Historical Events In 1992

Mar 30 PJ Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica

Mar 07 Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes

Mar 08 22nd Easter Seal Telethon

Mar 05 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks

Mar 18 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion

Mar 16 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball

Mar 19 "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances

Mar 13 570 die in a Turkish earthquake

Mar 20 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses

Mar 10 6th Soul Train Music Awards Natalie Cole &Color Me Badd win

Mar 07 US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour)

Aug 28 National Defence sends destroyer HMCS Gatineau to monitor UN embargo against Yugoslavia and moves to NATO standing force in Mediterranean

Aug 23 More than 500 survivors return to Singapore from the cruise ship Royal Pacific, which sank after a collision with a fishing boat

Aug 24 Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage.

Aug 27 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise; later restored after reforms and refinancing.

Aug 09 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain

Sep 14 UN troops land in Somalia, Africa, to stabalise the country and provide aid

Sep 19 Joint Task Force Marianas stands down after providing assistance to Guam after Typhoon Omar

Feb 10 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana

Feb 07 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial

Feb 01 Uniondale, New York Denis Potvin's #5 becomes first number retired by the New York Islanders

Feb 26 Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion

Feb 10 Roots author Alex Haley dies in Seattle at age 71.

Feb 15 100th episode of "Cops" airs on the Fox Network

Feb 10 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV

Feb 05 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar

Feb 23 16th Winter Olympics games close in Albertville, France

Feb 23 Andy Flower scores 115 on ODI debut, Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka

Feb 07 European Community ministers formally sign the Maastricht Treaty, paving the way for the creation of the European Union.

Feb 02 IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9 million tax bill (of $16.7 million)

Feb 09 Fighting between government and guerrilla forces in Rwanda

Feb 08 Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter

Feb 21 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating

Feb 16 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue

Feb 03 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week

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