Historical Events for Year 1992 (Part 3)

Months in Year 1992: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Events 301 - 450 of 906

Apr 15th - NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
Apr 15th - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy & DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Apr 15th - The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Apr 16th - "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
Apr 16th - 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
Apr 16th - Afghanistan president Najibullah resigns
Apr 16th - NY Rangers win team record 50th game
Apr 16th - The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique. 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
Apr 18th - Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
Apr 19th - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf
Apr 19th - Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
Apr 19th - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship
Apr 20th - 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs
Apr 20th - 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43
Apr 20th - 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14
Apr 20th - All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium
Apr 20th - Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain
Apr 20th - Joan Lunden, breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse
Apr 20th - Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner
Pop Star Madonna Apr 21st - "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
Apr 21st - Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
Apr 21st - Robert Alton Harris is put to death in the California Gas Chamber for 3 murders.
Apr 22nd - "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
Apr 22nd - 6.0 earthquake in California
Apr 22nd - Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
Apr 22nd - Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists
Apr 23rd - "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
Apr 23rd - Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison
Apr 23rd - McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China
Apr 24th - "Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 108 performances
Apr 24th - George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
Apr 24th - Vinson Pike fined £1000 for distributing obscene computer pictures
Apr 25th - "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
Apr 25th - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Apr 26th - "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1,018 perfs
Apr 26th - "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV
Apr 26th - "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 569 performances
Apr 26th - "Master Builder" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
Apr 26th - "Metro" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 13 performances
Apr 26th - "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
Apr 26th - Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously
Apr 26th - Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
Apr 26th - Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base
Apr 27th - "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 perfs
Apr 27th - NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
Apr 27th - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
Apr 27th - Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
Apr 28th - Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
Apr 28th - Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns
Writer Alex Haley Apr 29th - "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances
Apr 29th - 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
Apr 29th - Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
Apr 29th - Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin
Apr 29th - Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"
Apr 29th - Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps
Apr 30th - 208th & final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
May 1st - Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 yrs prior
May 1st - LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King
May 1st - NY Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs NJ Devils)
May 1st - Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
May 2nd - "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
May 2nd - 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03
May 2nd - Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian Pres Alija Izetbegovic
May 3rd - Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
May 3rd - Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
May 3rd - NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
May 3rd - Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17
May 3rd - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
Country singer Tammy Wynette May 5th - Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
May 6th - NY Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
May 6th - Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II
May 7th - 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine
May 7th - Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
May 7th - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
May 7th - US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
May 9th - America Cup finals begin in San Diego
May 9th - Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
May 9th - Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
May 9th - Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
May 10th - "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
May 10th - Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
May 10th - Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
May 12th - 1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
May 13th - 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
May 13th - Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup
May 13th - Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
May 13th - Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
May 13th - Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
May 13th - Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
May 14th - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll
May 15th - Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy
May 15th - NY dept store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores
May 15th - Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue
Parody Singer and Comedian Weird Al Yankovic May 16th - "Smells Like Nirvana," by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
May 16th - 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6
May 16th - Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock
May 16th - US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
May 17th - 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King
May 17th - Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
May 18th - Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
May 19th - 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary
May 19th - Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa LI
May 19th - Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches
May 19th - Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title
May 19th - VP Dan Quayle attacks Murphy Brown for being a single mother and as a poor example of family values
May 20th - FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London
May 20th - India launches its 1st satellite independently
May 20th - Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds
May 21st - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
May 21st - NJ senate overrides Governor Florio's veto & lowers sales tax to 6%
May 22nd - California Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in NJ
May 22nd - India launches its Agni rocket
May 22nd - Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
May 23rd - NY Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game
May 23rd - Pres Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
Indy Car Driver Al Unser Jr May 24th - Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
May 24th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 24th - Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
May 24th - Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
May 25th - Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "Tonight Show"
May 25th - NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7
May 25th - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy
May 26th - Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR
May 26th - Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour
May 28th - 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum
May 29th - NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games
May 29th - White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base
May 30th - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
May 30th - NY Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48)
May 30th - NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
May 30th - UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
May 31st - 46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa & Crazy For You win
May 31st - 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000
May 31st - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
Jun 1st - America West Arena opens in Phoenix
Jun 1st - E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
Jun 1st - Snowfall in Colorado
Jun 1st - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
Jun 2nd - Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
Jun 2nd - Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows & Light"
Jun 3rd - Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support
Jun 3rd - World's largest environmental summit opens (Rio De Janeiro Brazil)
Jun 4th - San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium
Jun 4th - USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
Jun 6th - 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jun 6th - 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8)
Jun 6th - Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
Jun 6th - NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
Jun 6th - WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 (Montreal)
Jun 7th - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs