America 1992

Jan. 26 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect

Jan. 27 Presidential candidate Bill Clinton and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair

Feb. 20 Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show

Feb. 27 Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years

Mar. 17 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire

Mar. 18 Leona Helmsley sentenced to 4 years for tax evasion

Mar. 19 British Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation

Mar. 26 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington

Mar. 30 64th Academy Awards — Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster win

Apr. 1 Battleship USS Missouri, on which Japan surrendered, decommissioned

Apr. 1 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history

Apr. 2 John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos

Apr. 9 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges

Apr. 11 Euro-Disney opens near Paris

Apr. 13 Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie

Apr. 14 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft

Apr. 22 Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington D.C.

Apr. 23 McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China

Apr. 29 Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin

Apr. 30 208th and final episode of The Cosby Show on NBC-TV

May 1 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots over Rodney King incident.

May 15 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores

May 19 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary

May 19 Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco

May 19 VP Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values

May 22 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of The Tonight Show

June 26 New York City's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads starting Jan 1, 1993

June 28 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in U.S. (7.4) rock California

July 11 President candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people"

Aug. 24 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die

Sept. 11 Hurricane Iniki hits Hawaii; 3 die; 8,000 injured

Sept. 16 FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service

Sept. 17 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates

Oct. 1 Cartoon Cable Network premieres

Oct. 8 Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott

Nov. 3 Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush

Nov. 3 Carol Moseley Brown, 1st black female in U.S. Senate, elected

Dec. 15 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of Year

Dec. 24 President Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger in Iran-contra affair

Dec. 29 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency