Week of March 27, 1993
President Boris Yelstin and his
conservative rival Ruslan
Khasbulatov agree to call early
presidential parliamentary elections
in November, hoping to settle a
power struggle which is threatening
the future of Russia.
In the first public meeting of the
White House Task Force on National Health Care
Reform, Vice President Al Gore said that short-term
cost controls are necessary to put a lid on the spiraling cost of insurance. Gore,
who chaired the meeting, said it would then become easier for businesses to
furnish workers with health coverage under a government mandate.
The U.N. Security Council approves a resolution authorizing the shooting down
of “Serbian” or any other military planes violating the U.N. ban on flying over
Bosnia-Herzegovina (a no-fly zone).
IBM names Louis Gerstner Jr. its chairman - the first outsider in the company’s
79-year history. He comes from RJR Nabisco holdings
In Waco, cult leader David Koresh (33) enters his
second month hold-up inside his rural compound with
almost 100 loyal followers. If he surrenders, he faces
jail and possible murder charges in the deaths of four
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who
died in a raid on the compound in February (seeking
illegal weapons). Progress has been made; Agents
have managed to extricate more than 35 people,
including 21 children.
The 71-page investigative report of the faked fiery GM truck crash on NBC-
Dateline, is released this week. The report, commissioned by NBC, was the
product of two outside lawyers.
Passing - lyricist Mitchell Parish (92) - wrote the lyrics to Hoagy Carmichael’s
“Stardust” one of pop music’s most recorded songs.
Week of March 27, 1993
At the Oscars this week:
Picture - “Unforgiven”
Actor - Al Pacino - “Scent of a Woman”
Actress - Emma Thompson - “Howard’s End”
Director - Clint Eastwood - “Unforgiven”
Supporting actor - Gene Hackman - “Unforgiven”
Supporting actress - Marisa Tomei - “My Cousin
Vinny”
Best original screenplay - Neil Jordan - “The
Crying Game”
Original song - “A Whole New World” - Aladdin
Original score - Alan Menken - “Aladdin”
Killed - actor Brandon Lee (28) - the son of the late kung
fu star Bruce Lee, is killed during a filming scene of the
movie “The Crow,” after a small explosive charge used to
simulate gunfire went off inside a grocery bag.
The FCC orders the nation’s cable-TV operators to roll
back their rates. Most customers should begin seeing a
$1 to $3 reduction in bills by August.
“ Cheers” tapes its
last episode - to air May 20. The last seven
minutes were shot without a studio audience
to keep the ending a secret. With Shelly Long
returning to the last episode, producers
wanted to keep a possible “reunion” with Sam
hush until the broadcast.
Joan Van Ark and Donna Mills will return to
“Knots Landing” for the finale on May 13.
They’ll resume their roles as Val Ewing and
Abby Cunningham-Ewing-Summer. The final
episode finds them trapped aboard a plane
with a ticking time bomb.
Friday night television - CBS - The Golden Palace, Major Dad, Designing
Women, Good Advice, Bodies of Evidence ... NBC - Secret Service, Movie ...
ABC - Family Matters, Step by Step, Getting By Darren, Where I Live, 20/20 ...
FOX - America’s Most Wanted, Sightings, Sightings ...
Week of March 27, 1993
Pop music this week in 1993 -
Informer- Snow
Freak Me- Silk
Nuthin' But A "G" Thang- Dr. Dre
I Have Nothing- Whitney Houston
Don't Walk Away- Jade
Ordinary World- Duran Duran
I'm Every Woman- Whitney Houston
A Whole New World- Peabo Bryson &
Regina Belle
Two Princes- Spin Doctors
Mr. Wendal- Arrested Development
Bed Of Roses- Bon Jovi
The Right Kind Of Love- Jeremy Jordan
Hip Hop Hooray- Naughty By Nature
Cat's In The Cradle- Ugly Kid Joe
Comforter- Shai.
“Ditty” - Paperboy
“It Was A Good Day” - Ice Cube
“I’m So Into You” - SMV
“Hip Hop Hooray” - Naughty By Nature
“I Got a Man” - Positive K
“Everything’s ... Alright” - Father MC
Top Albums this week in 1993 -
Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
The Bodyguard - soundtrack
The Summoner’s Tales - Sting
Unplugged - Eric Clapton
Breathless - Kenny G
Coverdale/Paige - Coverdale/Paige
Pocket... of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
Duran, Duran - Duran Duran
Aladdin - soundtrack
Home Invasion - Ice T
The Chronic - Dr Dre
3 Years 5 Months ..., Arrested Dev
Ten - Pearl Jam
Dirt - Alice In Chains
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
Grave Dancers Union - Soul Asylum
Metallica - Metallica
Week of March 27, 1993
Stain - Living Colour
America’s Least Wanted - Ugly Kid Joe
At the movies -
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Born Yesterday - John Goodman, Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith
Point Of No Return - Bridget Fonda , Gabriel Byrne, Anne
Bancroft, Harvey Keitel
The Crying Game - Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson,
Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson
Groundhog Day - Bill Murray , Andie MacDowell
Hear No Evil -- Marlee Matlin, D.B.
Sweeney, Martin Sheen
Fire in the Sky - D.B. Sweeney
Falling Down - Michael Douglas
CB4 - Chris Rock, and Khandi
Alexander
Far Off Place - Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall,
Sarel Bok, Jack Thompson, Maximillan Schell.
Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino
A Few Good Men - Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi
Moore.
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