55 events found for 1992
In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and…
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992 USD)…
Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes on approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.
The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this…
A group of hunters at the Stampede trail near Healy, Alaska came across a male corpse in abandoned bus, later…
Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing 7 and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.
NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison,…
Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of…
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be…
The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug…
Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and…
An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.