1992

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s

Years: 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 - 1992 - 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

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Births

Deaths

• February 11 - Ray Danton, US actor/director.
• April 6 - Isaac Asimov, author
• April 23 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker

Events

• February 11 - F-16 jet crashes into a residential district of Hengelo, the Netherlands. No causalties are reported.
• February 11 - Michael Johnson runs an indoor world record over 400 meters.
• October 24 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-US team to win the World Series
• Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain
• December 8 - Last bast fired in Falu Copper Mine in Sweden. The end of a millennium of continous operation.

Sport

• January 26 - Super Bowl XXVI Washington Redskins (37) def. Buffalo Bills (24)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Georges Charpak
• Chemistry - Rudolph A Marcus
• Medicine - Edmond H Fischer, Edwin G Krebs
• Literature - Derek Walcott
• Peace - Rigoberta Menchu Tum
• Economics - Gary Becker