Date: May 21, 1992
Space Shuttle program: The space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space. Date: January 22, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 22 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today) More events…
A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. president George Bush and Russian president Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). Date: June 17, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 17 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today) More…
The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. Date: January 9, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 9 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1992VΓ‘clav…
Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga SuΔiΔ are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War. Date: April 5, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 5 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1992Air Inter…
The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. Date: January 9, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 9 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1992Giovanni Falcone Assassinated by…
El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives. Date: January 16, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 16 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today) More…