Next recording: Sunday June, 28th 2020

Time:
Decatur / Tulsa - 12 noon
Denver - 11a
California - 10a

Topics:
Social - World Trade Center bombing
Social - Urban fashion

Music - The Chronic, by Dr. Dre
Movies - Menace II Society
TV - Living Single


1. 1993 notes

2. Bill Clinton, President

3. Feb – Former tennis player Arthur Ashe, 49, dies of the AIDS virus in New York. Ashe was believed to have contracted the virus from a blood transfusion during a heart surgery ten years earlier.

4. Feb – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over 1,000.

5. Feb – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins.

6. Mar - ESPN holds the first ever ESPY Awards.

7. Apr – The Kuwaiti government claims to uncover an Iraqi assassination plot against former U.S. President George H. W. Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait. Two Iraqi nationals confess to driving a car bomb into Kuwait on behalf of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.

8. Apr - Colorado Rockies becomes a baseball team

9. Jun - The final episode of Soul Train with Don Cornelius as host airs.

10. Jul – U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding homosexuals serving in the American military.

11. Sep – PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D.C., after signing a peace accord.

12. Oct – A large scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; eighteen Americans and over 1,000 Somalis are killed. The assault was planned to include an air and ground phase. As the mission was ongoing, Somali forces shot down two American Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters using RPG-7s. A desperate defense of the downed helicopters began, which would become dramatized in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. Fighting lasted through the night to defend the survivors of the crashes, including the insertion of two sniper commandos who would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In the morning, a UNOSOM II armored convoy fought their way to the helicopters, incurring further casualties but eventually rescuing the survivors.

13. Nov – President Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass a background check.

14. Open Comments:

15. Top 3 Pop Songs

16. #1. "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston

17. #2. "Whoomp! (There It Is)" Tag Team

18. #3. "Can't Help Falling in Love" UB40

19. Record of the Year: "I Will Always Love You", Whitney Houston

20. Album of the Year: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album

21. Song of the Year: "A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle

22. Best New Artist: Toni Braxton

23. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Toni Braxton for "Another Sad Love Song"

24. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: Ray Charles for "A Song for You"

25. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group: Sade for "No Ordinary Love"

26. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson

27. Best Rap Solo Performance: Dr. Dre for "Let Me Ride"

28. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Digable Planets for "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"

29. Top 3 movies

30. #1. Jurassic Park

31. #2. Mrs. Doubtfire

32. #3. The Fugitive

33. Notables: CB4, Groundhog Day, The Crying Game, Falling Down, Indecent Proposal, Who's the Man?, Sleepless in Seattle, Poetic Justice, Carlito's Way, A Bronx Tale

34. Top 3 TV Shows

35. #1. 60 Minutes

36. #2. Home Improvement

37. #3. Seinfeld

38. Debuts: Living Single (Forgot to Mention "Martin" debut for 1992)

39. Economic Snapshots

40. Avg. Income: 31k (30k - previously)

41. New Home: 113k (122.5k)

42. Avg Rent: 532 (519)

43. New Car: 12.7k (16.9k)

44. Harvard: 23.5k (15.4k)

45. Movie Ticket: 4.14 (4.25)

46. Gas: 1.16 1.05 (1.05)

47. Stamp: .29 (.29)

48. Social Scene: WTC Bombing

49. A 1,200-pound bomb in a Ryder rental truck parked in a parking garage beneath the World Trade Center exploded. The explosion created a hole about 6 stories deep. An estimated 50,000 people were evacuated, yet only 6 people died.

50. Ramzi Yousef directed the organization and execution of the bombing. He said he did it to avenge the sufferings Palestinian people had endured at the hands of US-aided Israel. He is the nephew of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - the accused mastermind of the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people and ultimately brought down the World Trade Center.

51. Timeline

52. February 26, 1993 - At 12:18 p.m. ET, a bomb explodes on the second subterranean level of Vista Hotel's public parking garage, below the 2 World Trade Center building.

53. February 28, 1993 - The FBI confirms that a bomb caused the explosion. In the wreckage, federal agents find shattered van parts with a vehicle identification number.

54. March 4, 1993 - Mohammad Salameh is arrested after he claims a refund on a rented van authorities believe carried the explosives. 6 More arrested over next 8 months.

55. March 29, 1993 - The World Trade Center re-opens.

56. August 25, 1993 - Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman (The Blind Sheik) an Egyptian cleric who emigrated to the United States, is indicted for involvement for in the terrorist plot. Some of the 1993 bombing suspects frequented the New Jersey mosque where he preached.

57. February 7, 1995 - Suspected WTC bombing mastermind Yousef is captured abroad by the FBI and State Department.

58. October 1995 - Abdel-Rahman is convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.

59. January 8, 1998 - After being convicted, Yousef is sentenced to 240 years in prison for his role in organizing the bombing. "I am a terrorist and proud of it," he tells the court. He has been locked away in solitary confinement at the federal "Su