1993 Year in Review

 Highlights:

• Member Rabat American School Board (Bob Sills, Principal)

• Support trips to Consulate in Casablanca

• Visits to Tangier American Legation, VOA

• OIG Inspection September 27- October 10th.

Favorite Memories:

• Hiking the Atlas Mountains (See Separate blog 1990-94 Blog)

• Trip with Roy Chavera to Zagora and camel riding in the Sahara.  (See Rabat 1990-94 Blog)

• Tennis at the American Club with regular partners Helena Lopez, Gene Kull

• Embassy Softball team playing at the the Rabat American School

•  Wolf cubs trips with Patrick

• Rabat American School Board Meetings Bob Sills, RAS Principal

• Duty officer including Airport Courier 

U.S. Events:

    ·         Clinton agrees to compromise on military's ban on homosexuals (Jan. 29).

·         Federal agents besiege Texas Branch Davidian religious cult after six are killed in raid (March 1 et seq.). Fire kills 72 as cult standoff in Texas ends with federal assault (April 19).

·         Five arrested, sixth sought in bombing of World Trade Center in New York (March 29).

·         Two police officers convicted in Los Angeles on civil rights charges in Rodney King beating (April 17); sentenced Aug. 4.

·         Ruth Bader Ginsburg appointed to Supreme Court (June 14).

·         US agents blamed in Waco, Tex., siege (Oct. 1).

·         House of Representatives approves North American Free Trade Agreement (Nov. 17); Senate follows (Nov. 21).

·         Clinton signs Brady bill regulating firearms purchases (Nov. 30).

World Events:

·         Vaclav Havel elected Czech President (Jan. 26).

·         British House of Commons approves European unity pact (May 20). Maastricht Treaty takes   effect, creating European Union (Nov. 1).

·         Twenty-two UN troops killed in Somalia (June 5).

·         Israeli-Palestinian accord reached (Aug. 28).

·         Yeltsin's forces crush revolt in Russian Parliament (Oct. 4 et seq.).

·         China breaks nuclear test moratorium (Oct. 5).

·         South Africa adopts majority rule constitution (Nov. 18).

Movies:

Best picture was "Unforgiven".  Best actor went to  Al Pacino "Scent of a Woman".   Best actress was Emma Thompson "Howards End".  Best Supporting Actor went to Gene Hackman "Unforgen".  Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomey "My Cousin Vinny".  Director went to Clint Eastwood "Unforgiven".  Best foreign film "Indochine".  Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fourth consecutive year.

Super Bowl

Super Bowl XXVII saw the Cowboys defeat the Bills by the score of 52–17, winning their third Super Bowl in team history, and their first one in 15 years.  The Bills became the first team to lose three consecutive Super Bowls, and just the second team to play in three straight (the Miami Dolphins played in Super Bowls VI–VIII, winning VII and VIII). The Cowboys scored 35 points off of a Super Bowl-record nine Buffalo turnovers, including three first half touchdowns. Bills backup quarterback Frank Reich, who replaced injured starter Jim Kelly in the second quarter, threw a 40-yard touchdown on the final play of the third quarter to cut the lead to 31–17. Dallas then scored three more touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman was named Super Bowl MVP, completing 22 of 30 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns for a passer rating of 140.6, while also rushing for 28 yards.  The NFL booked Michael Jackson to perform during the entire Super Bowl XXVII halftime show. Jackson's performance started the league's trend of signing top acts to appear during the Super Bowl to attract more viewers and interest.  The Cowboys beat the 49ers in the NFC championship game January 17, 1993. 

World Series

The 1993 World Series saw the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Phillies, four games to two.  With Toronto ahead three games to two in the Series, but trailing Game 6 by a score of 6–5 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Joe Carter hit a game-winning three-run home run to clinch Toronto's second consecutive championship (the first team to repeat as champions since the 1977–78 Yankees).  This was only the second Series concluded by such a home run (the first was in 1960 on a Bill Mazeroski home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game), and the first such occasion where a come-from-behind walk-off home run won a World Series. This was the fourth and most recent World Series played on artificial turf, with the others in 1980, 1985, 1987.  

South City’s own, Serra High graduate and LA Angels Shortstop also played with Mets and Pirates and managed the Angels, White Sox, Phillies (1991-96) and Toronto (1999-2000).   Jimmy passed in 2014 at the age of 71.