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November 17, 1993

On November 17, 1993, united States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement. 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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1993

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The year in brief

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 November 17, 1993

  1. 1993 United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.

    Lower house of the US Congress

    S. Senate being the upper house. S.

  2. 1993 In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.

    Military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998

    Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria as military head of state from 1993, following a palace coup d'état, until his death in 1998.

Arrivals

Born on November 17, 1993

Taylor Gold 1993– American Olympian snowboarder

Farewells

Died on November 17, 1993

Gérard D. Levesque Canadian politician

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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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