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August 21, 1993

On August 21, 1993, nASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. The year's #1 song was "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Florin Andone, Robin Anderson, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would arrive in the same year.

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NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space. S.

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1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1993rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 993rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On August 21, 1993

  1. 1993 NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

    American space and aeronautics agency

    S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space. S.

Arrivals

Born on August 21, 1993

Millie Bright 1993– English footballer (born 1993)
Mike Evans 1993– American football player (born 1993)

Farewells

Died on August 21, 1993

Tatiana Troyanos American mezzo-soprano (1938–1993)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1993

The class of 1993

Others born in 1993

Florin Andone 1993– Romanian footballer
Robin Anderson 1993– American tennis player
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1993– Canadian ice hockey player
Melvin Gordon 1993– American football player
Darrun Hilliard 1993– American basketball player
Felipe Anderson 1993– Brazilian footballer

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