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1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year that started on a Wednesday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1992nd year of Anno Domini, or of the Common Era; the 992nd year of the 2nd millennium; the 92nd year of the 20th century; and the 3rd of the 1990s. The year 1992 was designated as the "International Space Year" by the United Nations. Events January February March April - April 5
- April 9 A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.
- 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 The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park's name were subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
- April 13 Roermond, the Netherlands, is rocked by an earthquake along the Peel Fault.
- April 15 The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- April 20
- 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 leaked into a sewer explodes in Guadalajara, Mexico; 215 are killed, 1,500 injured.
- April 27 Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman elected Speaker of the British House of Commons.
- April 28 The two remaining constituent republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro form a new state, named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (after 2003, Serbia and Montenegro), bringing to an end the official 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 Los Angeles riots: Acquittal of four police officers in the Rodney King beating criminal trial triggers massive rioting in Los Angeles. The riots will last for six days resulting in 53 deaths and over a $1 billion in damages before order is restored.
May June July August September October - October 2 A riot breaks out in the Carandiru Penitentiary in S o Paulo, Brazil, resulting in the Carandiru Massacre.
- October 3 After performing a song protesting alleged child abuse by the Catholic Church, Sin ad O'Connor rips up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live, causing huge controversy, leading the switchboards at NBC to ring off the hook.
- 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 newly independent Estonia.
- October 9 The Chief of Naval Operations adopts the US Navy's core values: Honor, Courage and Commitment.
- October 12 In the Dominican Republic, Pope John Paul II celebrates the 500th anniversary of the meeting of 2 cultures.
- 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 25 Lithuania holds a referendum on its first constitution after declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- October 31 Pope John Paul II issues an apology, and lifts the edict of the Inquisition against Galileo Galilei.
November December - December 3
- December 4 U.S. military forces land in Somalia.
- December 6 Extremist Hindu activists demolish Babri Masjid a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya, India which had been used as a temple since 1949, leading to widespread communal violence, including the Mumbai Riots, in all killing over 1500 people.
- December 8 The last blast is fired at the Falu Copper Mine in Falun, Sweden, after a millennium of continuous operation.
- December 9 Prince Charles and Princess Diana publicly announce their separation.
- December 12 An earthquake hits Flores, Indonesia, leaving 2,500 dead.
- December 20 The Folies Berg re music hall in Paris, France closes.
- December 21 A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56 people.
- December 22 Archives of Terror discovered by Dr. Mart n Almada detailing the fates of thousands of Latin Americans who had been secretly kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the security services of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This was known as Operation Condor.
- 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 8 years.
Date unknown Births January March - January 1 Jack Wilshere, English footballer
- January 16 Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer
- January 17 Nate Hartley, American actor
- January 19
- January 21 Melissa Anne Smith, Canadian actress
- January 25 Olivia Bonilla, American singer-songwriter and musician
- January 26 Cassidy Lehrman, American actress
- January 27 Sam Barry (tennis), Irish tennis player
- January 28 Simone (singer), Danish singer
- January 30 Matthew Werkmeister, Australian stage and television actor
- January 31 Tyler Seguin, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 5 Neymar da Silva, Brazilian soccer player
- February 7 Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
- February 8 Karle Warren, American actress
- February 9
- February 11 Taylor Lautner, American actor
- February 14 Freddie Highmore, English actor
- February 17 Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress
- February 18
- February 19 Paulina Gait n, Mexican actress
- February 23 Samara Weaving, Australian actress
- February 25 Max Aaron, American figure skater
- February 26
- March 4 Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- March 6 Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese singer
- March 8 Charlie Ray, American actress
- March 10 Emily Osment, American actress and singer
- March 13 Kaya Scodelario, English actress and model
- March 14 Jasmine Murray, American singer
- March 15
- March 17 Eliza Bennett, British actress
- March 22 Jessie Andrews, American pornographic actress
- March 23
- March 26 Haley Ramm, American actress
- March 28
- March 29 Chris Massoglia, American actor
April June - April 4
- April 5 Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer
- April 6 Monika Wejnert, Australian tennis player
- April 7 Alexis Jordan, American singer and actress
- April 8 Shelby Young, American actress
- April 12 Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
- April 14 Oliver Bohm, Swedish ice hockey player
- April 15
- April 16 Prince S bastien of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg
- April 24 Doc Shaw, American actor and rapper
- April 27
- April 28 Boxxy, American internet celebrity
- April 29 Tyler Clementi, American college student (d. 2010)
- May 4
- May 6 Byun Baek-hyun, South Korean singer
- May 7 Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor
- May 8 Ana Mulvoy Ten, British actress
- May 10 Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
- May 12 Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
- May 14 A.J. Saudin, Canadian film and television actor
- May 18 Spencer Breslin, American actor
- May 19 Heather Watson, British tennis player
- May 21
- May 22 Chinami Tokunaga, Japanese singer
- May 29 Gregg Sulkin, British actor
- June 3 Mario G tze, German Footballer
- June 4 Dino Jelusi , Croatian singer
- June 6 HyunA, South Korean dance-pop idol, singer, dancer, rapper, designer, model.
- June 9 Lucien Laviscount, British actor and recording artist
- June 10 Kate Upton, American model and actress
- June 12
- June 14 Daryl Sabara, American actor
- June 21 Carly Booth, Scottish golfer
- June 23
- June 24
- June 25 Jaden Schwartz, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 26
- June 29 Adam G. Sevani, Armenian-American actor and dancer
- June 30
July September - July 3
- July 7
- July 8
- July 9
- July 10 Kristin Allen, American acrobatic gymnast
- July 15 Koharu Kusumi, Japanese singer
- July 20
- July 21 Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
- July 22 Selena Gomez, American actress and singer
- July 28 George Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland
- August 2 Hallie Eisenberg, American actress
- August 4
- August 7 Bobby Lynn Bryant, American boxer
- August 11 Allisson Lozz, Mexican actress and singer
- August 18
- August 20 Demi Lovato, American actress, singer, songwriter
- August 25 Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
- August 26 Hayley Hasselhoff, American actress
- August 31 Holly Earl, English actress
- September 4 Amanda and Caitlin Fein, American twin actresses
- September 9 Damian McGinty, Irish singer and actor
- September 11 Maria Gabriela de Far a, Venezuelan actress and singer
- September 16 Nick Jonas, American singer/songwriter and actor
- September 18 Amber Liu, South Korean singer
- September 21 Chen, South Korean singer
- September 24 Jack Sock, American tennis player
- September 27 Jake Burbage, American actor
- September 28
- September 29 Marina Antipova, Russian ice dancer
October December - October 6 Rhyon Nicole Brown, American actress, singer, and dancer
- October 7 Grace Bawden, Australian singer
- October 9 Tyler James Williams, American actor
- October 10 Gabrielle Aplin, English singer and songwriter
- October 12 Josh Hutcherson, American actor
- October 13 Aaron Dismuke, American voice actor
- October 14 Savannah Outen, American singer
- October 15 Vincent Martella, American actor and singer
- October 16 Bryce Harper, American baseball player
- October 20 Ksenia Semenova, Russian Olympic gymnast
- October 22 Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
- October 24 Thelma Fardin, Argentine actress
- October 28
- October 29 Jacqueline Jossa, English actress
- October 30 Tequan Richmond, American actor, model, and rapper
- October 31 Vanessa Marano, American actress
- November 6 Megan Meier, American student (d.2006)
- November 12 Macey Cruthird, American actress
- November 18 Nathan Kress, American actor
- November 23 Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer
- November 25 Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
- November 27
- November 28 Adam Hicks, American rapper, actor and dancer
- November 29 David Lambert, American actor
- December 8 Katie Stevens, American singer
- December 12 Chen Ruolin, Chinese diver
- December 17 Thomas Law, British actor
- December 18 Bridgit Mendler, American actress, singer, musician and songwriter
- December 23 Spencer Daniels, American film and television actor
- December 26 K tlin Aas, Estonian fashion model
- December 30 Lacey Banghard, English model
Deaths January Judith Anderson - January 1 Grace Hopper, American computer scientist (b. 1906)
- January 2 Virginia Field, British actress (b. 1917)
- January 3 Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897)
- January 7 Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (b. 1951)
- January 9 Bill Naughton, British playwright (b. 1910)
- January 11 - Shanda Sharer, American murder victim (b. 1979)
- January 17 Frank Pullen, English business person and racehorse owner (b. 1915)
- January 18 Aleksandr Almetov, Soviet Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1940)
- January 22 A.J. Antoon, American theater director (b. 1944)
- January 23
- January 26 Jos Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
- January 27 Sally Hayfron, Wife of Robert Mugabe and first lady of Zimbabwe (b. 1933)
- January 29 Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
February J nio Quadros - February 2 Bert Parks, American game show host (b. 1914)
- February 4 Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (b. 1911)
- February 8 Stanley Armour Dunham, Grandfather of US President Barack Obama (b. 1918)
- February 10 Alex Haley, American author (b. 1921)
- February 11 Ray Danton, American actor (b. 1931)
- February 12 Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
- February 13 Dorothy Tree, American actress (b. 1906)
- February 15 William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
- February 16
- February 20
- February 23 Markos Vafiadis, Greek Communist leader (b. 1906)
- February 29 La Lupe, Cuban singer (b. 1936)
March Menachem Begin - March 2 Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
- March 3 Robert Beatty, Canadian actor (b. 1909)
- March 4
- March 5 Pare Lorentz, American filmmaker (b. 1905)
- March 9 Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913)
- March 11
- March 14 Jean Poiret, French actor, screenwriter, director (b. 1926)
- March 16 Yves Rocard, French nuclear physicist (b. 1903)
- March 17 Jack Arnold, American TV and film director (b. 1912)
- March 18 Antonio Molina, Spanish singer (b. 1928)
- March 19 Cesare Danova, American actor (b. 1926)
- March 20 Georges Delerue, French composer (b. 1925)
- March 21
- March 23 Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- March 25 Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)
- March 28 Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)
- March 29 Paul Henreid, Austrian-born actor (b. 1908)
- March 30 Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1919)
April Isaac Asimov - April 2 Juan G mez Gonz lez, Juanito, Spanish footballer (b. 1954)
- April 4
- April 5
- April 6 Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)
- 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 Obreg n, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
- April 13 Feza G rsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)
- April 14
- April 16 Neville Brand, American actor (b. 1920)
- April 19 Frankie Howerd, British comedian and actor (b. 1917)
- Kristen French, Canadian murder victim (b. 1976)
- April 20 Benny Hill, British comedian and actor (b. 1924)
- April 23
- April 25 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese songwriter (b. 1965)
- April 27
- April 28 Francis Bacon, Irish-born painter (b. 1909)
- April 29 Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
May Marlene Dietrich - May 3 George Murphy, American actor and politician (b. 1902)
- May 4 Gregor Mackenzie, British Labour Party politician (b. 1927)
- May 5 Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink, Dutch olympic fencer (b. 1893)
- May 6 Marlene Dietrich, German actress (b. 1901)
- May 10 John Lund, American actor (b. 1911)
- May 12 Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
- May 13
- May 14
- May 17 Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)
- May 18 Marshall Thompson, American actor (b. 1925)
- May 21 T. B. Ilangaratne, Sri Lankan author, dramatist, actor and politician (b. 1913)
- May 22
- May 23
- May 25
- May 30 Karl Carstens, former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1914)
June Robert Morley - June 2 Philip Dunne, American screenwriter and director (b. 1908)
- June 3 Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908)
- June 4 Carl Stotz, American founder of Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
- June 18
- June 19 Kathleen McKane Godfree, British tennis player (b. 1896)
- June 21
- June 21 Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet (b. 1956)
- June 22 Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927)
- June 25
- June 26 Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (b. 1921)
- June 27 Allan Jones, American actor (b. 1907)
- June 28 Mikhail Tal, eighth World Chess Champion (b. 1936)
- June 28 Guy N ve, racing driver (b. 1955)
- June 29
July Brenda Marshall - July 5 Paul Hackman, Canadian musician (b. 1953)
- July 9 Eric Sevareid, American journalist (b. 1912)
- July 10 Doris Tate, American campaigner for the rights of crime victims (b. 1924)
- July 13 Albert Pierrepoint, British Chief Executioner (b. 1905)
- July 15 Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922)
- July 18 Rudolph Ising, cartoon animator (b. 1903)
- July 19
- July 22 John Meyendorff, Russian-born Orthodox scholar (b. 1926)
- July 23 Rosemary Sutcliff, British author (b. 1920)
- July 24 Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
- July 25 Alfred Drake, American actor (b. 1914)
- July 26 Mary Wells, American singer (b. 1943)
- July 27 Anthony Salerno, American mobster (b.1911)
- July 30 Brenda Marshall, American actress (b. 1915)
- July 31 Leonard Cheshire, English war hero and philanthropist (b. 1917)
August Robert Muldoon September October Willy Brandt - October 1
- October 4 Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
- October 5 Eddie Kendricks, American singer (b. 1939)
- October 6 Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
- October 7 Tevfik Esen , last known speaker of Ubykh (b. 1904)
- October 8 Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913)
- October 12 John Hancock, American actor (b. 1941)
- October 16 Shirley Booth, American actress best known for playing the title character in the television series Hazel (b. 1898)
- October 17
- October 19 Arthur Wint, Jamaican Olympic runner (b. 1920)
- October 22
- October 25 Roger Miller, American singer (b. 1936)
- October 27 David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
November Alexander Dub ek December Dana Andrews - December 6 Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (b. 1914)
- December 9 Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (b. 1922)
- December 12 Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. 1901)
- December 17 Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
- December 18 Mark Goodson, American game show producer (b. 1915)
- December 21
- 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)
- Ted Willis, British television dramatist and author (b. 1914)
- December 23 Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (b. 1950)
- December 25
- December 29 Vivienne Segal, American actress (b. 1897)
Date unknown - Luigi Stipa, Italian aeronautical, hydraulic, and civil engineer and aircraft designer (b. 1900)
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