Historical Events
- "Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion NYC for 61 performances
Famous Birthdays
- Frances Bean Cobain, American artist and daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love, born in Los Angeles, California
- Riko Narumi, Japanese actress and model, born in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
Famous Deaths
- Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
- Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
- John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82
What Happened in 1992
A First Lady Goes Shoplifting
While former Panama military dictator Manuel Noriega was awaiting his fate on racketeering charges, his wife Felicidad was having her own run-in with the law.
March 20, 1992Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
Jockey Gay Kelleway is the only woman to ride a winner at England’s famous Royal Ascot. She was also the first jockey to wear a TV camera on her helmet.
September 6, 1992Operation Restore Hope
A US helicopter flies over Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, during Restore Hope in December 1995
December 9, 1992
