1992


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

Contents
Events of 1992
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Undated
Ongoing
Fictional
Television
Computer/video games
Film
Births
January-April
May-August
September-December
Deaths
January-March
April-June
July-December
Nobel prizes
Templeton Prize
See also
Notes
External links

Events of 1992


January



January 1 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.

January 1 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first U.S. President to address the Australian Parliament.

January 6 - Bosnian Serbs declare their own republic within Bosnia and Herzegovina, in protest of the decision by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats to seek EC recognition.

January 6 - George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting.

January 11 - Singer Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.

January 12 - The second round of Algeria's general elections is cancelled when the first round is favorable to the Islamic Salvation Front.

January 13 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.

January 13 - Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane to the murders of 15 young men and boys.

January 15 - The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia begins to break up. Slovenia and Croatia gain independence and international recognition in some Western countries.

January 16 - El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign a pact in Mexico City ending a 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000 lives.

January 22 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.

January 22 - ''STS-42'': Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space, aboard Space Shuttle ''Discovery''.

January 26 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.[1]

January 26 - The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in Super Bowl XXVI at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
February


February 1 - Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal Court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case, and orders the Indian government to press for an extradition from United States.

February 7 - The Maastricht Treaty is signed, founding the European Union.

February 10 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, boxer Mike Tyson is convicted of raping Desiree Washington.

February 10 - Tom Harkin wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus.

February 11 - An F-16 jet crashes into a residential district of Hengelo, the Netherlands; no casualties are reported.

February 17 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.

February 18 - Iraq disarmament crisis: The Executive Chairman of UNSCOM details Iraq's refusal to abide by UN Security Council disarmament resolutions.

February 18 - In New Hampshire, U.S. President George H.W. Bush defeats Pat Buchanan in the Republican primary; Paul Tsongas leads the Democratic candidates.

February 20 - The English FA Premier League is officially formed. The first games will be played at the beginning of the new football season on 15 August, and its founder members will be the teams who finish in the top 19 places of this season's Football League First Division and the 3 teams who win promotion from the Second Division.

February 21 - The United Nations Security Council approves United Nations Resolution 743 to send a UNPROFOR peacekeeping force to Yugoslavia.

February 25-February 26 - Massacre of 613 Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly. Among them are 106 women and 83 children. 56 people are killed especially brutally. 8 families are totally exterminated. 25 children are totally, and 130 children partly orphaned. 476 people (of which 76 are children) become disabled. 1,275 people are taken hostage and even though afterwards most of the hostages are released from captivity, the fates of 150 of them are still unknown. Reported to be carried out by the Armenian forces.

February 26 - The Supreme Court of Ireland rules that a 14-year-old rape victim may travel to England to have an abortion.
March


March 1 - After a majority of the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat communities vote for Bosnian 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.

March 25 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
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 publishes its final issue.

April 9 - A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.


★ - 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 1 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.


★ - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium, is televised live to over 1 billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research.

April 21 - The death of Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich of Russia results in a succession dispute between Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia and Vladimir's daughter Maria for the leadership of the Imperial Family of Russia.

April 22 - Fuel that has leaked into a sewer explodes in Guadalajara, 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


May 5 - Alabama ratifies a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.

May 5 - Russian leaders in Crimea declare their separation from Ukraine as a new republic. They withdraw the secession on May 10.

May 10 - Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague.

May 13 - Falun Gong introduced by Li Hongzhi.

May 15 - The Genoa Expo '92 World's Fair opens in Genoa, Italy.

May 16 - ''STS-49'': Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.

May 19 - In Massapequa, New York, Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco.

May 19 - In San Francisco, U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle gives his famous ''Murphy Brown'' speech.

May 23 - A Mafia bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone.

May 25 - Jay Leno clocks in as host of NBC's Tonight Show, following the retirement of Johnny Carson

May 25 - Lindy Chamberlain receives compensation for wrongful conviction.

May 26 - Charles Geschke, President of Adobe Systems, is kidnapped from his company parking lot. Kidnappers demand ransom for $650,000 - they are later apprehended.
June


June 1 - Kentucky celebrates its bicentennial statehood.

June 1 - Terrorist Carlos (the Jackal) is sentenced to life imprisonment.

June 1 - The Pittsburgh Penguins sweep the Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games in the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals.

June 3 - Four nuclear missiles are launched into the Pacific Ocean.

June 8 - The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

June 14 - The Chicago Bulls win their 2nd NBA championship by defeating the Portland Trailblazers in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 2.

June 15 - During a spelling bee at a Trenton, New Jersey elementary school, U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously corrects a student's spelling of the word ''potato'', by indicating it should have an ''e'' at the end.

June 17 - A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this is later codified in START II). [2]

June 20 - In Estonia, kroon replaces Soviet ruble.

June 22 - Two skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg are identified as Czar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.

June 22 - Radio Wimbledon, the Official Radio Station of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is launched.

June 23 - Mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering on April 2. [3]

June 26 - Denmark beats Germany 2-0 to win Euro 92 at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

June 28 - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes Landers, California, followed by a magnitude 6.4 aftershock 8km southeast of Big Bear Lake, California.

June 28 - Estonia holds a referendum on its constitution.

June 29 - A bodyguard assassinates President Muhammad Boudiaf of Algeria.
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 drug 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 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 21 - 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 Grand Prix in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps in a Benetton-Ford.
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 15Mihkel 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 Italian Lira are forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (Black Wednesday).

September 17 - Two Kurdish opposition leaders are assassinated by the Iranian Kazem Darabi and the Lebanese 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


October 1 - Pittsburgh International Airport's new facility is opened in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new terminal is built as an expansion for USAir and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International Airport facility.

October 1 - H. Ross Perot re-enters the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign.

October 2 - A riot breaks out in the Carandiru prison system in São Paulo, Brazil, resulting in the Carandiru Massacre.

October 4 - The Bijlmerramp disaster: An Israeli plane crashes in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 43 are killed, many more injured.

October 6 - Lennart Meri becomes the first president of re-independent Estonia.

October 9 - A 13-kilogram (29-pound) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.

October 12 - In Dominican Republic, Pope John Paul II congregates to celebrate the 500th anniversary on the meeting of 2 cultures.

October 15 - In Russia, Andrei Chikatilo is found guilty of 52 serial murders.

October 17 - Yoshihiro Hattori, a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, mistakes the address of a party and is shot dead after knocking on the wrong door in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooter, Rodney Peairs, is later acquitted, sparking outrage in Japan.

October 20 - ''Erotica'' is released. Its "overly sexual" themes loses Madonna a lot of religious fans and even gets her concerts banned from Vatican City. The cover, which seems to depict Madonna enjoying sexual intercourse, the inner artwork, the lyrics, and the music videos make ''Erotica'' the most controversial album of all time.

October 24 - The Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series in 6 games, making them the first Canadian team to win.

October 25 - Lithuania holds a referendum on its first constitution after declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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 the Inquisition against Galileo Galilei.
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


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 - U.S. military forces land in 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 U.S. Senator ever to have held 2 seats on the same day.

December 6 - Hindu extremists demolish Babri Masjid (a 16th century mosque) in Ayodhya, India.

December 8 - The last blast is fired at the Falu Copper Mine in Falun, Sweden, after a millennium of continuous operation.

December 12 - An earthquake hits Flores, Indonesia, leaving 2,500 dead.

December 20 - The Folies Bergere music hall in Paris, France closes.

December 21 - A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport (Portugal), killing 56 people.

December 29 - Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years.
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, UK 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 episode take place in 1992 between March 6 and March 22.
Computer/video games

:
★ Set in 1992: '' (2004).
Film

:
★ '' (1968): On January 12, the computer HAL 9000 becomes operational (1997 in ).

Births


:''For more 1992 births, see: ''
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 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 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


May 4 - Courtney Jines, American actress

May 12 - Malcolm David Kelley, American actor

May 18 - Spencer Breslin, American actor

May 30 - Liam Mower, British stage actor

June 4 - Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer

June 12 - Ryan Malgarini, American actor

June 14 - Daryl Sabara, American voice actor

June 14 - Evan Sabara, American actor

June 17 - James Martin, British actor

June 19 - Mariah Stanley, American singer

June 26 - Jennette McCurdy, American actress

June 30 - Lynx and Lamb Gaede, twin American Neo-Nazi musicians

July 1 - Andrew and Steven Cavarno, twin American actors

July 13 - Dylan Patton, American actor and model

July 15 - Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer

July 20 - Nicki Prian, American actress

July 22 - Selena Gomez, American actress

August 4 - Dylan and Cole Sprouse, twin American actors

August 10 - Ko Ah-seong, South Korean actress

August 13 - Katharine Close, Scripps National Spelling Bee winner

August 18 - Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
September-December


September 9 - Allie DiMeco, American actress

September 16 - Nicholas Jonas, American singer/songwriter

September 19 - Gavin Fink, American actor

September 28 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress

October 1 - Gauri Shankar, Indian chess prodigy

October 9 - Tyler James Williams, American actor

October 12 - Josh Hutcherson, American actor

October 12 - Taylor Horn, American singer and actress

October 13 - Sarah Payne, British murder victim (d. 2000)

October 13 - Aaron Dismuke, American voice actor

October 15 - Vincent Martella, American actor

October 17 - Sam Concepcion, Filipino singer/performer

October 22 - Sofia Vassilieva, American actress

October 30 - Tequan Richmond, American actor

November 12 - Macey Cruthird, American actress

November 12 - Shelbie Bruce, American actress

November 17 - Darian Weiss, American actor

November 18 - Nathan Kress, American actor

November 23 - Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer

November 25 - Zack Shada, American actor

November 28 - Kianna Underwood, American actress

November 28 - Adam Hicks, American actor

November 30 - Dylan Smith, American actor

December 3 - Joseph McManners, British stage actor

December 14 - Victoria Kelly, American actress

December 17 - Thomas Law, British actor

December 21 - Haylee Wanstall, American actress

December 23 - Spencer Daniels, American actor

Deaths


January-March


January 1 - Grace Hopper, American computer scientist (b. 1906)

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. 1907)

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 21 - Natalie Sleeth, American composer (b. 1930)

March 23 - Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

March 29 - Paul Henreid, Austrian-born actor (b. 1908)

March 30 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1919)
April-June


April 5 - Suada Dilberovic, Bosnian medical student. First casualty of the Siege of Sarajevo (b. 1968)

April 5 - Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898)

April 6 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)

April 6 - Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart (b. 1918)

April 7 - Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (b. 1903)

April 8 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1907)

April 10 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)

April 11 - Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)

April 19 - Benny Hill, British comedian and actor (b. 1924)

April 21 - Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovitch of Russia (b. 1917)

April 23 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)

April 25 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese songwriter (b. 1965)

April 27 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer (b. 1908)

April 28 - Francis Bacon, Irish-born painter (b. 1909)

May 4 - Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927)

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 18 - Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (b. 1896)

June 22 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)

June 25 - Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
July-December


July 13 - Albert Pierrepoint, British 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 - John Sturges, American director, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, (b. 1911)

September 2 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1902)

September 12 - Anthony Perkins, American actor, most noted for his portrayal of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film ''Psycho'' (b. 1932)

October 5 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)

October 6 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)

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 22 - Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)

October 25 - Roger Miller, American singer (b. 1936)

October 27 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)

November 2 - Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892)

November 5 - Malice Green, black motorist in Detroit, Michigan who died in the custody of white police officers

November 7 - Alexander Dubček, Slovakian politician (b. 1921)

November 22 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)

December 6 - Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (b. 1914)

December 12 - Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. 1901)

December 18 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (b. 1915)

December 21 - Stella Adler, American acting teacher (b. 1901)

December 21 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-born violinist (b. 1903)

December 21 - Albert King, American musician (b. 1923)

December 22 - Frederick William Franz, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and 4th President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (b. 1893)

December 22 - Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist and author (b. 1914)

December 25 - Ted Croker, English former football official (b. 1924)

December 25 - Monica Dickens, English author (b. 1915)

Nobel prizes



Physics - Georges Charpak

Chemistry - Rudolph A. Marcus

Medicine - Edmond H. Fischer, Edwin G. Krebs

Literature - Derek Walcott

Peace - Rigoberta Menchú

Templeton Prize



Kyung-Chik Han

See also



20th century

Notes


External links



1992 House by Bill Frolick - article about 1992 from ''The New Yorker'' magazine.

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves