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('''
MCMXCII ''') was a
Leap Year Starting On Wednesday .
lies beaten in an intersection as his assailant,
Damian Williams , celebrates during the
1992 Los Angeles Riots .]]
- April 2 - In New York , Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of Murder of mob boss Paul Castellano and Racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison
- April 6 - Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia And Herzegovina (without the presence of Serbia n political delegates) proclaims the independence from Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia
- April 6 - Barney & Friends airs on PBS, starring the famous purple dinosaur himself
- April 6 - Robert Schumann (record-breaker) becomes the youngest person to visit the North Pole
- April 6 - Serbia n troops, as a result of mass rebelion of Serb s in Bosnia And Herzegovina against the Bosnian independence from Yugoslavia , begin to siege the city of Sarajevo . The begin of Bosnian War
- April 8 - '' Punch '' magazine publishes its final issue
- April 9 - A Miami jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia 's cocaine cartel
- April 9 - United Kingdom General Election - John Major unexpectedly re-elected.
- April 10 - IRA bomb explodes in the Baltic Exchange in the City Of London - 3 dead, 91 injured
- April 13 - Roermond in the Netherlands is rocked by an Earthquake along the Peel Fault .
- April 14 - October 15 - The trial of the Russia n Serial Killer Andrei Chikatilo - he is sentenced to death
- April 20 - Seville's six month Universal Exhibition opens, called Seville Expo '92 ,in the city of Seville , Spain
- April 21 - Maria Vladimirovna Of Russia succeeds her father as Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias.
- April 22 - Fuel that has leaked into Sewer explodes in Guadalajara , Mexico - 215 dead, 1500 injured
- April 27 - Betty Boothroyd elected the first woman to be Speaker of the British House Of Commons .
- April 28 - Two last remained countries of the former Socialist Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia - the Republic Of Serbia and the Republic Of Montenegro formed a new state under name - the Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia (after 2003 , Serbia And Montenegro ) and ceased the existence of the union state 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 - In Simi Valley, California , the LAPD police officers that were accused of excessive force in their severe beating of Rodney King , were found "not guilty". The verdict resulted in Several Days Of Riots in L.A. and smaller riots around the country.
- October 1 - Pittsburgh International Airport 's new facility is opened in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The new terminals were built as an expansion for US Air and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International Airport facility.
- October 2 - Riot in the Carandiru prison system in São Paulo , Brazil , which leads up to the events known as the Carandiru Massacre .
- October 4 - Plane crash in Amsterdam , Netherlands , known as the Bijlmerramp .
- October 7 - In Turkey , the farmer Tevfik Esenç , the last fluent speaker of the Ubykh Language , dies.
- October 9 - A 13- Kilogram (29- Pound ) Meteorite landed in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu .
- October 15 - In Russia , Andrei Chikatilo is found guilty of 52 Serial Murder s.
- October 17 - Yoshihiro Hattori , a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student mistakes the address of a party, and is shot after knocking on the wrong door in Louisiana, United States . The shooter, Rodney Peairs, is acquitted by Jury causing an outrage in Japan.
- October 24 - Toronto Blue Jays win World Series in 6 games, making them the first Canadian team to win.
- October 26 - In Canada , the Charlottetown Accord is defeated in a national Referendum .
- October 29 - The Food And Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a Contraceptive in the United States .
- October 31 - Pope John Paul II issues an apology and lifts the edict of Inquisition against Galileo Galilei
- November 3 - Bill Clinton defeats incumbent U.S. president George H. W. Bush and H. Ross Perot in the U.S. Presidential Election
- November 5 - In Detroit, Michigan , black motorist Malice Green is beaten to death by Police men Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn during a struggle (the officers were later convicted and sentenced to prison)
- 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 - Queen Elizabeth II 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 - A murder trial of 14 South Vietnamese accused of murder of 24 North Vietnamese begins in Hong Kong (ends November 29 , 1994 )
- December 3 - UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF , tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid gets distributed and establishing peace in Somalia .
- December 3 - The Greek Oil tanker '' Aegean Sea '' carrying 80,000 tonnes of Crude Oil runs aground in a storm while on approach to La Coruña , Spain , and spills much of its cargo
- December 4 - US military forces invade Somalia .
- December 5 - Kent Conrad of North Dakota resigns his seat in the United States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only US Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.
- December 6 - Hindu activists destroy the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya , India , triggering religious violence around the country.
- December 8 - Last blast fired in Falu Copper Mine in Falun , Sweden . The end of a millennium of continuous operation.
- December 20 - The Folies Bergere music hall in Paris , France closes.
- December 29 - Brazil 's president Fernando Collor De Mello resigns, following charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government and impeachment precedings.
''For more 1992 births see ''
- January 3 - Dame Judith Anderson , Australian actress (b. 1897 )
- January 9 - Bill Naughton , British playwright (b. 1910 )
- January 23 - Freddie Bartholomew , Irish actor (b. 1924 )
- January 26 - José Ferrer , Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912 )
- January 27 - Allan Jones , American actor and singer (b. 1908 )
- January 29 - Willie Dixon , American composer and musician (b. 1915 )
- February 2 - Bert Parks , American game show host (b. 1914 )
- February 4 - Lisa Fonssagrives , Swedish model (b. 1911 )
- February 10 - Alex Haley , American author (b. 1921 )
- February 12 - Bep Van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (b. 1907 )
- February 20 - Dick York , American actor (b. 1928 )
- March 2 - Sandy Dennis , American actress (b. 1939 )
- March 4 - Art Babbitt , animator ( Mister Magoo , Goofy ) (b. 1907 )
- March 9 - Menachem Begin , Prime Minister Of Israel , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913 )
- March 23 - Friedrich Hayek , Austrian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899 )
- March 29 - Paul Henreid , Austrian-born actor (b. 1908 )
- April 1 - Ace Bailey , Canadian hockey player (b. 1903 )
- April 5 - Molly Picon , American actress (b. 1898 )
- April 6 - Isaac Asimov , Russian-born author (b. 1920 )
- April 8 - Daniel Bovet , Swiss-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1907 )
- April 10 - Sam Kinison , American comedian
- April 18 - Benny Hill , British comedian and actor
- April 21 - Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovitch Of Russia (b. 1917 )
- April 23 - Satyajit Ray , Indian filmmaker (b. 1921 )
- April 27 - Olivier Messiaen , French composer (b. 1908 )
- April 28 - Francis Bacon , Irish-born painter (b. 1909 )
- May 6 - Marlene Dietrich , German actress (b. 1901 )
- May 12 - Robert Reed , American actor (b. 1932 )
- May 13 - F. E. McWilliam , Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909 )
- May 14 - Nie Rongzhen , Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1899 )
- May 17 - Lawrence Welk , American musician (b. 1903 )
- May 22 - Tony Accardo , American gangster (b. 1906 )
- May 23 - Giovanni Falcone , Italian judge (b. 1939 )
- June 22 - Chuck Mitchell , American actor (b. 1927 )
- June 25 - Jerome Brown , American football player (b. 1965 )
- July 15 - Hammer DeRoburt , first President Of Nauru (b. 1922 )
- August 5 - Jeff Porcaro , American musician (b. 1954 )
- August 12 - John Cage , American composer (b. 1912 )
- August - Mark Heard , American singer (b. 1951 )
- September 2 - Barbara McClintock , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1902 )
- October 7 - Tevfik Esenç , last known speaker of Ubykh (b. 1904 )
- October 8 - Willy Brandt , Chancellor Of Germany , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913 )
- October 17 - Yoshihiro Hattori , Japanese exchange student (b. 1975 )
- October 17 - Herman Johannes , Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. 1912 )
- October 19 - Arthur Wint , Jamaican runner (b. 1920 )
- October 25 - Roger Miller , American singer (b. 1936 )
- October 27 - David Bohm , American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917 )
- November 7 - Alexander Dubček , Slovakian politician (b. 1921 )
- November 22 - Sterling Holloway , American actor (b. 1905 )
- December 18 - Mark Goodson , American game show producer (b. 1915 )
- December 21 - Nathan Milstein , Ukrainian-born violinist (b. 1903 )
- December 22 - Albert King , American musician (b. 1930 )
