Week of July 1, 1993

A man roams through four floors of a high-rise building in the San Francisco

financial district, killing 8 and injuring 6 before he killed himself.

The U.S, Canada, Japan and the EC reach an agreement to bring about a large

reduction in tariffs in the history of trade negotiations. President Clinton says it’s

a good move, because import restrictions lowered the standard of living in both

the U.S. and Japan.

A blimp crashes onto the roof of a mid-Manhattan apartment. Both the pilot and

co-pilot were rescued.

The Ukrainian Parliament clams legal ownership of all former Soviet nuclear

weapons on its soil, ruling out early ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Treaty.

Entertainment - MTV is getting into the

movie business. “ Joe’s Apartment ” is

based on the animated MTV short about

a young man and his dirty apartment.

Whitney Houston sues the New York

Post for an article saying she overdosed

on diet pills. The suit is for $60 million.

Roger Clinton, brother of the President, is cast in his second movie role. Besides

his appearance in “National Lampoon’s Last Resort” - the younger Clinton will

appear as Mayor Bubba in “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings.” He also writes and

sings the movie’s theme song.

She’s the most famous gay woman in the

United States - k.d. Lang . She’s interviewed in

the August issue of Vanity Fair where she talks

about her sexuality. “I don’t know how to use

femininity as a powerful tool. I use my

sexuality, but I eliminate the gender from it. I

hesitate to use the word androgynous,

because it’s overused and misunderstood, but

androgyny to me is making your sexuality

available, through your art, to everyone. Like

Elvis, like Mick Jagger, like Annie Lennox or

Marlene Dietrich - using the power of both the

Week of July 1, 1993

male and female.”

Passing - Beloved actor Fred Gwynne (66). Best-known

for his portrayal of Herman Munster in “The Munsters.”

Passing - Spanky McFarland of the “Our Gang” films. He

was 64.

Thursday night television -

CBS - Top Cops, Eye to Eye, Picket Fences,

NBC - Wings, Wings, Cheers, Seinfeld, Sisters, Tonight

Show

ABC - Crossroads, Matlock, PrimeTime Live, Nightline

Fox - Simpsons, Martin, In Living Color, Down the Shore

PBS - Mystery!, Madness

MTV - Real World, Beavis and Butt-Head

Cheers - Sam dates the widowed owner of his used Corvette.

Seinfeld - Jerry and George are In LA to search for Kramer

Tonight Show - Al Jarreau, Michael Douglas.

Television news - The buzz is on Chevy Chase, who returns to regular TV with

his own Fox talk show in September.

HBO announces that Tracey Ullman will headline

two specials: Tracey Ullman: Takes on New York”

and “Tracey Ullman: A Class Act” this fall.

Music news - A Los Angeles judge rules that Eric

Wright (Easy-E) is the father of a 2-year-old

Nebraska girl and orders the rapper to pay

$58,000 a year in child support.