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1992

Year 1992 (Roman numerals) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar).

Events of 1992 January

February

March
  • March 1 - After a majority of the Bosniaks and Bosnian Croat communities vote for Bosnia-Herzegovina independence, Serb snipers fire on civilians.
  • March 3 - 263 die in Turkey's worst coal mine disaster near Zonguldak.
  • March 9 - The People's Republic of China ratifies the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
  • March 10 - On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton win most of the primaries held.
  • March 12 - Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • March 12 - A tram-car crashes into a crowd of people at the tram-station at Vasaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden; 13 are killed and several injured.
  • March 13 - In eastern Turkey, an earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500.
  • March 17 - A suicide car-bomb goes off in the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 and injuring 242.
  • March 18 - On CNN's Larry King Live, Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot announces that he will run for U.S. President as an independent, if volunteers put him on the ballot in all 50 states.


April
  • April 2 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of the murder of mob boss Paul Castellano and racketeering, and is later sentenced to life in prison.
  • April 6 - The Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (without the presence of Serbian political delegates) proclaims independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
    • Bosnian War: Serbian troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Bosnian declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, besiege the city of Sarajevo.
  • April 8 - Punch (magazine) magazine publishes its final issue.
  • April 9 - A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.
  • April 9 - United Kingdom general election, 1992: the Conservative Party, led by John Major, is unexpectedly re-elected.
  • April 10 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in the Baltic Exchange in the City of London; 3 are killed, 91 injured.
  • April 12 - Disneyland Paris officially opens under the name "EuroDisney".
  • April 13 - Roermond, the Netherlands, is rocked by an earthquake along the Peel Fault.
  • April 14 - first light on the Keck telescope telescope with fully-filled mirror
  • April 15 - The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  • April 20 - Seville's 6-month Universal Exhibition opens, called Seville Expo '92, in the city of Seville, Spain.
  • April 20 - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium (1923), is televised live to over 1 billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research.
  • April 21 - The death of Vladimir Cyrillovich, Grand Duke of Russia results in a succession dispute between Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia and Vladimir's daughter Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia for the leadership of the Imperial Family of Russia.
  • April 22 - Fuel that has leaked into a sewer 1992 explosion in Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; 215 are killed, 1500 injured.
  • April 26 - In Simi Valley, California, the LAPD police officers accused of excessive force in their severe beating of Rodney King, are found "not guilty". The verdict results in several days of riots in L.A. and smaller riots around the country.
  • April 27 - Betty Boothroyd is elected the first woman to be Speaker of the British House of Commons.
  • April 28 - The 2 remaining countries of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro - form a new state, named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (after 2003, Serbia and Montenegro), bringing to an end the union of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Bosnian Muslims and Macedonians that existed from 1918 (with the exception of the period during World War II).
  • April 29 - A jury acquitted four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King, causing the 1992 Los Angeles riots and leading to 53 deaths and $1 billion in damage.


May

June

July
  • July 6-July 29 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses a U.N. inspection team access to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture. UNSCOM claims that it has reliable information that the site contains archives related to illegal weapons activities. U.N. Inspectors stage a 17-day "sit-in" outside of the building, but leave when their safety is threatened by Iraqi soldiers.
  • July 10 - In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for recreational drug use and racketeering violations.
  • July 16 - Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is nominated for U.S. President and Tennessee Senator Al Gore for Vice President, at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
  • July 16 - Independent U.S. presidential candidate H. Ross Perot drops out of the race, saying that the Democratic Party (United States) has 'revitalized itself'.
  • July 20 - Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
  • July 22 - Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison, fearing extradition to the United States.
  • July 25-August 9 - The 1992 Summer Olympics are held in Barcelona, Spain.


August
  • August 10 - The UK government bans the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary organisation that had been legal for twenty years.
  • August 14 - Nigel Mansell wins the 1992 Formula One World Drivers Championship.
  • August 17 - U.S. Marshalls start the siege of Ruby Ridge.
  • August 18 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
  • August 20 - Kristiansund's connection to the main land of Norway, Krifast, opens.
  • August 20 - The Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas renominates U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle. Pat Buchanan, one of Bush's opponents in the primaries, delivers a controversial convention speech, in which he refers to a "religious war" in the country.
  • August 21-August 22 - Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of a Marshal, Sam Weaver and his dog and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris.
  • August 24-August 28 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida and dissipates over the Tennessee valley when it merges with a storm system; 23 are killed.
  • August 30 - Michael Schumacher wins his first 1992 Belgian Grand Prix in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps in a Benetton_Formula.


September
  • September 11 - Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu.
  • September 12 - STS-47: Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • September 15 – Mihkel Mathiesen assumes presidency of the pre-WW II Republic of Estonia in exile, and appoints a new government in pursuit to avoid abolition of the government in exile.
  • September 16 - The Pound Sterling and the Lira are forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (Black Wednesday).
  • September 17 - Two Kurdish people opposition leaders are assassinated by the Iranian Kazem Darabi and the Lebanon Abbas Rhayel.
  • September 18 - Undaunted by his earlier withdrawal, supporters of U.S. presidential candidate H. Ross Perot succeed in getting his name on the ballot in all 50 states.
  • September 23 - A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys the forensic laboratories in Belfast.
  • September 24 - The Kentucky Supreme Court, in Kentucky v. Wasson, holds that laws criminalizing same-sex sodomy are unconstitutional, and accurately predicts that other states and the nation will eventually rule the same way.


October

November
  • November 3 - U.S. presidential election, 1992: Bill Clinton defeats incumbent U.S. President George H.W. Bush and businessman H. Ross Perot.
  • November 11 - The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
  • November 20 - In England, a fire breaks out in the Private Chapel room of Windsor Castle, rages for 15 hours, and seriously damages the northwest side of the building (an investigation found that the fire was ignited after a spotlight came into contact with a curtain over an extended period).
  • November 24 - In the People's Republic of China, a China Southern Airlines domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
  • November 24 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom describes this year as an Annus Horribilis (horrible year), due to various scandals damaging the image of the Royal Family, as well as the Windsor Castle fire.
  • November 25 - The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, starting on January 1, 1993.
  • November 30 - The trial of 14 South Vietnamese accused of murdering 24 North Vietnamese begins in Hong Kong (ends November 29, 1994).


December



Undated
  • Deng Xiaoping accelerates market reforms to establish a socialist market economy in the People's Republic of China.
  • Queensland introduces Freedom Of Information Laws.
  • The Council for National Academic Awards, United Kingdom is wound up.
  • The largest shopping mall in the US, Minnesota's Mall of America is constructed spanning 78 acres (316,000 m²)
  • Carsington Reservoir opened in England after nearly 20 years planning and construction.
  • Image Comics is founded by a number of former Marvel artists, seeking to create a company where creators were given exclusive ownership of their creations.
  • Amalgamation of the Hospital Chaplains' Fellowship and the National Association of Whole Time Hospital Chaplains to form the College of Health Care Chaplains in the UK.
Ongoing


Fictional The following are references to year 1992 in fiction:

Television * The events of The X-Files Pilot (The X-Files) take place in 1992 between March 6 and March 22.

Computer/video games *Set in 1992: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).

Film *2001: A Space Odyssey (film) (1968): On January 12, the computer HAL 9000 becomes operational (1997 in 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)).

Births For more 1992 births, see: :Category:1992 births January-April
  • January 10 - Eric & Brandon Billings, twin American actors
  • January 12 - Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
  • January 19 - Logan Lerman, American actor
  • January 21 - Logan O'Brien, American actor
  • January 27 - Connor Widdows, Canadian actor
  • January 30 - Matthew Werkmeister, Australian actor
  • February 2 - Asya from Smoosh, American musician
  • February 7 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
  • February 11 - Taylor Lautner, American actor
  • February 14 - Freddie Highmore, British actor
  • February 16 - Danielle Catanzariti, Australian actress
  • February 16 - Steffani Brass, American actress
  • March 3 - Madison Cross, American singer and actress
  • March 4 - Jazmin Grace Rotolo, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
  • March 6 - Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
  • March 8 - Charlie Ray, American actress
  • March 9 - Luis Armand Garcia, American actor
  • March 10 - Emily Osment, American actress
  • March 14 - Kylie Tyndall, American actress
  • March 14 - Keaton Tyndall, American actress
  • March 15 - Sosie Bacon, American actress
  • March 21 - Bobby Preston, American actor
  • March 26 - Haley Ramm, American actress
  • April 4 - Alexa Nikolas, American actress
  • April 15 - Amy Diamond, Swedish pop singer
  • April 15 - Richard Sandrak, Ukrainian bodybuilder
  • April 25 - Kyousuke Ikeda, Japanese voice actor


May-August

September-December

Deaths January-March

April-June

July-December
  • July 13 - Albert Pierrepoint, United Kingdom Chief Executioner (b. 1905)
  • July 15 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
  • July 27 - Anthony Salerno, member of the U.S. La Cosa Nostra and a leader in the Genovese Family (b.1911)
  • August 5 - Jeff Porcaro, American musician (b. 1954)
  • August 12 - John Cage, American composer (b. 1912)
  • August 16 - Mark Heard, American singer (b. 1951)
  • August 18 -
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