A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159. Date: September 26, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 26 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. Date: September 25, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada. Date: September 18, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin. Date: September 17, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark. Date: September 16, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering. Date: September 16, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. Date: September 14, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 14 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Abimael Guzmรกn, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well. Date: September 12, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)
NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space. Date: September 12, 1992 Read more…
Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaสปi, Hawaii, killing 7 and causing $3.1bn in economic damages. Date: September 11, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1992 ๐ On This Day (Today)