23 events found for 1992
The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed
An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal min
Li Hongzhi introduced the Falun Gong movement at a public lecture in Changchun, China
Swedish woman Helena Andersson disappeared in Mariestad, one suspect were ”the man with the pilot glasses"
Croatian War of Independence: The Battle of the Miljevci Plateau ended after a failed counterattack by forces of the Rep
Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the…
The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially…
A car bomb killed the anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months…
The Mall of America (pictured) in Bloomington, Minnesota, opened as the largest shopping mall in the United States.
Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made…
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on…
Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the Hawaiian Islands, passed directly over the island…
Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be…
The British pound (coin pictured) was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday and…
After his neighbor identified handwriting samples placed on local billboards by police, Oba Chandler was arrested…
Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.
After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 or 5.9 struck south of Cairo, Egypt, killing 545 people.