What happened in 1992
400 entries recorded for 1992, listed by date. That was 34 years ago.
1992 at a glance
- Years ago
- 34 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 20th century
- Decade
- 1990s
- Generation born
- Millennials (Generation Y)
- Entries here
- 400
- Breakdown
- 311 births · 88 historical events · 1 deaths
January
- January 2
Teemu Pulkkinen
Teemu Pulkkinen, Finnish ice hockey player
- January 2
Alexey Marchenko
Alexey Marchenko, Russian ice hockey player
- January 2
Korbin Sims
Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
- January 2
Paulo Gazzaniga
Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentine footballer
- January 3
CommutAir Flight 4821
CommutAir Flight 4821 crashes on approach to Adirondack Regional Airport, in Saranac Lake, New York, killing two people.
- January 6
President of Georgia
President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
- January 6
Corey Conners
Corey Conners, Canadian professional golfer
- January 7
Erik Gudbranson
Erik Gudbranson, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 7
Tohu Harris
Tohu Harris, New Zealand rugby league player
- January 8
Stefanie Dolson
Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
- January 8
Valkyrae
Valkyrae, American online streamer
- January 8
Koke (footballer, born 1992)
Koke, Spanish footballer
- January 9
National Assembly (Republika Srpska)
The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
- January 9
Aleksander Wolszczan
Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two pulsar planets orbiting PSR B1257+12 (depicted), the first confirmed detection of exoplanets.
- January 9
Exoplanet
The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
- January 9
Jack Campbell (ice hockey)
Jack Campbell, American ice hockey player
- January 9
Terrence Jones
Terrence Jones, American basketball player
- January 9
Joseph Parker
Joseph Parker, Samoan heavyweight boxer
- January 11
Dani Carvajal
Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
- January 11
Lee Seung-hoon (rapper)
Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer
- January 12
Ishak Belfodil
Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
- January 12
Samuele Longo
Samuele Longo, Italian footballer
- January 13
Dinah Pfizenmaier
Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
- January 13
Adam Matthews
Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
- January 13
Austin Watson
Austin Watson, American ice hockey player
- January 14
Wang Qiang (tennis)
Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player
- January 14
Hsu Chieh-yu
Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
- January 14
Robbie Brady
Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
- January 15
Joël Veltman
Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
- January 15
Joshua King (footballer, born 1992)
Joshua King, Norwegian footballer
- January 16
El Salvador
El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
- January 16
Jason Zucker
Jason Zucker, American ice hockey player
- January 17
Prime Minister of Japan
During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
- January 17
Stanislav Galiev
Stanislav Galiev, Russian ice hockey player
- January 19
Shawn Johnson East
Shawn Johnson East, American gymnast
- January 19
Mac Miller
Mac Miller, American rapper (died 2018)
- January 19
Logan Lerman
Logan Lerman, American actor
- January 20
Air Inter Flight 148
Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France, killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
- January 22
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: The space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
- January 22
Vincent Aboubakar
Vincent Aboubakar, Cameroonian footballer
- January 23
Reina Triendl
Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress
- January 27
Stefano Pettinari
Stefano Pettinari, Italian footballer
- January 28
Sergio Araujo
Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
- January 29
Maxi Kleber
Maxi Kleber, German basketball player
- January 29
Markel Brown
Markel Brown, American basketball player
- January 31
Tyler Seguin
Tyler Seguin, Canadian ice hockey player
February
- February 1
Bhopal
The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
- February 1
Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea, American baseball player
- February 2
Joonas Tamm
Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer
- February 2
Lammtarra
Lammtarra, American race horse (died 2014)
- February 3
Olli Aitola
Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player
- February 3
James White (running back)
James White, American football player
- February 4
February 1992 Venezuelan coup attempt
A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
- February 5
Stefan de Vrij
Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
- February 5
Neymar
Neymar, Brazilian footballer
- February 6
Víctor Mañón
Víctor Mañón, Mexican footballer
- February 7
Maastricht Treaty
The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, was signed by the member states of the European Communities.
- February 7
Sergi Roberto
Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer
- February 7
Ksenia Stolbova
Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater
- February 7
Maimi Yajima
Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress
- February 8
Bruno Martins Indi
Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer
- February 11
Lasse Norman Leth
Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist
- February 11
Taylor Lautner
Taylor Lautner, American actor
- February 12
Constitution of Mongolia
The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
- February 12
Magda Linette
Magda Linette, Polish tennis player
- February 13
Keith Appling
Keith Appling, American basketball player
- February 14
Sri Temasek
Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.
- February 14
Christian Eriksen
Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer
- February 14
Freddie Highmore
Freddie Highmore, English actor
- February 14
Petr Mrázek
Petr Mrázek, Czech ice hockey player
- February 15
Jeffrey Dahmer
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison.
- February 15
Air Transport International Flight 805
Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes in Swanton, Ohio, near Toledo Express Airport, killing all four people on board.
- February 16
Nicolai Boilesen
Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
- February 16
Zsófia Susányi
Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player
- February 17
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly.
- February 17
Meaghan Martin
Meaghan Martin, American actress and singer
- February 18
Le'Veon Bell
Le'Veon Bell, American football player
- February 18
Martin Marinčin
Martin Marinčin, Slovak ice hockey player
- February 18
Logan Miller
Logan Miller, American actor
- February 19
Cody Parkey
Cody Parkey, American football player
- February 19
Camille Kostek
Camille Kostek, American model
- February 20
Larry King Live
Appearing on the talk show Larry King Live, U.S. industrialist Ross Perot announced that he would begin a presidential campaign if "ordinary people" wanted him to run for office.
- February 21
Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992)
Phil Jones, English footballer
- February 22
Dixon Machado
Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player
- February 23
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- February 23
Casemiro
Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
- February 24
Stefan Ashkovski
Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer
- February 25
Jorge Soler
Jorge Soler, Cuban baseball player
- February 25
Joakim Nordström
Joakim Nordström, Swedish ice hockey player
- February 26
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
- February 26
Mikael Granlund
Mikael Granlund, Finnish hockey player
- February 27
Jonjo Shelvey
Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
- February 27
Callum Wilson
Callum Wilson, English footballer
- February 27
Ioannis Potouridis
Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer
- February 27
Meyers Leonard
Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
- February 28
Annie Bovaird
Annie Bovaird, Canadian actress
- February 29
Costello's
Costello's, a New York City bar popular with journalists, writers, novelists, and cartoonists, closed.
- February 29
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A referendum is begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the determination of Bosnian independence.
- February 29
Sean Abbott
Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer
- February 29
Jessica Long
Jessica Long, American paralympic swimmer
- February 29
Jessie T. Usher
Jessie T. Usher, American actor
- February 29
Saphir Taïder
Saphir Taïder, Algerian footballer
- February 29
Eric Kendricks
Eric Kendricks, American football player
March
- March 1
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.
- March 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- March 1
Tom Walsh (shot putter)
Tom Walsh, New Zealand athlete
- March 1
Édouard Mendy
Édouard Mendy, Senegalese footballer
- March 2
Transnistrian War
Start of the war in Transnistria.
- March 2
Armenia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.
- March 2
Charlie Coyle
Charlie Coyle, American ice hockey player
- March 5
Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudster
- March 7
Bel Powley
Bel Powley, English actress
- March 10
Neeskens Kebano
Neeskens Kebano, French-Congolese footballer
- March 11
Austin Swift
Austin Swift, American producer and actor
- March 12
Mauritius
Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- March 13
1992 Erzincan earthquake
The Mw 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
- March 13
George MacKay (actor)
George MacKay, English actor
- March 13
Ozuna
Ozuna, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and rapper
- March 13
L (entertainer)
L, South Korean actor and singer
- March 13
Lucy Fry
Lucy Fry, Australian actress
- March 14
Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey, born 1992)
Erik Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- March 14
Shotzi Blackheart
Shotzi Blackheart, American wrestler
- March 15
Devonta Freeman
Devonta Freeman, American football player
- March 16
Brett Davern
Brett Davern, American actor
- March 16
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Tim Hardaway Jr., American basketball player
- March 17
1992 South African apartheid referendum
A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
- March 17
1992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing
Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
- March 17
John Boyega
John Boyega, British actor and producer
- March 17
Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
- March 17
Yeltsin Tejeda
Yeltsin Tejeda, Costa Rican footballer
- March 18
Ryan Truex
Ryan Truex, American race car driver
- March 18
Trey Mancini
Trey Mancini, American baseball player
- March 18
Takuya Terada
Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model
- March 18
Anthony Barr (American football)
Anthony Barr, American football player
- March 20
Justin Faulk
Justin Faulk, American ice hockey player
- March 21
Lehlogonolo Masalesa
Lehlogonolo Masalesa, South African footballer
- March 21
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player
- March 21
Chiney Ogwumike
Chiney Ogwumike, American basketball player
- March 21
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková, Czech tennis player
- March 22
USAir Flight 405
USAir Flight 405 crashed in Flushing Bay shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, killing 27 people, and leading to studies into the effects of ice on aircraft.
- March 22
Fall of communism in Albania
Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
- March 22
Roston Chase
Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer
- March 22
Edy Tavares
Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player
- March 23
Vanessa Morgan
Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress
- March 23
Tolga Ciğerci
Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
- March 23
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
- March 24
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-45.
- March 25
Meg Lanning
Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer
- March 26
Stoffel Vandoorne
Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
- March 26
Nina Agdal
Nina Agdal, Danish model
- March 27
Marc Muniesa
Marc Muniesa, Spanish footballer
- March 28
Sergi Gómez
Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
- March 30
Palak Muchhal
Palak Muchhal, Indian playback singer
- March 31
Treaty of Federation
The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow.
- March 31
USS Missouri (BB-63)
USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
April
- April 1
Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
- April 2
Bosnian War
Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- April 2
New York (state)
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- April 2
John Gotti
John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family of New York City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax evasion.
- April 2
Bijeljina massacre
Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- April 3
Simone Benedetti
Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
- April 3
Yuliya Yefimova
Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
- April 4
Lucy May Barker
Lucy May Barker, English actress and singer
- April 4
Ricky Dillon
Ricky Dillon, American YouTuber and singer
- April 5
Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
- April 5
Suada and Olga bridge
Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
- April 6
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War begins.
- April 6
Julie Ertz
Julie Ertz, American soccer player
- April 6
Ken (South Korean singer)
Ken, South Korean singer
- April 6
Huh Chan-mi
Huh Chan-mi, South Korean singer
- April 7
Negueba
Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
- April 7
Andreea Acatrinei
Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
- April 8
Jeff McNeil
Jeff McNeil, American baseball player
- April 9
Federal judiciary of the United States
A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
- April 9
Raheem Mostert
Raheem Mostert, American football player
- April 10
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.
- April 10
Chaz Mostert
Chaz Mostert, Australian racing driver
- April 10
Daisy Ridley
Daisy Ridley, English actress
- April 10
Jack Buchanan (rugby league)
Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player
- April 11
Sinem Dybvad Demir
Sinem Dybvad Demir, Danish politician
- April 12
Disneyland Park (Paris)
The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris.
- April 12
The Vivienne
The Vivienne, Welsh drag queen (died 2025)
- April 12
Chad le Clos
Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
- April 13
Jordan Silk
Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
- April 15
Jeremy McGovern
Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
- April 15
Remo Freuler
Remo Freuler, Swiss footballer
- April 15
John Guidetti
John Guidetti, Swedish footballer
- April 16
Brian Poe Llamanzares
Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician
- April 17
Katina P
The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
- April 17
Lachlan Maranta
Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
- April 17
Jinho
Jo Jinho, South Korean singer
- April 18
Chloe Bennet
Chloe Bennet, American actress
- April 21
Isco
Isco, Spanish footballer
- April 21
Joc Pederson
Joc Pederson, American baseball player
- April 22
Gas explosion
A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206.
- April 22
Adam Lanza
Adam Lanza, American mass murderer (died 2012)
- April 24
Jack Quaid
Jack Quaid, American actor
- April 24
Laura Kenny
Laura Kenny, English cyclist
- April 26
Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge, American baseball player
- April 26
Delon Wright
Delon Wright, American basketball player
- April 27
Serbia and Montenegro
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
- April 27
Russia
The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- April 27
Betty Boothroyd
Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
- April 27
Keenan Allen
Keenan Allen, American football player
- April 28
Blake Bortles
Blake Bortles, American football player
- April 28
DeMarcus Lawrence
DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player
- April 29
Rodney King
The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles (damage pictured), during which 63 people were killed.
- April 29
1992 Los Angeles riots
Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
- April 29
Alina Rosenberg
Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian
- April 30
Marc-André ter Stegen
Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer
- April 30
Goodnight Chicken
Goodnight Chicken, Taiwanese YouTuber
- April 30
Marcel Bauer
Marcel Bauer, German politician
May
- May 1
Hani (singer)
Hani, South Korean singer and actress
- May 1
Bradley Roby
Bradley Roby, American football player
- May 1
Madeline Brewer
Madeline Brewer, American actress
- May 2
Sunmi
Sunmi, South Korean singer
- May 2
María Teresa Torró Flor
María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
- May 4
Victor Oladipo
Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
- May 5
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.
- May 6
Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 6
Baekhyun
Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
- May 6
Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas, Lithuanian basketball player
- May 7
McDonald's
Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
- May 7
Michigan
Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
- May 7
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
- May 7
Alexander Ludwig
Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor and musician
- May 8
Kevin Hayes
Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
- May 8
Olivia Culpo
Olivia Culpo, American model and actress
- May 9
Westray Mine
Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- May 9
Armenia
Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- May 9
Methane
An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal miners who were working at the time.
- May 9
Dan Burn
Dan Burn, English footballer
- May 11
Pablo Sarabia
Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer
- May 11
Bobi (dog)
Bobi, Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo, oldest recorded dog (died 2023)
- May 11
Bryan Rust
Bryan Rust, American ice hockey player
- May 11
Thibaut Courtois
Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
- May 12
Erik Durm
Erik Durm, German footballer
- May 13
Li Hongzhi
Li Hongzhi introduced the Falun Gong movement at a public lecture in Changchun, China.
- May 13
Thievy Bifouma
Thievy Bifouma, Congolese footballer
- May 13
Willson Contreras
Willson Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
- May 13
Josh Papali'i
Josh Papalii, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
- May 13
Mark Stone
Mark Stone, Canadian hockey player
- May 13
Tyrann Mathieu
Tyrann Mathieu, American football player
- May 16
Kirstin Maldonado
Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter
- May 16
Jeff Skinner
Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 17
Black May (Thailand)
Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
- May 18
Adwoa Aboah
Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
- May 19
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
- May 19
Michele Camporese
Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
- May 19
Ola John
Ola John, Dutch footballer
- May 19
Heather Watson
Heather Watson, British tennis player
- May 19
Marshmello
Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ
- May 19
Felise Kaufusi
Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
- May 19
Sam Smith
Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
- May 19
Lainey Wilson
Lainey Wilson, American singer-songwriter
- May 20
Fanny Smith
Fanny Smith, Swiss freestyle skier
- May 20
Cate Campbell
Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
- May 20
Jack Gleeson
Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
- May 20
Enes Kanter Freedom
Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
- May 21
Johnny Carson
After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosts his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
- May 21
Philipp Grüneberg
Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer
- May 21
Hutch Dano
Hutch Dano, American actor
- May 21
Olivia Olson
Olivia Olson, American singer and actress
- May 21
Lisa Evans
Lisa Evans, Scottish footballer
- May 22
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
- May 22
Anna Baryshnikov
Anna Baryshnikov, American actress
- May 23
Giovanni Falcone
Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning po
- May 24
Thailand
The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
- May 24
Kozarac
The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
- May 24
Marcus Bettinelli
Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer
- May 27
Jeison Murillo
Jeison Murillo, Colombian footballer
- May 27
Aaron Brown (sprinter)
Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
- May 27
Laurence Vincent Lapointe
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer
- May 29
Sarah Moundir
Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
- May 29
Gregg Sulkin
Gregg Sulkin, English actor
- May 30
Harrison Barnes
Harrison Barnes, American basketball player
- May 30
Jeremy Lamb
Jeremy Lamb, American basketball player
- May 30
Danielle Harold
Danielle Harold, English actress
- May 31
Laura Ikauniece
Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
- May 31
Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson
Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician
- May 31
Michaël Bournival
Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
June
- June 2
Pajtim Kasami
Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
- June 3
Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo which led to the Native Title Act 1993 overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius.
- June 3
Mario Götze
Mario Götze, German footballer
- June 3
Jade Cargill
Jade Cargill, American professional wrestler
- June 3
Dilraba Dilmurat
Dilraba Dilmurat, Chinese actress
- June 4
Jordan Hugill
Jordan Hugill, English footballer
- June 5
Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
- June 5
Sam Rainbird
Sam Rainbird, Australian cricketer
- June 5
Joazhiño Arroe
Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
- June 6
Copa Airlines Flight 201
Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the Darién Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.
- June 6
DeAndre Hopkins
DeAndre Hopkins, American football player
- June 7
Bill France Sr.
Bill France Sr., American race car driver and businessman, co-founded NASCAR (born 1909)
- June 7
Jordan Clarkson
Jordan Clarkson, Filipino-American basketball player
- June 8
World Oceans Day
The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- June 8
GP Express Airlines Flight 861
GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.
- June 9
Zach Hyman
Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 9
Gino Peruzzi
Gino Peruzzi, Argentine footballer
- June 9
Yannick Agnel
Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
- June 9
Boyd Cordner
Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player
- June 9
Lucien Laviscount
Lucien Laviscount, English actor
- June 10
Kate Upton
Kate Upton, American model and actress
- June 11
Davide Zappacosta
Davide Zappacosta, Italian footballer
- June 12
Allie DiMeco
Allie DiMeco, American actress and musician
- June 12
Philippe Coutinho
Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
- June 13
Semi Radradra
Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
- June 14
Disappearance of Helena Andersson
Swedish woman Helena Andersson disappeared in Mariestad, one suspect were ”the man with the pilot glasses".
- June 14
Daryl Sabara
Daryl Sabara, American actor
- June 14
Devante Smith-Pelly
Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 15
Supreme Court of the United States
The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
- June 15
Michał Kopczyński
Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
- June 15
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
- June 15
Dafne Schippers
Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
- June 16
Maik Brückner
Maik Brückner, German politician
- June 16
Vladimir Morozov (swimmer)
Vladimir Morozov, Russian swimmer
- June 17
George H. W. Bush
A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. president George Bush and Russian president Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
- June 19
Keaton Jennings
Keaton Jennings, South African-English cricketer
- June 19
C. J. Mosley (linebacker)
C. J. Mosley, American football player
- June 21
Hussein El Shahat
Hussein El Shahat, Egyptian professional footballer
- June 21
Max Schneider
MAX, American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and model
- June 22
Harry Reid (actor)
Harry Reid, British actor
- June 22
Ura Kazuki
Ura Kazuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- June 23
Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence: The Battle of the Miljevci Plateau ended after a failed counterattack by forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina against the Croatian Army who had captured the plateau.
- June 23
Nampalys Mendy
Nampalys Mendy, French footballer
- June 23
Luiza Galiulina
Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast
- June 24
David Alaba
David Alaba, Austrian footballer
- June 25
Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.
- June 26
Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy, American actress and singer-songwriter
- June 26
Joel Campbell
Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
- June 26
Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert, French basketball player
- June 27
Karthika Nair
Karthika Nair, Indian actress
- June 27
Ahn So-hee
Ahn So-hee, South Korean singer and actress
- June 28
Oscar Hiljemark
Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer
- June 28
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Elaine Thompson, Jamaican sprinter
July
- July 1
Aaron Sanchez (baseball)
Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player
- July 2
Jānis Timma
Jānis Timma, Latvian basketball player
- July 2
Madison Chock
Madison Chock, American ice dancer
- July 3
Crystal Dunn
Crystal Dunn, American soccer player
- July 4
Ángel Romero (footballer)
Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- July 4
Óscar Romero (footballer)
Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- July 5
Alberto Moreno
Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer
- July 5
Chiara Scholl
Chiara Scholl, American tennis player
- July 6
Manny Machado
Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player
- July 6
Han Na-lae
Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player
- July 7
New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
- July 7
Ellina Anissimova
Ellina Anissimova, Estonian hammer thrower
- July 7
Dominik Furman
Dominik Furman, Polish footballer
- July 8
Ariel Camacho
Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2015)
- July 8
Son Heung-min
Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
- July 10
Han Yu (pool player)
Han Yu, Chinese pool player
- July 11
Mohamed Elneny
Mohamed Elneny, Egyptian footballer
- July 12
Luke Berry
Luke Berry, English footballer
- July 12
Bartosz Bereszyński
Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
- July 13
Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.
- July 13
Rich the Kid
Rich the Kid, American rapper
- July 13
Elise Matthysen
Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
- July 15
Tobias Harris
Tobias Harris, American basketball player
- July 15
Wayde van Niekerk
Wayde van Niekerk, South African sprinter
- July 15
Porter Robinson
Porter Robinson, American DJ and singer-songwriter
- July 16
Safiya Nygaard
Safiya Nygaard, American YouTuber
- July 17
Manchester Metrolink
The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.
- July 17
Billie Lourd
Billie Lourd, American actress
- July 17
Tatu Sinisalo
Tatu Sinisalo, Finnish actor
- July 17
Nick Bjugstad
Nick Bjugstad, American ice hockey player
- July 18
Les Horribles Cernettes
A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
- July 18
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
- July 19
Via D'Amelio bombing
A car bomb killed the anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months after the murder of Borsellino's friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone.
- July 19
Jake Nicholson
Jake Nicholson, English footballer
- July 20
Tupolev Tu-154
A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes during takeoff from Tbilisi International Airport, killing all 24 aboard and four more people on the ground.
- July 20
Václav Havel
Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
- July 21
Jonathon Jennings
Jonathon Jennings, American Canadian football player
- July 21
Dash (rapper)
Da$H, American rapper
- July 21
Jessica Barden
Jessica Barden, English actress
- July 21
Marcus Harris (cricketer)
Marcus Harris, Australian cricketer
- July 21
Dawid Dryja
Dawid Dryja, Polish volleyball player
- July 21
Burak Çelik
Burak Çelik, Turkish actor and model
- July 21
Charlotte de Witte
Charlotte de Witte, Belgian DJ and record producer
- July 21
Jude Adjei-Barimah
Jude Adjei-Barimah, Italian-American football player
- July 21
Julia Beljajeva
Julia Beljajeva, Estonian épée fencer
- July 21
Giovanni De Gennaro (canoeist)
Giovanni De Gennaro, Italian slalom canoeist
- July 21
Dante Marini
Dante Marini, American soccer player
- July 21
Rachael Flatt
Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
- July 22
Medellín
Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
- July 22
Anja Aguilar
Anja Aguilar, Filipino actress and singer
- July 23
Abkhazia
Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
- July 23
Catholic Church
A Vatican commission, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
- July 23
Danny Ings
Danny Ings, English footballer
- July 24
Mikaël Kingsbury
Mikaël Kingsbury, Canadian skier
- July 25
Jordan Martinook
Jordan Martinook, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 25
Sergei Simonov (ice hockey)
Sergei Simonov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2016)
- July 26
Marika Koroibete
Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby player
- July 27
Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez, Canadian singer and rapper
- July 28
Spencer Boldman
Spencer Boldman, American actor
- July 29
Djibril Sidibé (footballer, born 1992)
Djibril Sidibé, French footballer
- July 29
Karen Torrez
Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
- July 30
Hannah Cockroft
Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
- July 31
China General Aviation Flight 7552
China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashes during takeoff from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108.
- July 31
Georgia (country)
The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
- July 31
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis is launched on STS-46 to deploy the European Retrievable Carrier and the Tethered Satellite System.
- July 31
Thai Airways International Flight 311
Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all 113 people on board.
Questions about 1992
What happened in 1992?
This site records 400 entries for 1992, including Teemu Pulkkinen on January 2. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 1992?
34 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1992 turns 34 this year.
Which century is 1992 in?
1992 falls in the 20th century, in the 1990s.
Which generation was born in 1992?
Millennials (Generation Y) (1981–1996). Came of age around the year 2000 and the rise of the internet.
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