January 1992 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Jan 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt begins his term as the 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Jan 1 Bush is 1st US President to address Australian Parliament
Jan 1 Curacao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
Jan 1 Europe breaks down trade barriers
Jan 1 International Space Year begins
Jan 1 NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
Jan 1 The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is renamed the Russian Federation, becoming the successor state to the Soviet Union.
Jan 3 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter
Jan 6 Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle" premieres in LA
Jan 6 The US Government urges doctors to stop using silicone breast implants, outlining the health effects
Jan 6 Zviad Gamskahurdia, the President of Georgia, flees the country because of the military coup
Jan 7 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)

Event of Interest

Jan 8 George H. W. Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap

Jan 9 Alison Halford, Assistant Chief Constable of Merseyside Police (Britain's most senior policewoman) is suspended after allegations of misconduct
Jan 11 Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation
Jan 12 A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
Jan 12 Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
Jan 12 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
Jan 12 US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman

Event of Interest

Jan 13 American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane

Jan 13 Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins
Jan 13 Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II
Jan 15 Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia
Jan 15 Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man
Jan 15 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum
Jan 16 Chapultepec Peace Accords are signed in Mexico City which ends the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War
Jan 17 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
Jan 19 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $23.5 million
Jan 19 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
Jan 21 UN serves Libya a resolution to hand over intelligence agents accused of two airliner bombings
Jan 22 Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
Jan 22 Sarah, Duchess of York (aka Fergie) wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
Jan 22 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
Jan 25 Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264

Event of Interest

Jan 27 Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair

The Age of Intelligent Machines

Jan 30 Inventor Ray Kurzweil publishes his first book "The Age of Intelligent Machines" on artificial intelligence, predicting the popularity of the internet

Jan 30 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands
Jan 31 MTA raised tolls on most NYC bridges from $2.50 to $3.00

Birthdays in History

Jan 12 Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan (d. 2017)

Deaths in History

Jan 1 Called Abma [Hetter Gerrit Abma], Dutch politician (SGP), dies at 74

Grace Hopper (1906-1992)

Jan 1 American computer scientist & US Navy admiral who invented the first compiler for a universal computer programming language and is credited with coining the phrase 'debugging’, dies at 85

Jan 3 Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies
Jan 6 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
Jan 7 Jhean Burton, American entertainer, dies at 63
Jan 8 Abderrahim Bouabid, Moroccan politician (Socialist Union of Popular Forces) and an opponent of French Imperialism and King Hassan II, dies at 69
Jan 9 Bill Naughton [William John Francis Naughton], English playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
Jan 12 Harry van Doorn, Dutch politician (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76
Jan 12 Walt Morey, US children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84
Jan 16 Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master, dies at 73
Jan 20 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies
Jan 22 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
Jan 22 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and government official (Prime Minister, 1961-62; Ambassador to US, 1956-58; Member of Parliament, 1947-49), dies at 87
Jan 23 Simon Brand, South African banker and adviser to President F. W. de Klerk, dies
Jan 24 Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
Jan 25 Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies
Jan 26 Gilroy Roberts, American sculptor (Chief Engraver of the US Mint, 1948-64), dies at 96
Jan 26 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist, writer and poet, dies at 63
Jan 27 Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45
Jan 27 Gene Harris, entertainer, dies after long illness
Jan 28 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86