Events Date 1993 May | History by KabAstro

Theatrical Finale

May 2 The revival of "Candida" by George Bernard Shaw closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances

May 3 Musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances (1993 Tony for Best Musical)
May 4 "Angels in America - Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 performances
May 6 STS-55 (Columbia) lands
May 7 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections
May 8 16-year-old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes a NYC subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
May 8 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware

May 8 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

May 9 "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances
May 9 "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 performances
May 9 Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
May 9 Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies" premieres in NYC
May 9 Paraguay holds its first presidential and parliamentary elections in 50 years

May 10 Bill Walton is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

May 10 Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers opens Terminal West at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
May 10 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok kills 145
May 10 Last TV appearance of Dutch television presenter Mies Bouwman

May 10 Paul Cézanne's painting "Still Life With Apples" sells for US$28,600,000 in NYC

May 11 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, and Mary Chapin Carpenter win

May 11 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
May 12 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
May 12 Parma of Italy win 33rd European Cup Winner's Cup against Royal Antwerp of Belgium 3-1 in London
May 13 6th annual businessperson run held in Wall Street

May 13 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands

May 13 CBS' soap opera "Knots Landing" ends 14 year-run with 334th show in Netherlands and US

May 13 KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR

May 13 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
May 15 118th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
May 15 38th Eurovision Song Contest: Niamh Kavanagh for Ireland wins singing "In Your Eyes" in Millstreet
May 15 Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas opens
May 15 Montreal Expo retires their 1st number, #10 for Rusty Staub
May 16 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
May 16 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Square, NYC after 30 performances
May 16 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull
May 16 Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head
May 16 Suleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey

May 17 "Chattahoochee" single released by Alan Jackson (CMA Award Single of the Year & Billboard Song of the Year, 1993)

May 17 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled

May 18 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty

May 18 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
May 19 Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellín, Colombia, kills 132
May 19 Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03)
May 20 10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)
May 20 274th & final "Cheers" episode airs on NBC
May 21 Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe
May 21 Opposition and independence leader Xanana Gusmao of East Timor sentenced to life in prison (released 1999)
May 21 Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia
May 21 Venezuela president Carlos Andres Perez fired
May 22 "The New WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom sequel created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station, concludes syndicated run

May 22 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title

May 24 46th Cannes Film Festival: "Ba wang bie ji" directed by Chen Kaige and "The Piano" directed by Jane Campion jointly awarded the Palme d'Or

May 24 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement

May 24 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey
May 24 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1

May 24 Star Trek episode "Second Chances" airs guest starring Mae Jemison, the 1st real life astronaut to appear on the show

May 26 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time

May 26 In Major League Baseball, Carlos Martinez famously hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run

May 27 Baseball player Dale Murphy ends his career after 398 HRs

May 27 Mafia bombs Uffizi Museum in Florence, killing 6
May 28 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
May 28 Polish government of Suchocka falls
May 29 Neo-Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen, Germany
May 29 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 3
May 29 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm