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			Birth of Justin "Snoopy" Belanger. Fuck you, he's awesome. <.<
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	Year '''1992''' (''']''') was a ] (link will display full 1992 ]).
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	== Events of 1992 ==
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	=== January ===
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	* ] - ] of ] replaces ] of ] as ].
	* ] - ] becomes the first U.S. President to address the ].
	* ] - ] declare their own republic within ], in protest of the decision by ] and ] to seek EC recognition.
	* ] - ] is televised falling violently ill at a ] in Japan, vomiting into the lap of ] ] and fainting.
	* ] - Singer ] is the first major artist to tour ] after the end of the cultural boycott.
	* ] - The second round of ]'s general elections is cancelled when the first round is favorable to the ].
	* ] - ] apologizes for forcing ]n women into sexual slavery during ].
	* ] - The ] begins to break up. ] and ] gain independence and international recognition in some Western countries.
	* ] - ] officials and rebel leaders sign a pact in ] ending a 12-year ] that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
	* ] - Rebel forces occupy ]'s national radio station in ] and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
	* ] - '']'': Dr. ] becomes the first ] woman in space, aboard Space Shuttle '']''.
	* ] - ] announces that ] will stop targeting ] cities with ]s.
	* ] - The ] defeat the ] 37-24 in ] at the ] in ], ].

	=== February ===
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	* ] - Chief Judicial Magistrate of ] Court declares ], ex-CEO of ], a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the ] case, and orders the Indian government to press for an ] from ].
	* ] - The ] is signed, founding the ].
	* ] - The opening ceremony for the ] is held in ], ].
	* ] - In ], boxer ] is convicted of raping ].
	* ] - ] wins the ] ] Caucus.
	* ] - An ] jet crashes into a residential district of ], the ]; no casualties are reported.
	* ] - A court in ] sentences ] ] to life in prison.
	* ] - ]: The Executive Chairman of UNSCOM details ]'s refusal to abide by UN Security Council disarmament resolutions.
	* ] - In ], U.S. President ] defeats ] in the ] primary; ] leads the ] candidates.
	* ] - The English ] is officially formed. The first games will be played at the beginning of the ] on ], and its founder members will be the teams who finish in the top 19 places of ] ] and the 3 teams who win promotion from the ].
	* ] - The ] approves United Nations Resolution 743 to send a ] peacekeeping force to ].
	* ] - The closing ceremony of the ] were held in ].
	* ]-] - Massacre of 613 ] civilians in ].
	* ] - The ] rules that a 14-year-old rape victim may travel to ] to have an abortion.

	=== March ===
	* ] - After a majority of the ] and ] communities vote for ] independence, ] snipers fire on civilians.
	* ] - 263 die in ]'s worst ] disaster near ].
	* ] - The ] ratifies the ].
	* ] - On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President ] and Arkansas Governor ] win most of the primaries held.
	* ] - ] becomes a ] while remaining a member of the ].
	* ] - A ]-car crashes into a crowd of people at the tram-station at Vasaplatsen in ], ]; 13 are killed and several injured.
	* ] - In eastern ], an ] registering 6.8 on the ] kills over 500.
	* ] - A suicide car-bomb goes off in the ]i Embassy in ], killing 29 and injuring 242.
	* ] - On ]'s '']'', Texas billionaire ] announces that he will run for U.S. President as an independent, if volunteers put him on the ballot in all 50 states.
	* ] - ] released.
	* ] - The ], hosted by ], are held at the ] in ], with '']'' winning ].

	=== April ===
	* ] - In ], ] boss ] is convicted of the ] of mob boss ] and of ], and is later sentenced to life in prison.
	* ] - The Assembly of ] (without the presence of ] political delegates) proclaims independence from the ].
	** ]: Serb troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in ] against the Bosnian declaration of independence from ], besiege the city of ].
	* ] - A ], ] jury convicts former Panamanian ruler ] of assisting ]'s cocaine cartel.
	* ] - ]: the Conservative Party, led by ], is re-elected.
	* ] - A ] bomb explodes in the ] in the ]; 3 are killed, 91 injured.
	* ] - ] officially opens under the name "EuroDisney".
	* ] - The Great ] happened on this day.
	* ] - ], the ], is rocked by an ] along the ].
	* ] - The ] adopts the 1992 ].
	* ] - ], ]'s 6-month Universal Exhibition, called ], opens.
	* ] - The ] Tribute Concert, held at ], is televised live to over 1 billion people and raises millions of dollars for ] research.
	* ] - The death of ] results in a succession dispute between ] and Vladimir's daughter ] for the leadership of the Imperial Family of Russia.
	* ] - Fuel that has leaked into a ] ] in ], ]; 215 are killed, 1500 injured.
	* ] - ] becomes the first woman elected ].
	* ] - The two remaining ] of the former ] - ] and ] - form a new state, named the ] (after ], ]), bringing to an end the official union of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Bosnian Muslims and Macedonians that existed from ] (with the exception of the period during ]).
	* ] - In ], a jury acquits four ] police officers accused of excessive force in the videotaped beating of black motorist ], causing the ] and leading to 53 deaths and $1 billion in damage.

	=== May ===
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	* ] - Eric Houston of ] kills 4, injures 9, and holds many others hostage at ], ].
	* ] - ] ratifies a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the ] making the ] law. This amendment bars the ] from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.
	* ] - ]n leaders in ] declare their separation from ] as a new republic. They withdraw the secession on ].
	* ] - ] wins the ] in ].

	* ] - ] introduced by ].
	* ] - The ] ] opens in ], ].
	* ] - '']'': Space Shuttle '']'' lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
	* ] - In ], ], ] shoots ].
	* ] - In ], U.S. Vice President ] gives his famous '']'' speech.
	* ] - A ] bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge ].
	* ] - ] becomes the new host of NBC's Tonight Show, following the retirement of ].
	* ] - In Australia, ] receives compensation for wrongful conviction on murder charges.
	* ] - ], President of ], is kidnapped from his company parking lot. Kidnappers demand ransom for $650,000 - they are later apprehended.

	=== June ===
	* ] - ] celebrates its ] statehood.
	* ] - Venezuelan revolutionary ] is sentenced to life imprisonment.
	* ] - Four ] are launched into the Pacific Ocean.
	* ] - The first ] is celebrated, coinciding with the ] held in ], ].
	* ] - During a ] at a ] elementary school, U.S. Vice President ] erroneously corrects a student's ] of the word ''potato'', indicating it should have an ''e'' at the end.
	* ] - A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President ] and ]n President ] (this is later codified in ]).
	* ] - In ], ] replaces ].
	* ] - Two skeletons excavated in ] are identified as Czar ] and ].
	* ] - ] boss ] is sentenced to life in ], after being found guilty of ] to commit ] and ] on ].
	* ] - ] beats ] 2-0 to win the ] at ] Stadium in ], ].
	* ] - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes ], followed by a magnitude 6.4 aftershock 8km south-east of ].
	* ] - ] holds a referendum on its ].
	* ] - A bodyguard assassinates President ] of ].
	* ] - Retired general and Defense Secretary ] is sworn in as the 12th President of the ], having won elections held the previous month.

	=== July ===
	* ]-] - ]: ] 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.
	* ] - In ], former ]nian leader ] is sentenced to 40 years in prison for ] and ] violations.
	* ] - Arkansas Governor ] is nominated for U.S. President and Tennessee Senator ] for Vice President, at the ] in ].
	* ] - ] resigns as president of ].
	* ] - Near ], ]n drug lord ] escapes from his luxury prison, fearing extradition to the ].
	* ] - ] - The ] are held in ].
	* ] - The ex-Soviet ] becomes the 179th member of the ].

	=== August ===
	* ] - The UK government bans the ], a ] ] organisation that had been legal for twenty years.
	* ] - The largest shopping mall in the US, ]'s ] is constructed on 78 acres (316,000 m²).
	* ] - ]'s connection to the main land of ], ], opens.
	* ] - The ] in ] renominates U.S. President ] and Vice President ]. ], one of Bush's opponents in the primaries, delivers a controversial convention speech, in which he refers to a "religious war" in the country.
	* ] - ] - Events at ], ] 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 ], the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris.
	* ] - ] - ] hits south ] and dissipates over the Tennessee valley when it merges with a storm system; 23 are killed.

	=== September ===

	* ] - ] hits the ], ] and ].
	* ] - '']'': Dr. ] becomes the first ] woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle '']''.
	* ] – ] assumes presidency of the pre-WW II Republic of Estonia in exile, and appoints a new government in pursuit to avoid abolition of the ].
	* ] - The ] and the ] are forced out of the ] (]).
	* ] - Two ] opposition leaders are assassinated by the ]ian Kazem Darabi and the ] Abbas Rhayel.
	* ] - A large ] bomb destroys the forensic laboratories in ].
	* ] - The ], in '']'', holds that laws criminalizing same-sex sodomy are unconstitutional, and accurately predicts that other state and the nation will eventually rule the same way .

	=== October ===
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	* ] - ]'s new facility is opened in Findlay Township, near ]. The new terminal is built as an expansion for ] and an upgrade from the older ] facility.
	* ] - A riot breaks out in the ] prison system in ], ], resulting in the ].
	* ] - After performing a song protesting alleged child abuse by the Catholic Church, ] rips up a photo of ] on Saturday Night Live, causing huge controversy, leading the switchboards at NBC to ring off the hook.
	* ] - The ] disaster: An Israeli plane crashes in ], the ]; 43 are killed, many more injured.
	* ] - ] becomes the first ] of re-independent ].
	* ] - A 13-kilogram (29-pound) ] lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in ], destroying the family's car. It becomes known as the ].
	* ] - The ] adopts the ]'s core values: ],] and ].
	* ] - In ], ] congregates to celebrate the 500th anniversary on the meeting of 2 cultures.
	* ] - In ], ] is found guilty of 52 serial murders.
	* ] - ], a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, mistakes the address of a party and is shot dead after knocking on the wrong door in ], ]. The shooter, Rodney Peairs, is later acquitted, sparking outrage in ].
	* ] - The ] win the ] in 6 games, becoming the first Canadian team to win.
	* ] - ] holds ] on ] after declaring independence from the ] in 1991.
	* ] - In ], the ] is defeated in a national ].
	* ] - The ] approves ] for use as a ] in the ].
	* ] - ] issues an apology, and lifts the edict of the ] against ].

	=== November ===

	* ] - ]: ] defeats incumbent U.S. President ] and businessman ].
	* ] - The ] votes to allow women to become priests.
	* ] - In ], a fire breaks out in the Private Chapel room of ], 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).
	* ] - In the ], a ] domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on-board.
	* ] - ] describes this year as an '']'' (horrible year), due to various scandals damaging the image of the Royal Family, as well as the Windsor Castle fire.
	* ] - The ] Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the ] and ], starting on ], ].
	* ] - The trial of 14 ]ese accused of murdering 24 ]ese begins in ] (ends ], ]).

	=== December ===
	* ] - ] is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of ] peacekeepers led by the ] to form ], tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid gets distributed and establishing peace in ].
	* ] - The Greek ] tanker '']'', carrying 80,000 tonnes of ], runs aground in a storm while on approach to ], ], and spills much of its cargo.
	* ] - U.S. military forces land in ].
	* ] - ] of ] resigns his seat in the ] 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.
	* ] - ] extremists demolish ] (a 16th century ]) in ], ].
	* ] - The last blast is fired at the ] Copper Mine in ], ], after a millennium of continuous operation.
	* ] - An ] hits ], ], leaving 2,500 dead.
	* ] - The ] music hall in ], ] closes.
	* ] - A ] ], flight ], crashes at ], killing 56 people.
	* ] - ]'s president ] 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.

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	=== Undated ===
	* ] accelerates market reforms to establish a ] in the ].
	* Queensland introduces Freedom Of Information Laws.
	* The ], ] is wound up.
	* Amalgamation of the Hospital Chaplains' Fellowship and the National Association of Whole Time Hospital Chaplains to form the ] in the ].

	=== Ongoing ===
	* ]

	== Fictional ==
	The following are references to year 1992 in fiction: ] rises to power
	] events of ]

	=== Television ===
	:* The events of '']'' ] take place in 1992 between ] and ].

	=== Computer/video games ===
	:*Set in 1992: '']'' (2004).

	=== Film ===
	:*'']'' (1968): On ], the computer ] becomes operational (1997 in ]).

	{{Year in other calendars\|japanese=] 4}}

	== Births ==
	:''For more 1992 births, see: ]''
	=== January-April ===
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	*] - ], twin American actors
	*] - ], Japanese gravure idol
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], Canadian actor
	*] - ], Australian actor
	*] - ], Australian Writer
	*] - ], Japanese singer
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], British actor
	*] - ], Australian actress
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ] American actress
	*] - ], American singer and actress
	*] - ], daughter of ]
	*] - ], Japanese singer
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], Swedish pop singer
	*] - ], Ukrainian bodybuilder
	*] - ], Prince of Luxembourg
	*] - ], Japanese voice actor

	=== May-August ===
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	*] - ], Australian Diver
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American Archaeologist
	*] - ], Japanese singer
	*] - ], British stage actor
	*] - ], Croatian singer
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American voice actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], British actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], Armenian-American actor and dancer
	*] - ], twin American Neo-Nazi musicians
	*] - ], twin American actors
	*] - ], Japanese singer
	*] - ], Spanish actress
	*] - ], Pianist
	*] - ], American actor and model
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], Japanese singer
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], twin American actors
	*] - ], ] winner
	*] - ], South Korean actress
	*] - ], daughter of ] and ]
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], Japanese singer

	=== September-December ===
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	*] - ], American singer/songwriter and actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], Indian chess prodigy
	*] - ], English/American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American singer and actress
	*] - ], American surfer
	*] - ], British murder victim (d. ])
	*] - ], American voice actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor

	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actress and singer
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], Polish singer
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], British stage actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], British actor
	*] - ], American actress
	*] - ], American actor
	*] - ], British Actress

	== Deaths ==
	=== January-March ===
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	* ] - ], American computer scientist (b. ])
	* ] - Dame ], Australian actress (b. ])
	* ] - ], Muppet performer (b. ])
	* ] - ], British playwright (b. ])
	* ] - ], English buissness person and racehorse owner (b. ])
	* ] - ], Irish actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], Puerto Rican actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor and singer (b. ])
	* ] - ], Wife of ] and first lady of ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], American composer and musician (b. ])
	* ] - ], American game show host (b. ])
	* ] - ], Swedish model (b. ])
	* ] - ], American author (b. ])
	* ] - ], Dutch boxer (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actress (b. ])
	* ] - ], animator (], ]) (b. ])
	* ] - ], ], recipient of the ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], American composer (b. ])
	* ] - ], Austrian economist, ] laureate (b. ])
	* ] - ], Austrian-born actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], Greek archaeologist (b. ])

	=== April-June ===
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	* ] - ], Bosnian medical student. First casualty of the ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actress (b. ])
	* ] - ], founder of ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], Russian-born author (b. ])
	* ] - ], Canadian hockey player (b. ])
	* ] - ], Swiss-born pharmacologist, recipient of the ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], American comedian (b. ])
	* ] - ], ]n painter (b. ])
	* ] - ], British comedian and actor (b. ])
	* ] - ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], Indian filmmaker (b. ])
	* ] - ], Japanese songwriter (b. ])
	* ] - ], French composer (b. ])
	* ] - ], Irish-born painter (b. ])
	* ] - ], Labour Party (UK) politician (b. ])
	* ] - ], German actress (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], Northern Irish sculptor (b. ])
	* ] - ], Chinese Communist military leader (b. ])
	* ] - ], American musician (b. ])
	* ] - ], Sri Lankan author, dramatist, actor and politician (b. ])
	* ] - ], American gangster (b. ])
	* ] - ], Italian judge (b. ])
	* ] - ], Israeli painter (b. ])
	* ] - ], Australian singer, songwriter (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], American football player (b. ])

	=== July-September ===
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	* ] - ], ] Chief ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], first ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], British author (b. ])
	* ] - ], member of the U.S. La Cosa Nostra and a leader in the Genovese Family (b.])
	* ] - ], English war hero and philanthropist (b. ])
	* ] - ], Japanese writer and journalist (b. ])
	* ] - ], American musician (b. ])
	* ] - ], American composer (b. ])
	* ] - ], American singer (b. ])
	* ] - ], American director, '']'', '']'' (b. ])
	* ] - ], comedian (b. ])
	* ] - ], American geneticist, recipient of the ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor, most noted for his portrayal of ] in ]'s ] film '']'' (b. ])

	=== October-December ===
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	* ] - ], American singer (]) (b. ])
	* ] - ], English actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], last known speaker of ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], ], recipient of the ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], Japanese exchange student (b. ])
	* ] - ], Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. ])
	* ] - ], Jamaican runner (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], American singer (b. ])
	* ] - ], American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. ])
	* ] - ], American director and producer (b. ])
	* ] - ], black motorist in ] who died in the custody of white police officers
	* ] - ], Slovakian politician (b. ])
	* ] - ], American actor (b. ])
	* ] - ], maternal aunt and guardian of ] (b. ])
	* ] - ], Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. ])
	* ] - Ricky Ray, one of the ], a hemophiliac teenager diagnosed with HIV (b. ])
	* ] - ], American game show producer (b. ])
	* ] - ], American acting teacher (b. ])
	* ] - ], Ukrainian-born violinist (b. ])
	* ] - ], American musician (b. ])
	* ] - ], a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and 4th President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (b. ])
	* ] - ], British television dramatist and author (b. ])
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	* ] - ], English former football official (b. ])
	* ] - ], English author (b. ])

	== Nobel prizes ==
	* ] - ]
	* ] - ]
	* ] - ], ]
	* ] - ]
	* ] - ]
	* ] - ]

	== Templeton Prize ==
	* ]

	== See also ==
	* ]
	== Notes ==
	{{reflist}}

	== External links ==
	* - article about 1992 from '']'' magazine.
	{{commonscat_left\|1992}}

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Birth of Justin "Snoopy" Belanger. Fuck you, he's awesome. <.<