1992

1992 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1992; MCMXCII
Ab urbe condita	2745
Armenian calendar	1441; ԹՎ ՌՆԽԱ
Assyrian calendar	6742
Bahá'í calendar	148–149
Balinese saka calendar	1913–1914
Bengali calendar	1399
Berber calendar	2942
British Regnal year	40 Eliz. 2 – 41 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2536
Burmese calendar	1354
Byzantine calendar	7500–7501
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat); 4688 or 4628; — to —; 壬申年 (Water Monkey); 4689 or 4629
Coptic calendar	1708–1709
Discordian calendar	3158
Ethiopian calendar	1984–1985
Hebrew calendar	5752–5753
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2048–2049
- Shaka Samvat	1913–1914
- Kali Yuga	5092–5093
Holocene calendar	11992
Igbo calendar	992–993
Iranian calendar	1370–1371
Islamic calendar	1412–1413
Japanese calendar	Heisei 4; (平成４年)
Javanese calendar	1924–1925
Juche calendar	81
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4325
Minguo calendar	ROC 81; 民國81年
Nanakshahi calendar	524
Thai solar calendar	2535
Tibetan calendar	阴金羊年; (female Iron-Goat); 2118 or 1737 or 965; — to —; 阳水猴年; (male Water-Monkey); 2119 or 1738 or 966
Unix time	694224000 – 725846399

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1989 1990 1991 – 1992 – 1993 1994 1995

1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1992nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 992nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1990s decade.

Events[change | change source]

January[change | change source]

Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes UN Secretary-General.

January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes Secretary General of the UN.
January 1 – George H. W. Bush becomes the first US President to address the Australian parliament.
January 8 – George H. W. Bush is filmed falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan.
January 11 – Paul Simon is the first major artist to play in South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.
January 16 – Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood opening of his new movie, Freejack, at Mann's Chinese Theatre.
January 26 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting US cities with Nuclear Weapons.

February[change | change source]

February 7 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, forming the EU.
February 8 – The Winter Olympics open in Albertville, France.
February 18 – Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe, after 11 years as the band's lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a race car driver.
February 23 – The Winter Olympics close in Albertville, France.
February 24 – Nirvana's Kurt Cobain marries Hole's Courtney Love.
February 24 – The U.S. Postal Service unveils two possible designs for an Elvis Presley stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a "young" 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much "older" 1970s Elvis. The "young" Elvis wins the vote, and is issued the following January.

March[change | change source]

March 3 – Turkey's worst mine disaster kills 263 people in Zonguldak.
March 10 – Prince wins the lifetime achievement award during the Soul Train Awards.
March 12 – Mauritius becomes a Republic.
March 13 – A 6.8 magnitude earthquake kills 500 people in Eastern Turkey.
March 14 – Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas, hosted by Willie Nelson. Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Paul Simon. About 40,000 people attend the event.
March 18 – The Finnish parliament votes in favour of EU membership.
March 24 – A Chicago, Illinois judge approves cash rebates of up to $3 to anyone proving they bought Milli Vanilli prior to when the lip synching scandal began on November 27, 1990.

April[change | change source]

April 1 – Billy Idol, on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug use.
April 5 – Bosnia and Herzegovina declares independence. Serb troops besiege Sarajevo.
April 6 – The independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina is recognised by the EU and US.
April 6 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.1.
April 9 – Panama's former military leader Manuel Noriega is convicted of assisting Colombian cocaine cartels.
April 9 – In the UK, the Conservative Party of Prime Minister John Major, is reelected.
April 22 – Fuel that has leaked into a sewer, explodes in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 215 people.
April 24 – David Bowie marries fashion model Iman.
April 27 – The British House of Commons elects Betty Boothroyd as its first female speaker.
April 28 – The last remaining constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, form a new state, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
April 29 – LAPD Police Officers are acquitted of using force in the beating of Rodney King, with subsequent riots leading to 53 deaths.
April 29 - NBA player Michael Jordan scores 56 points in a playoff game against the Miami Heat in what is considered one of the greatest games of his career.
April 30 – In Los Angeles, California, Madonna's bustier is stolen from a display in Fredrick's Of Hollywood. A $1,000 reward is offered for its return.

May[change | change source]

May – The 1st EJCF was held in Basel. It is a great success and will be held every three years (the next time was in 1995).
May 10 – Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Championship in Prague.
May 23 – A Mafia bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone.

June[change | change source]

June 1 – Venezuelan revolutionary Carlos (the Jackal) is sentenced to life imprisonment.
June 2 – A referendum in Denmark narrowly rejects the Maastricht Treaty.
June 20 – The kroon replaces the Soviet ruble as Estonia's main monetary unit.
June 26 – In Sweden, Denmark wins Football's European championship, defeating Germany 2-0 in the final.
June 28 – Estonia holds a constitutional referendum.
June 29 – Algerian President Mohamed Boudiaf is killed by one of his bodyguards.
June 30 – Fidel V. Ramos becomes President of the Philippines.

July[change | change source]

July – Launch of the "Budafest" Summer Opera & Ballet Festival in Budapest.
July 10 – Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering offences.
July 13 – Yitzhak Rabin becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
July 23 – Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
July 25 – The Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, are opened.
July 28 – Mary J. Blige releases her first album What's the 411?. It is a pivotal album in the world of R&B.
July 31 – The Republic of Georgia joins the UN.

August[change | change source]

August – Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on Billboard.
August 9 – The Summer Olympics in Barcelona close.
August 10 – The UK Government bans the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary group.
August 24 – Hurricane Andrew hits Florida.
August 27 – John Lennon's original handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" are sold by auction for $87,000.

September[change | change source]

September 2 – An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
September 11 – Hurricane Iniki hits Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawaii.

October[change | change source]

October 2 – A riot in Carandiru Penitentiary, São Paulo, Brazil, results in a massacre.
October 3 – Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live
October 4 – An Israeli plane crashes in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, killing 43 people.
October 6 – Lennart Meri becomes Estonia's President.
October 15 – In Russia, Andrei Chikatilo is found guilty of 52 murders.
October 25 – Lithuania holds a constitutional referendum.
October 31 – Pope John Paul II issues an apology and lifts the edict of Inquisition on Galileo Galilei.
October 31 and November 7 – "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men posted its 12th and 13th consecutive weeks at #1, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley. This record was ended on March 6 the next year by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".

November[change | change source]

November 3 – Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent George H. W. Bush.
November 3 – Rage Against the Machine releases their debut album.
November 15 – Megan Jasper of Sub Pop creates the grunge speak hoax, tricking The New York Times into printing an article on a supposed slang used in the Seattle grunge scene.
November 20 – A fire breaks out at Windsor Castle, causing £50 million in damage.
November 24 – Queen Elizabeth II of the UK describes 1992 as an Annus Horribilis, due to scandals that have damaged the image of the Royal Family.
November 24 – In China, a China Southern Airlines Flight crashes, killing 141 people.
November 25 – Velvet Divorce: Czechoslovakia's Federal Assembly votes to split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on January 1, 1993.

December[change | change source]

December 4 – US Military forces land in Somalia.
December 6 – A 16th century Mosque, the Babri Masjid, is destroyed by Hindu extremists in Ayodhya, India.
December 8 – The Copper mine in Falun, Sweden, closes after functioning for 1000 years.
December 9 – In the UK, Prince Charles and Princess Diana publicly announce their separation.
December 12 – An Earthquake hits Flores island, Indonesia, killing 2,500 people.
December 21 – A plane on a Dutch DC-10 Martinair MP495 flight, crashes at Faro Airport in Portugal, killing 56 people.
December 22 – In Tripoli, Libya a Boeing 727 Libyan Airlines plane and an MiG 23 aircraft collide, killing 157 people.
December 22 – Dr. Martin Almada discovers the Archives of Terror, which detail tortures and killings committed by Latin American dictatorships.
December 29 – Brazil's President Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges of stealing more than $32 million from the government, banning him from holding any elected office for 8 years.