Notable Historical Events - 1992
1992 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Bush is 1st US president to address Australian Parliament |
Jan 1 |
Curacao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education |
Jan 1 |
Europe breaks down trade barriers |
Jan 1 |
International Space Year begins |
Jan 1 |
NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 |
Jan 1 |
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is renamed the Russian Federation, becoming the successor state to the Soviet Union. |
Jan 2 |
Test debut of Shane Warne, v India at Sydney |
Jan 3 |
32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter |
Jan 3 |
Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney |
Jan 4 |
8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) |
Jan 5 |
"6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 perf |
Jan 5 |
"Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 32 performances |
Jan 5 |
"On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 99 perfs |
Jan 5 |
"Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances |
Jan 5 |
Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt |
Jan 6 |
NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul |
Jan 6 |
Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA |
Jan 6 |
Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG |
Jan 6 |
Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings |
Jan 7 |
AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499) |
Jan 7 |
Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan |
Jan 7 |
Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
Jan 8 |
George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap |
Jan 10 |
8th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
Jan 11 |
Algeria's Pres Chadli announces his resignation |
Jan 11 |
Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa |
Jan 11 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi |
Jan 12 |
13th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the Persian Gulf War |
Jan 12 |
Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished |
Jan 12 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman |
Jan 12 |
Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round |
Jan 12 |
A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali. |
Jan 13 |
Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins |
Jan 13 |
US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane |
Jan 13 |
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. |
Jan 15 |
Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia |
Jan 15 |
Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man |
Jan 15 |
Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum |
Jan 16 |
"2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 29 performances |
Jan 17 |
Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) |
Jan 18 |
43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Phila |
Jan 18 |
49th Golden Globes |
Jan 18 |
Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident |
Jan 18 |
NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Philadelphia |
Jan 19 |
"City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 878 performances |
Jan 19 |
Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000 |
Jan 19 |
IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992 |
Jan 19 |
Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble |
Jan 19 |
Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ |
Jan 20 |
Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
Jan 20 |
Score begins selling international soccer cards |
Jan 21 |
Bill Cowher becomes the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, becoming only the second head coach of the team since 1970 (Chuck Noll) |
Jan 22 |
Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride |
Jan 22 |
Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space |
Jan 22 |
Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. |
Jan 23 |
"Visit" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances |
Jan 25 |
66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63) |
Jan 25 |
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41" |
Jan 25 |
Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264 |
Jan 26 |
"Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 41 perfs |
Jan 26 |
80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62) |
Jan 26 |
Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect |
Jan 26 |
Super Bowl XXVI: Wash Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minn Super Bowl MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB |
Jan 27 |
"Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 7 perfs |
Jan 27 |
19th American Music Award: C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win |
Jan 27 |
Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee |
Jan 27 |
Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty) |
Jan 27 |
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair |
Jan 28 |
Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide |
Jan 28 |
Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown |
Jan 30 |
Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands |
Jan 31 |
MTA raised tolls on most NYC bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 |
Feb 1 |
"Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 perfs |
Feb 1 |
Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil) |
Feb 1 |
Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders |
Feb 2 |
Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic |
Feb 2 |
Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec) |
Feb 2 |
David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth |
Feb 2 |
IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M) |
Feb 2 |
Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40) |
Feb 2 |
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15 |
Feb 3 |
Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs" |
Feb 3 |
Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends |
Feb 3 |
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week |
Feb 5 |
Jury selection begins in the LA police beating Rodney King case |
Feb 5 |
Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar |
Feb 5 |
Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India |
Feb 6 |
"Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC |
Feb 6 |
The Sámi people of the far northern Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence. |
Feb 7 |
Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial |
Feb 7 |
Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA |
Feb 8 |
"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 |
Feb 8 |
16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France |
Feb 8 |
Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter |
Feb 9 |
"2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 perfs |
Feb 9 |
42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando |
Feb 9 |
Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ |
Feb 9 |
Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m) |
Feb 9 |
Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10) |
Feb 9 |
NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113 |
Feb 9 |
Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary |
Feb 10 |
"Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV |
Feb 10 |
Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA |
Feb 10 |
Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana |
Feb 11 |
F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo, Netherlands (No deaths) |
Feb 11 |
Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec) |
Feb 13 |
"Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 229 performances |
Feb 13 |
Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW |
Feb 13 |
West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game |
Feb 14 |
Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec) |
Feb 14 |
Cease fire in Somalia begins |
Feb 14 |
Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60) |
Feb 14 |
Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec) |
Feb 15 |
100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox |
Feb 15 |
Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys |
Feb 16 |
Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue |
Feb 16 |
LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform |
Feb 19 |
"Crazy For You" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1622 performances |
Feb 19 |
Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy for You," premieres in NYC |
Feb 19 |
Peter Collins discovers nova Cygni 1992 |
Feb 19 |
Porn producer Jim Mitchell found guilty of killing his brother Artie |
Feb 20 |
"Private Lives" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 37 performances |
Feb 20 |
Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands |
Feb 20 |
Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show |
Feb 21 |
Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's fig skating |
Feb 22 |
"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box NYC |
Feb 22 |
Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox |
Feb 22 |
Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament |
Feb 23 |
16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France |
Feb 23 |
Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka |
Feb 23 |
World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313 |
Feb 23 |
The Socialist Labour Party is founded in Georgia. |
Feb 25 |
34th Grammy Awards: Unforgetable, Marc Cohn wins |
Feb 25 |
Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan |
Feb 25 |
Muddy Waters wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards |
Feb 26 |
"Search & Destroy" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 perfs |
Feb 26 |
Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion |
Feb 27 |
Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL |
Feb 27 |
Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years |
Feb 29 |
Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
Feb 29 |
Professional Spring Football League begins |
Mar 1 |
"Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco NYC after 41 perfs |
Mar 1 |
"Visit" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances |
Mar 1 |
Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40) |
Mar 1 |
Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs) |
Mar 2 |
Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35) |
Mar 2 |
Moldova joins the United Nations. |
Mar 3 |
Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die |
Mar 3 |
Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by NY Islanders |
Mar 3 |
Pres Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to |
Mar 3 |
Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April) |
Mar 3 |
The nation of Bosnia was established. |
Mar 5 |
Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks |
Mar 6 |
Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine |
Mar 6 |
The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. |
Mar 6 |
Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. |
Mar 7 |
Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78) |
Mar 8 |
22nd Easter Seal Telethon |
Mar 8 |
Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic |
Mar 10 |
6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole, Color Me Badd win |
Mar 10 |
Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) |
Mar 12 |
Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. |
Mar 13 |
FCC rules companies can own 30 AM & 30 FM stations (formerly 12) |
Mar 13 |
Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit |
Mar 13 |
An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey. |
Mar 14 |
Farm Aid V |
Mar 14 |
NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape |
Mar 14 |
Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication |
Mar 15 |
Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship |
Mar 15 |
UN officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation |
Mar 16 |
Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball |
Mar 17 |
"Death & the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 159 perfs |
Mar 17 |
18th People's Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Candice Bergen win (TV) |
Mar 17 |
28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Arg |
Mar 17 |
De Klerk wins a white only referendum |
Mar 17 |
Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29 |
Mar 17 |
Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit |
Mar 18 |
"4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 perf |
Mar 18 |
Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame |
Mar 18 |
Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion |
Mar 18 |
Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury |
Mar 19 |
"Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances |
Mar 19 |
Britain's Prince Andrew & Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation |
Mar 20 |
Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set |
Mar 20 |
Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses |
Mar 21 |
2nd WLAF season begins |
Mar 21 |
Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi |
Mar 22 |
"Private Lives" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 37 performances |
Mar 22 |
Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship |
Mar 22 |
England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final |
Mar 22 |
Joseph A Molloy elected NY Yankee general partner |
Mar 22 |
US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die |
Mar 23 |
Florida Marlins begin selling tickets |
Mar 24 |
"Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances |
Mar 24 |
Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space |
Mar 24 |
Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens: 5-6 die |
Mar 24 |
1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space |
Mar 25 |
British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839) |
Mar 25 |
Imran Khan scores 72 & takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI |
Mar 25 |
Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup |
Mar 25 |
Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands |
Mar 25 |
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station. |
Mar 26 |
Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington |
Mar 26 |
NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years |
Mar 27 |
Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" & "Lucky Town" |
Mar 28 |
6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal |
Mar 28 |
Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31) |
Mar 28 |
PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel |
Mar 29 |
"Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 perfs |
Mar 29 |
12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins |
Mar 29 |
21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie |
Mar 29 |
Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father" premieres in NYC |
Mar 29 |
Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS) |
Mar 29 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS) |
Mar 29 |
Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) |
Mar 29 |
Men's Fig Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) |
Mar 29 |
NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC |
Mar 30 |
64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb", Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster win |
Mar 30 |
CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" |
Mar 30 |
Man accidentally backs in A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini |
Mar 30 |
P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica |
Mar 30 |
WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC) |
Mar 31 |
Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
Mar 31 |
UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya |
Apr 1 |
5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome) |
Apr 1 |
Battleship USS Missouri, on which the Japanese surrender took place, decommissioned |
Apr 1 |
Last defendant in St John sex assault case sentenced to 3 yrs probation |
Apr 1 |
NFL decides to stay with 17 week schedule instead of expanded 18 games |
Apr 1 |
NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history |
Apr 1 |
Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman |
Apr 1 |
WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final |
Apr 1 |
World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former USSR |
Apr 2 |
"Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances |
Apr 2 |
Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns |
Apr 2 |
John Gotti found guilty of five murders (Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti, Robert DiBernardo, Liborio Milito and Louis Dibono), conspiracy to murder Gaetano "Corky" Vastola, loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion. |
Apr 2 |
Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands |
Apr 3 |
1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets |
Apr 4 |
Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad |
Apr 4 |
Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case |
Apr 4 |
Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania |
Apr 5 |
"Search & Destroy" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 perfs |
Apr 5 |
11th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Western Ky 78-62 |
Apr 5 |
4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino |
Apr 5 |
Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International |
Apr 5 |
Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea |
Apr 5 |
Peru's Pres Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress |
Apr 5 |
Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president |
Apr 5 |
Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice |
Apr 5 |
Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. |
Apr 6 |
1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0 |
Apr 6 |
54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 |
Apr 6 |
Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses |
Apr 6 |
Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0 |
Apr 6 |
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0 |
Apr 6 |
Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo |
Apr 6 |
US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography |
Apr 6 |
Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps |
Apr 6 |
A general strike is declared by communist groups in Nepal. |
Apr 7 |
Republika Srpska (aka the Bosnian Serb Republic) announces its independence. |
Apr 8 |
"5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 445 perfs |
Apr 8 |
After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue |
Apr 9 |
"Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway |
Apr 9 |
Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman |
Apr 9 |
John Majors, (C) elected PM of England |
Apr 9 |
Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges |
Apr 9 |
Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) |
Apr 9 |
US Fed court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs |
Apr 9 |
William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA |
Apr 10 |
25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka |
Apr 10 |
Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague Neth |
Apr 10 |
NHL strike ends after 10 days |
Apr 11 |
BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence |
Apr 11 |
Euro-Disney opens near Paris |
Apr 11 |
Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn - 6½ hr) |
Apr 11 |
Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 |
Apr 12 |
"Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs |
Apr 12 |
2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61 |
Apr 12 |
53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino |
Apr 12 |
56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275 |
Apr 12 |
Earthquake rocks Germany |
Apr 12 |
Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France |
Apr 12 |
Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN |
Apr 12 |
Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1 |
Apr 12 |
NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962 |
Apr 12 |
Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle |
Apr 13 |
"2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 perfs |
Apr 13 |
5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands |
Apr 13 |
American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% |
Apr 13 |
Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas |
Apr 13 |
Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood |
Apr 13 |
Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team |
Apr 13 |
Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 |
Apr 14 |
"Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1143 performances |
Apr 14 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester |
Apr 14 |
Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft |
Apr 14 |
UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc |
Apr 14 |
UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect |
Apr 15 |
Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion |
Apr 15 |
Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight |
Apr 15 |
Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation |
Apr 15 |
NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438) |
Apr 15 |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame |
Apr 15 |
The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
Apr 16 |
"Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances |
Apr 16 |
1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) |
Apr 16 |
Afghan president Najibullah resigns |
Apr 16 |
NY Rangers win team record 50th game |
Apr 16 |
The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. |
Apr 18 |
Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) |
Apr 19 |
"4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf |
Apr 19 |
Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers" |
Apr 19 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship |
Apr 20 |
100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs |
Apr 20 |
21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 |
Apr 20 |
96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14 |
Apr 20 |
All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium |
Apr 20 |
Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain |
Apr 20 |
Joan Lunden, breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse |
Apr 20 |
Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner |
Apr 21 |
"High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway |
Apr 21 |
Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill (a tidal strait separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey, USA) |
Apr 21 |
Robert Alton Harris is put to death in the California Gas Chamber for 3 murders. |
Apr 22 |
"High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs |
Apr 22 |
6.0 earthquake in California |
Apr 22 |
Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico |
Apr 22 |
Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists |
Apr 23 |
"Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances |
Apr 23 |
Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison |
Apr 23 |
McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China |
Apr 24 |
"Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 108 performances |
Apr 24 |
George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball |
Apr 24 |
Vinson Pike fined £1000 for distributing obscene computer pictures |
Apr 25 |
"Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances |
Apr 25 |
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell |
Apr 26 |
"Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 perfs |
Apr 26 |
"Growing Pains" final episode on ABC TV |
Apr 26 |
"Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 569 performances |
Apr 26 |
"Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances |
Apr 26 |
"Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances |
Apr 26 |
"Who's The Boss" final episode after 8 years on ABC TV |
Apr 26 |
Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously |
Apr 26 |
Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
Apr 26 |
Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base |
Apr 27 |
"Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 perfs |
Apr 27 |
NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent |
Apr 27 |
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. |
Apr 27 |
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. |
Apr 28 |
Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings |
Apr 28 |
Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns |
Apr 29 |
"Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances |
Apr 29 |
27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks |
Apr 29 |
Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery |
Apr 29 |
Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin |
Apr 29 |
Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" |
Apr 29 |
Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps |
Apr 30 |
208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV |
May 1 |
Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 yrs prior |
May 1 |
LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots over Rodney King beating |
May 1 |
NY Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs NJ Devils) |
May 1 |
Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base |
May 2 |
"High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs |
May 2 |
118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03 |
May 2 |
Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian Pres Alija Izetbegovic |
May 3 |
Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves |
May 3 |
Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic |
May 3 |
NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS |
May 3 |
Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17 |
May 3 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge |
May 5 |
Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection |
May 6 |
NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games |
May 6 |
Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II |
May 7 |
5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge, Long Island, for selling cocaine |
May 7 |
Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes |
May 7 |
Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races |
May 7 |
US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) |
May 9 |
America Cup finals begin in San Diego |
May 9 |
Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV |
May 9 |
Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe |
May 9 |
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War. |
May 9 |
Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial dedicated in Danvers (formally Salem Village) to mark 300 yr anniversary of trials |
May 10 |
"Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances |
May 10 |
Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel |
May 10 |
Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic |
May 12 |
1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest |
May 13 |
3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time |
May 13 |
Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup |
May 13 |
Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured |
May 13 |
Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV |
May 13 |
Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show |
May 13 |
Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. |
May 14 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll |
May 15 |
Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy |
May 15 |
NY dept store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores |
May 15 |
Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue |
May 16 |
"Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 |
May 16 |
118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6 |
May 16 |
Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock |
May 16 |
US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) |
May 17 |
38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King |
May 17 |
Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk) |
May 18 |
Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs |
May 19 |
27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary |
May 19 |
Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa LI |
May 19 |
Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches |
May 19 |
Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title |
May 19 |
US VP Dan Quayle attacks Murphy Brown for being a single mother and as a poor example of family values |
May 20 |
FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London |
May 20 |
India launches its 1st satellite independently |
May 20 |
Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds |
May 21 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
May 21 |
NJ senate overrides Governor Florio's veto & lowers sales tax to 6% |
May 22 |
California Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in NJ |
May 22 |
India launches its Agni rocket |
May 22 |
Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show |
May 23 |
NY Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game |
May 23 |
President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees |
May 24 |
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr.wins |
May 24 |
Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
May 24 |
Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament |
May 24 |
Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game |
May 25 |
Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "Tonight Show" |
May 25 |
NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7 |
May 25 |
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy |
May 26 |
Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR |
May 26 |
Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour |
May 28 |
65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum |
May 29 |
NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games |
May 29 |
White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base |
May 30 |
Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old |
May 30 |
NY Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) |
May 30 |
NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams |
May 30 |
UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting |
May 31 |
46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa & Crazy For You win |
May 31 |
5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000 |
May 31 |
Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
Jun 1 |
America West Arena opens in Phoenix |
Jun 1 |
E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced |
Jun 1 |
Snowfall in Colorado |
Jun 1 |
Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games |
Jun 2 |
Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery |
Jun 2 |
Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows & Light" |
Jun 3 |
Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support |
Jun 3 |
World's largest environmental summit opens (Rio De Janeiro Brazil) |
Jun 4 |
San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium |
Jun 4 |
USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp |
Jun 6 |
124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26 |
Jun 6 |
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Jun 6 |
Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car |
Jun 6 |
NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter |
Jun 6 |
WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 (Montreal) |
Jun 7 |
"Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs |
Jun 7 |
62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) |
Jun 7 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
Jun 7 |
EUVE Launch |
Jun 8 |
26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks |
Jun 8 |
NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time |
Jun 8 |
Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria |
Jun 10 |
"Price" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 47 performances |
Jun 10 |
Intelsat K launched |
Jun 11 |
Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group |
Jun 11 |
Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of Intl Tennis Hall of Fame |
Jun 11 |
US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0 |
Jun 14 |
10th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton |
Jun 14 |
46th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trailblazers, 4 games to 2 |
Jun 14 |
Anne-Marie Palli wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
Jun 14 |
Mona Van Duyn is named 1st female US poet laureate |
Jun 14 |
Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play |
Jun 15 |
1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years |
Jun 15 |
Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13 |
Jun 15 |
Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC) |
Jun 15 |
Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' save record with #342 |
Jun 15 |
Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell "potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee |
Jun 16 |
Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87), indicted on Iran-contra charge |
Jun 16 |
Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game |
Jun 16 |
British postage stamp celebrates 350th anniversary of the Battle of Edgehill |
Jun 16 |
Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning |
Jun 16 |
Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0) |
Jun 16 |
Longest salami is 68'9 & 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway |
Jun 17 |
Conn Gov Lowell Weicker & WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day |
Jun 17 |
Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns |
Jun 17 |
Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42 |
Jun 18 |
Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft |
Jun 18 |
Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft |
Jun 19 |
"Batman Returns" is released in USA movie theatres |
Jun 19 |
Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
Jun 19 |
Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in NYC |
Jun 19 |
Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa |
Jun 19 |
NY Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards |
Jun 19 |
"Batman Returns", starring Michael Keaton as Batman, Danny Devito as the Penguin, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, is released |
Jun 20 |
Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball PA announcer (Balt Orioles) |
Jun 20 |
Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Washington Capitals to the Detroit Red Wings |
Jun 21 |
92nd US Golf Open: Tom Kite shoots a 285 at Pebble Beach GL Calif |
Jun 21 |
Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
Jun 21 |
Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham & Allan Lamb |
Jun 22 |
2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg identified as Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarina Alexandra |
Jun 22 |
Supreme Court rules "hate crime" laws violated free-speech rights |
Jun 23 |
"Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh |
Jun 23 |
Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time |
Jun 23 |
Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election |
Jun 24 |
Billy Joel gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville High School at 43 |
Jun 24 |
Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball |
Jun 24 |
Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel |
Jun 24 |
John Gotti begins life sentence in jail |
Jun 25 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague |
Jun 25 |
Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores |
Jun 25 |
STS 50 launches (Columbia) |
Jun 26 |
India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh |
Jun 26 |
NYC's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 |
Jun 26 |
Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports |
Jun 26 |
Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship |
Jun 27 |
"57 Channels (and Nothin' on)" by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68 |
Jun 27 |
193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon |
Jun 27 |
Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon |
Jun 27 |
Daryl Gates retires as LA police chief |
Jun 28 |
"Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances |
Jun 28 |
2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California |
Jun 28 |
Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan |
Jun 28 |
Italian government of Amato forms |
Jun 28 |
LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down |
Jun 28 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
Jun 28 |
US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57 |
Jun 28 |
The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law. |
Jun 29 |
"Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances |
Jun 29 |
2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif |
Jun 29 |
A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season |
Jun 29 |
NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers |
Jun 29 |
Algerian head of state, Mohamed Boudiaf, is assassinated by military officers during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba |
Jun 30 |
1st pay bathrooms in US open: 25 cents (NYC) |
Jun 30 |
Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines |
Jun 30 |
Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s) |
Jun 30 |
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. |
Jun 30 |
South African ANC President Nelson Mandela meets with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar |
Jul 1 |
6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles |
Jul 1 |
Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria |
Jul 1 |
Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming |
Jul 2 |
Braniff Airlines goes out of business |
Jul 3 |
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa has its FIFA membership reinstated |
Jul 4 |
99th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (6-2 6-1) |
Jul 4 |
John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant |
Jul 5 |
106th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64) |
Jul 5 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic |
Jul 5 |
Sixto Durán Ballén elected president of Ecuador |
Jul 6 |
Fay Vincent institutes plans to realign NL |
Jul 7 |
South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win South Africa's first ever FIFA sanctioned match |
Jul 8 |
Florida Marlins unveil their uniform |
Jul 8 |
Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria |
Jul 8 |
Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities. |
Jul 9 |
Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame |
Jul 9 |
Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands |
Jul 10 |
John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners |
Jul 10 |
Spaceship Giotto (Halley 1986) approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup |
Jul 10 |
SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival |
Jul 10 |
US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons |
Jul 11 |
Pres candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people" |
Jul 12 |
13th US Seniors Golf Open: Larry Laoretti |
Jul 12 |
Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert |
Jul 12 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament |
Jul 13 |
The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and Congress of South African Trade Union, outlines a mass action plan for August |
Jul 14 |
63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD |
Jul 14 |
Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery |
Jul 14 |
All star MVP: Ken Griffey Jr (Seattle Mariners) |
Jul 14 |
386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds release his Linux soon afterwards. |
Jul 15 |
Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed |
Jul 15 |
The Security Council of the UN examine violence in South Africa |
Jul 17 |
Slovak parliament asks for self rule |
Jul 18 |
Sharon Belden, of Florida, 25, crowned Miss World USA |
Jul 18 |
The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima. |
Jul 19 |
"Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances |
Jul 19 |
30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1) |
Jul 19 |
Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife |
Jul 19 |
Ebony P Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America |
Jul 19 |
Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
Jul 19 |
NYC Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife |
Jul 20 |
121st British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield Gullane |
Jul 20 |
Round World Air Race begins in Paris |
Jul 20 |
Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. |
Jul 22 |
Colombia drug baron Pablo Escobar escapes prison |
Jul 22 |
Soyuz TM-15 launches |
Jul 23 |
Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour |
Jul 23 |
Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral |
Jul 24 |
Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner (eff 3/1/93) |
Jul 24 |
Vickers Viscount crashes, 70 die |
Jul 25 |
25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain |
Jul 25 |
Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr Mudd |
Jul 26 |
"Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 108 perfs |
Jul 26 |
47th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan |
Jul 26 |
Britain honours her dead in the Falklands war |
Jul 26 |
Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons |
Jul 27 |
Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep Natl Convention |
Jul 27 |
Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch & Evgueni |
Jul 27 |
Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95) |
Jul 27 |
Nelson Mandela says that a general strike will go ahead; the aim of the mass protest was the peaceful removal of President De Klerk from power, the immediate transfer of political power to the people and free and fair elections to a constituent assembly |
Jul 28 |
Ground breaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium |
Jul 29 |
"Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 18 perfs |
Jul 29 |
Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00) |
Jul 29 |
Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguys), arrested for narcotic possession |
Jul 30 |
Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65) |
Jul 31 |
Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) |
Jul 31 |
Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) |
Jul 31 |
Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36) |
Jul 31 |
Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die |
Jul 31 |
Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) |
Aug 1 |
"Salome" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 9 performances |
Aug 1 |
NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres |
Aug 1 |
USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica |
Aug 2 |
"Death & the Maiden" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 159 perfs |
Aug 2 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Welch's Golf Classic |
Aug 2 |
Tom Seaver, R Fingers, Hal Newhouser, & B McGowan enter Hall of Fame |
Aug 3 |
Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531) |
Aug 3 |
Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot |
Aug 5 |
4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge |
Aug 7 |
Cleveland Indians turn a triple play |
Aug 7 |
Tampa Bay group purchases SF Giants |
Aug 8 |
Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR |
Aug 9 |
"Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 perf |
Aug 9 |
25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain |
Aug 9 |
Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt |
Aug 9 |
Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower |
Aug 9 |
Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3°F (37.4°C) |
Aug 10 |
Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched |
Aug 10 |
Soyuz TM-15 lands |
Aug 11 |
Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game |
Aug 12 |
Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
Aug 15 |
Colombo '92 closes in Genoa Italy |
Aug 16 |
20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur |
Aug 16 |
74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St Louis |
Aug 16 |
Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96) |
Aug 17 |
Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0 |
Aug 18 |
"Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion NYC for 61 perfs |
Aug 19 |
Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia) |
Aug 19 |
Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia |
Aug 20 |
England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record |
Aug 22 |
Matthews & Warne spin Australia to a famous win v Sri Lanka |
Aug 22 |
FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. |
Aug 23 |
Kris Tschetter wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic |
Aug 23 |
Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons |
Aug 23 |
Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African National Congress |
Aug 24 |
1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) |
Aug 24 |
Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings |
Aug 24 |
Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die |
Aug 24 |
Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint |
Aug 24 |
Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea. |
Aug 25 |
Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA |
Aug 26 |
"Anna Karenina" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 performances |
Aug 27 |
CFL revokes BC Lions franchise |
Aug 27 |
Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent & Ryan Thompson |
Aug 28 |
Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo |
Aug 29 |
Largest wrestling crowd outside US (75,000) at Wembley Stadium, London |
Aug 29 |
Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season & it marks the 5th time he's blown a potential win for Greg Harris |
Aug 29 |
Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout & decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error |
Aug 30 |
"2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 160 perfs |
Aug 30 |
"Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances |
Aug 30 |
92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard |
Aug 30 |
David Lewett & Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun |
Aug 30 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge |
Aug 31 |
44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd & Dana Delane win |