Jordan Announces Retirement On this day, in 1993 Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls announced his retirement from the NBA at a news conference in Deerfield, IL., it was a temporary retirement. October 6, 1993 Sport: Basketball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Basketball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine