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May 12, 1992 · Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history. What happened on May 12, 1992. Browse historical events, famous birthdays and notable deaths from May 12, 1992 or search by date, day or keyword.
What are the important events that happened on May 12, 1992? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day. May 12, 1992: Facts & Myths About This Day. May 12, 1992 is the 133 rd day of the year 1992 in the Gregorian calendar.
May 12, 1992 · Here's what happened on May 12, 1992: Joe burke, president (kansas city royals), dies at age 68. The united states recalls united states ambassador to yugoslavia warren zimmermann to protest military aggression against bosnia and hercegovina.
Jan 12 Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round; Jan 12 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Troy State Trojans defeat DeVry Hoyas 258-149 in Troy, Alabama; Jan 12 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
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January 1: President George H. W. Bush is the first US president to address the Australian Parliament. January 1: Europe breaks down trade barriers. January 1: Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is renamed the Russian Federation and becomes the successor state to the Soviet Union. Ja...
February 1: Barry Bonds signs the highest single year contract in MLB history, totalling $4.7 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates. February 2: Danny Everett runs the 400m world record indoors with a time of 45.02 seconds. February 10: Speed skater Bonnie Blair wins first gold medal for the US in the 1992 Olympics. February 10: Mike Tyson is convict...
March 1:Anita Hall sets the female world record by swimming the 200m freestyle in 2 minutes, 25 seconds and 35 milliseconds. March 2:Moldova joins the United Nations. March 3:263 are killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Zonguldak, Turkey. March 3:After promising not to, President George H. W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes. March 6:The co...
April 1:The 5th largest wrestling crowd is recorded at Toronto Skydome with a total of 64,287 people in the audience. April 1:NHL players begin the first strike in the league’s 75 year history. April 1:Billy Idol is fined $2,000 for hitting a woman. April 2: John Gotti, famed New York Mafia boss, is found guilty of 5 murders as well as conspiracy t...
May 1:Eric Houston kills 4 people in a California High School, where he failed history 4 years before. May 7:5 police officers from NYC are arrested in Hauppauge, Long Island, for selling cocaine. May 7:Endeavour, or Space Shuttle STS-49 is launched. This marks the maiden voyage of Endeavour. May 9:19 year old Michelle McLean, from Namibia, is crow...
June 3:In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the world’s largest environmental summit to date opens. June 4:The US Postal Service announces that an image of young Elvis Presley beat an image of an older Elvis for the stamp. June 11:Owners approve the sale of baseball team Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group. June 14: Mona Van Duyn becomes the first female US...
July 1:Fox begins broadcasting on Wednesday nights. July 2:Braniff Airlines goes out of business. July 7:Czech tennis star, Ivan Lendl, becomes a US citizen after undergoing the traditional five-year waiting procedure. July 9:The 1959th star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame is presented to Kim Basinger. July 14:386BSD is released by Lynne and William Jo...
August 1:Linford Christie becomes the oldest man to win the Olympic 100m gold medal, at age 32. August 3: Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman. The film would go on to win the Best Picture at the Academy Awards. August 6:Carl Lewis wins gold in the long jump, with fellow American’s Mike Po...
September 2:118 are killed in Nicaragua after earthquakes and floods hit the country. September 3:The 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, ran by Jerry Lewis, raises £45,759,368. September 4: Scared Silent, presented by Oprah, becomes the first non-news programme to be seen on three television networks at the same time. The channels were CBS, NBC and ...
October 1:The Cartoon Cable Network premieres. October 1:Ross Perot enters the US presidential race. October 3:Madonna’s Eroticamusic video premieres on MTV. October 3:Singer-songwriter, Sinead O’Connor, rips up a photo of Pope John Paul II live on Saturday Night Live. October 5:The first overturn of a George H. W. Bush veto occurs, over the cable ...
South Africa end apartheid. South Africans vote for political reforms to end apartheid and create a power-sharing multi-racial government. 1992 Prices including Wages, Houses, Food and Gas, Events include Maastricht treaty signed, Earth Summit in Brazil, TWA Declares Bankruptcy, UK Rioting in Cities, Mike Tyson Convicted of Rape,...
May 1 – Eric Houston of Yuba County kills four, injures nine, and holds many others hostage at Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst, California. May 5 – Alabama ratifies a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law.
