1993.


1993 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 205 athletes from about 11 countries:  Argentina (20), Bolivia (3), Brazil (37), Chile (31), Colombia (19), Ecuador (21), Guyana (1), Panama (2), Peru (6), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (59).


1993 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1993 South American Rugby Championship
The 1993 South American Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


1993 South American Rugby Championship
For the second time, the tournament wasn't played in a host country, but in different venues in each country participating.


1993 South American Rugby Championship
The six matches between Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay was also valid for the pool for 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifying.


1993 South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup
The 1993 South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation Gold Cup was the 1st South Asian Football Federation Cup, held in Lahore, Pakistan (at Railway Stadium) between 16 July 1993 and 23 July 1993. The countries that competed in this tournament were India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Additionally, a Pakistan Junior team participated under the name of Pakistan White. However, their matches were not part of the tournament. This tournament was played as a league where the team which gets the highest points wins the competition. India won the tournament and became the first ever South Asian Football Champions.


1993 South Asian Games
The 1993 South Asian Games, officially the 6th South Asian Games, took place from December 20 to December 27, 1993, in Dhaka, Bangladesh and thus in SAF games history, Dhaka became the first city to host the event for second time.


1993 South Asian Games, Participating nations
A total of 7 countries participated in the 1993 South Asian Games.


1993 South Asian Games, Sports
There were 11 official sports for the 6th SAF Games. They were:


1993 South Australian state election
State elections were held in South Australia on 11 December 1993. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Lynn Arnold was defeated by the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition Dean Brown. The Liberals won what is still the largest majority government in South Australian history.


1993 South Australian state election, Background
The campaign was dominated by the issue of the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia in 1991. The State Bank's deposits were legally underwritten by the Government of South Australia, putting South Australia into billions of dollars of debt. Labor premier John Bannon had resigned over the issue in 1992, being replaced by Lynn Arnold just over a year before the election. The Liberals also changed leaders in 1992, switching from Dale Baker to Dean Brown.


1993 South Australian state election, Background
Following the Labor leadership change and by early 1993, Newspoll had recorded a total rise of 13 percent in the Labor primary vote. However, the gains did not last. A warning sign of things to come came with the March 1993 federal election, which saw two of Labor's longest-held seats in South Australia, Hindmarsh and Grey, fall to the Liberals. Hindmarsh had been in Labor hands without interruption since 1919, while Grey had been in Labor hands for all but one term since 1943.


1993 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
South Australian state election, 11 December 1993House of Assembly << 1989–1997 >>


1993 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
The Liberals under Dean Brown went into the election as unbackable favourites, and swept the 11-year Labor government from power in a massive landslide. They won 37 of 47 seats (78.7 percent of the available seats, a majority of 14) in the South Australian House of Assembly from a 15-seat swing − in terms of seat count and percentage of seats won, the largest majority government in the state's history. By comparison, Sir Thomas Playford never governed with more than 23 seats in a 39-seat legislature during his record 27 years as Premier, and Don Dunstan never governed with more than 27 seats in a 47-seat legislature.


1993 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
The Liberals won 60.9 percent of the two-party vote, the largest two-party preferred vote in South Australian state history (dating back to the first statewide two-party calculations from 1944). Labor fell to just 39.1 percent of the two-party vote from a two-party swing of 8.9 percent—at the time, the largest two-party swing in South Australian state history (second only to the 9.4 percent swing at the following 1997 election, and still the largest that resulted in a change of government. The 15-seat swing is still the largest in South Australian state history.


1993 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
Adelaide, which had been Labor's power base in the state for decades, swung over dramatically to support the Liberals. Labor lost seats in several parts of Adelaide where it had not been seriously threatened in memory, and was cut down to only nine seats in the capital. Additionally, Labor suffered what proved to be permanent swings in much of country South Australia; it was cut down to only one seat outside of Adelaide, the Whyalla-based seat of Giles.


1993 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
The stratospheric records for seat count and percentage of seats in the House led to predictions of a generation of Liberal government. However, the Liberal gains were short lived. Factional stoushes between the moderate and conservative wings of the Liberal Party led to Brown's factional rival, John Olsen, successfully challenging Brown for the Liberal leadership in 1996. In turn, the Liberals were reduced to a minority government as a result of the 1997 election, following another record two-party swing in the other direction of 9.5 percent.


1993 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
A 1994 Torrens by-election saw Labor take the seat from the Liberals. The 1994 Elizabeth by-election and 1994 Taylor by-election saw Labor retain both seats.


1993 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council
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1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Sparky Woods and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election
The sixth and last election to South Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1993. It was preceded by the 1989 election. Following local government re-organization the authority was abolished in 1996 and its powers transferred to two unitary authorities, Cardiff City Council and the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council. Elections for the two shadow authorities were held in 1995..


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Candidates
Conservative and Labour candidates contested all seats. Most seats were also contested by the Liberal Democrats. There were a smaller number of Plaid Cymru and Green Party candidates and a few Independents.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
Since the previous election two SDP councilors joined Labour. Labour retained control with a small number of seats changing hands.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 62 councillors were elected.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Cornerswell
Labour had won the seat four years previously but lost it to the Conservatives at a subsequent by-election.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Llanedeyrn
Vita Jones was elected as an SDP candidate in 1987 but subsequently rejoined the Labour Party.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Pantllacca
Labour had won the seat from the Liberal Democrats in a by-election


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Radyr with St Fagans
Marion Drake, elected as an SDP candidate in 1987, subsequently joined Labour.


1993 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Waterloo
* existing councillor, for the same wardo existing councillor, but for a different ward