What happened and who was famous in 1992? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1992.
This 1992 timeline lists the events that everyone remembers, as well as events that may have slipped people’s mind. If you would like to see how the events were reported at the time, take a look at our selection of original 1992 newspapers.
Bill Clinton's election as president was the top news story of 1992, according to an Associated Press survey of U.S. news executives. It was followed in the rankings by two more domestic stories, the Los Angeles riots and Hurricane Andrew, and two international events, the U.S. intervention in Somalia and the civil war in Yugoslavia.