Marc Hottiger passes the fallen Italian star Roberto Baggio in the 1993 World Cup qualifying match at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern.
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Switzerland is considered an outsider ahead of its round of 16 clash against defending champion Italy. No wonder, as the national team has been waiting for a win for 31 years.
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- Switzerland is considered an outsider ahead of the European Championship round of 16 against Italy. The national team has not won any of its last 9 duels.
- The last victory dates back to May 1, 1993, when Marc Hottiger scored three important points in the World Cup qualifiers. We’ll show you what else moved Switzerland and the world at that time.
On Saturday, the first European Championship round of 16 match between Switzerland and Italy will take place in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. Murat Yakin’s team will go into the match as underdogs, which is not least due to their record in direct duels. The Swiss have not won a single one of their last 9 duels.
Switzerland celebrated its last victory over the current European champions on May 1, 1993. Marc Hottiger shot the national team to three important points on the way to the 1994 World Cup in front of 32,000 spectators in the sold-out Wankdorf Stadium. Because it was so long ago, blue Sport shows you what moved the world at that time.
The «WorldWideWeb» is released
The day before Switzerland’s victory over Italy marked the start of the online era. On April 30, 1993, the “World Wide Web” was opened to the public – and a new era began.
A drama on the tennis court
Tennis player Monica Seles, the current world number 1, was attacked and stabbed with a knife by a mentally ill man during a change of ends in Hamburg. Seles was lucky in her misfortune and suffered no lasting physical damage. Nevertheless, she wrote in her biography: “It changed my career irrevocably and damaged my soul. A split second made me a different person.”
The “Velvet Divorce”
On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia officially split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Eric Clapton cleans up
Eric Clapton outshines everyone at the 35th Grammy Awards and becomes the first British artist to win six awards in one evening – including Record of the Year for “Tears in Heaven”.
Attack on the World Trade Center
In February 1993, a bomb exploded in the World Trade Center. Six people died and over 1,000 were injured. The bomb left a 40-meter-wide crater in the ground and caused all four floors of the parking garage to collapse.
The explosion in the underground car park of the World Trade Center claimed the lives of six people.
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Ireland wins Eurovision
With the song «In Your Eyes» Niamh Kavanagh touches the hearts of European music fans and wins the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland.
Dinosaurs conquer Hollywood
Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” hits theaters in June 1993 and is a huge success. The highest-grossing film to date, grossing over 500 million US dollars on its opening weekend.
Nobel Peace Prize for Mandela
Nelson Mandela and South African President Frederic Willem de Klerk receive the Nobel Peace Prize “for their work for the peaceful end of the apartheid regime and for laying the foundations of a new democratic South Africa”.
FW de Klerk, (right) and his later successor Nelson Mandela.
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Bill Clinton moves into the White House
In January 1993, Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States.
The Death of Pablo Escobar
The Colombian drug lord was shot dead by police in Medellín in December 1993. The “King of Cocaine” was the richest criminal in history.
Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellin drug cartel, with his wife Victoria Henau Vallejos and his son attending a football match in Bogota.
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The birth of a ski star
Wendy Holdener was born on May 12, 1993. 31 years later, she is one of the most successful Swiss skiers ever.
Protests after Christiane Brunner was not elected
In March 1993, Christiane Brunner, a trade unionist and hopeful of the women’s movement, was to succeed René Felber in the Federal Council for the Social Democratic Party. But the bourgeois majority elected her party colleague Francis Matthey instead. This led to protests, with thousands taking to the streets in various cities. Hundreds of angry women demonstrated in front of the Federal Palace, and snowballs and paint bags were thrown at the building.
Under great pressure, Matthey declares that he will not accept the election. Meanwhile, the SP puts forward a pair of candidates for the re-election: Christiane Brunner and Ruth Dreifuss. Dreifuss is elected.
In March 1993, there were demonstrations for Christiane Brunner not only in front of the Federal Palace.
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«What Is Love» also conquers Switzerland
The number one hit from June 1993 is still known today: Haddaway conquered the charts with «What Is Love».
Aarau becomes Swiss champion
In the third-to-last round of the season, FC Aarau beat Sion 2-1 at home and then traveled to Letzigrund. From the stands, coach Rolf Fringer’s team watched Servette lose to FCZ – and celebrated the third championship title in the club’s history.
The then coach Rolf Fringer (left) and Petar Aleksandrov celebrate the championship title after the last game in their own stadium.
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Downhill gold for Urs Lehmann
Today’s Swiss Ski President Urs Lehmann crowns himself downhill world champion. In the winter sports resort Shizukuishi near the Japanese city of Morioka.
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