1992 in the United States

1992 in the United States
Events from the year 1992 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
Vice President: Dan Quayle (R-Indiana)
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley (D-Washington)
Senate Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell (D-Maine)
Congress: 102nd
Events
January
January 1 – George H. W. Bush becomes the first U.S. president to address the Australian Parliament.
January 8 – George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting.
January 5 – Seventeen-year-old Kelly Dae Wilson disappears in Gilmer, Texas. Her case became one of the biggest unsolved missing-persons cases in Texas.
January 11 – Twelve-year-old Shanda Sharer is tortured and burned to death by four teenage girls in Madison, Indiana. The crime attracts international attention due to its brutality and the young age of the perpetrators.
January 26
Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37–24 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
January 28 – George H. W. Bush delivers his final State of the Union Address.
February
February 1 – The United States Coast Guard begins deporting the first of some 14,000 refugees from Haiti.
February 10
Tom Harkin wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus.
In Indianapolis, Indiana, boxer Mike Tyson is convicted of raping Desiree Washington.
February 17 – A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.
February 18 – In New Hampshire, U.S. President George H. W. Bush defeats Pat Buchanan in the Republican primary; Paul Tsongas leads the Democratic candidates.
March
March 10 – On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton win most of the primaries held.
March 18 – On CNN's Larry King Live, Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot announces that he will run for U.S. president as an independent if volunteers put him on the ballot in all 50 states.
March 30 – The 64th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs winning five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Barry Levinson's Bugsy leads the nominations with ten. The telecast garners over 44 million viewers.
March 31 – , the last active U.S. Navy battleship, is decommissioned at Long Beach, California.
April
April 2 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of the murder of mob boss Paul Castellano and racketeering, and is later sentenced to life in prison.
April 5 – Approximately 500,000 people march on Washington, D.C. in support of abortion rights in advance of oral arguments in the case Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
April 6
Microsoft releases Windows 3.1.
Barney & Friends debuts on PBS.
April 8 – Former tennis player Arthur Ashe, 48, announces that he is suffering from the AIDS virus, which he is believed to have contracted from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in 1983. He had been diagnosed with HIV more than three years prior.
April 9 – A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.
April 13 – The Chicago Flood occurs, causing approximately $2 billion in damages to the city (equivalent to $4.12 billion in 2022).
April 25 – The 7.2 Cape Mendocino earthquake shakes the north coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $48.3–75 million in losses and 98–356 injuries. This was the first instrumentally recorded event that showed shallow angle thrust movement on the southern Cascadia Subduction Zone. Two triggered strike-slip events caused additional destruction the following day.
April 29–May 4 – In Simi Valley, California, a jury acquits four LAPD police officers accused of excessive force in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King, causing the 1992 Los Angeles riots and leading to 53 deaths and $1 billion in damage.
May
May 1 – Eric Houston of Yuba County kills four, injures nine, and holds many others hostage at Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst, California.
May 5 – Alabama ratifies a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.
May 16 – STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
May 18 – The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is enacted.
May 19
In San Francisco, U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle gives his famous Murphy Brown speech.
In Massapequa, New York, Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco, wife of Joey Buttafuoco.
May 22 – After 30 years, Johnny Carson retires as host of NBC's The Tonight Show.
May 25 – Jay Leno becomes the new host of NBC's The Tonight Show, following the retirement of Johnny Carson.
June
June – As a result of the early 1990s recession and subsequent sluggish job creation, unemployment peaks at 7.8%, a level not seen since March 1984. This would contribute to President George H. W. Bush's defeat to Bill Clinton in the election later that year.
June 1 – Kentucky celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
June 15
Delta Phi Beta, a South Asian fraternity is founded at the University of California, Berkeley.
During a spelling bee at a Trenton, New Jersey elementary school, U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously corrects a student's spelling of the word potato, indicating it should have an e at the end.
June 16 – A federal grand jury indicts Caspar Weinberger for his role in covering up the Iran–Contra affair.
June 17 – A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this is later codified in START II).
June 23 – Mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering on April 2.
June 24
The Franco-American Flag is officially raised for the first time in Manchester, New Hampshire. The flag was presented by singer Édith Butler as part of a tour.
The Supreme Court rules 5–4 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the first landmark abortion case since Roe v. Wade. In Casey the Court decided to uphold the "essential holding" of Roe that a woman has the right to an abortion but introduced a new "undue burden" standard which allows states to impose certain regulation so long as those regulations did not create a "substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before the fetus attains viability."
June 28
The 7.3 Landers earthquake shakes the Mojave Desert region of Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $92 million in losses, three deaths and 400+ injuries.
The 6.5 Big Bear earthquake shakes the San Bernardino Mountains region of Southern California about three hours later. This triggered event had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing moderate damage and some injuries.
July
July – The Goosebumps series of children's horror fiction, penned by R. L. Stine, is first published.
July 9 – Bill Clinton announces his selection of Al Gore as his running mate in the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
July 10 – In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
July 16 – Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is nominated for U.S. president and Tennessee Senator Al Gore for vice president at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
August
August 11 – The largest shopping mall in the U.S., Minnesota's Mall of America, constructed on 78 acres (316,000 m2), opens in Bloomington.
August 20 – The Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas re-nominates U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle. Pat Buchanan, one of Bush's opponents in the primaries, delivers a controversial convention speech, in which he refers to a "religious war" in the country.
August 21–22 – Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho are sparked by a federal U.S. Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of a Marshal, Sam Weaver, and his dog, and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki, and the wounding of Kevin Harris.
August 24–28 – Hurricane Andrew hits south Florida and dissipates over the Tennessee valley, killing 65 and causing US$26.5 billion in damage.
September
September 5 – Batman: The Animated Series premieres on Fox Kids.
September 11 – Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu.
September 12 – STS-47: Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African American woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
September 23 – Operation Julin is the last nuclear test conducted by the United States at the Nevada Test Site.
September 24
The Kentucky Supreme Court, in Kentucky v. Wasson, holds that laws criminalizing same-sex sodomy are unconstitutional, and accurately predicts that other states and the nation will eventually rule the same way.
The Sci-Fi Channel launches with a broadcast of Star Wars.
October
October 1 – The Turner Broadcasting System's Cartoon Network goes on the air. The Merrie Melodies short, Rhapsody Rabbit, is the very first cartoon to be broadcast on the network.
October 2 – Pittsburgh International Airport's new facility opens in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new terminal is built as an expansion for USAir and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International Airport facility.
October 3 – After performing a song protesting alleged child abuse by the Catholic Church, Sinéad O'Connor rips up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live, causing huge controversy, leading the switchboards at NBC to ring off the hook.
October 8 – The video game Mortal Kombat is released.
October 9
The Chief of Naval Operations adopts the US Navy's core values: Honor, Courage and Commitment.
A 13-kilogram (29-pound) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's Chevrolet Malibu. It becomes known as the Peekskill Meteorite.
October 11 – Ross Perot, Bill Clinton, and George H. W. Bush participate in the first debate of the 1992 election at Washington University in St. Louis.
October 13 – Al Gore, James Stockdale, and Dan Quayle participate in the 1992 vice presidential debate.
October 14 – A Bunch of Munsch episode "The Paper Bag Princess" is first broadcast on Showtime.
October 15 – Carole Simpson hosts the second debate of the presidential election at the University of Richmond.
October 17 – Yoshihiro Hattori, a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, mistakes the address of a party and is shot dead after knocking on the wrong door in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooter, Rodney Peairs, is later acquitted, sparking outrage in Japan.
October 19 – Jim Lehrer hosts the final debate of the presidential election at Michigan State University.
October 26 – Dry Tortugas National Park is established.
October 29 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo-Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States.
October 31 – The pilot episode for X-Men airs on Fox Kids.
November
November 3 –
Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeats incumbent President George H. W. Bush and businessman H. Ross Perot in the US presidential election.
The heavy metal and Rap rock band Rage Against the Machine releases their self-titled debut album.
November 20 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is released to theaters.
November 24 – Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is released in the U.S.
November 25
The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, debuts in cinemas; it goes on to become the second highest-grossing film of the year with nearly $122 million in revenue in the U.S. and exceeding $410 million worldwide.
Walt Disney Pictures' 31st feature film, Aladdin, is released to critical and commercial success. It goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year and (at the time) the highest-grossing animated film of all time, earning over $504 million worldwide – the first animated film to cross the half-billion-dollar mark. It is also the last entirely fairytale-based adaptation released by Disney until 2010's Tangled.
December
December 3 – UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid gets distributed and establishing peace in Somalia.
December 4 – U.S. military forces land in Somalia.
December 5 – Kent Conrad of North Dakota resigns his seat in the United States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only U.S. Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.
December 8 – Lawrence Eagleburger is sworn in as the new Secretary of State, succeeding James Baker.
December 15 – Hip hop producer and rapper Dr. Dre releases his solo debut studio album The Chronic, which sparks the beginning of the mainstream popularity and success of Gangsta Rap, G-Funk and West Coast Hip-Hop in the United States (a run that lasts from the early-to-mid-1990s).
December 23 – The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first ever post-season NFL game, defeating the Oakland Raiders 13–7, on a last second play that becomes known as The Immaculate Reception.
December 24 – President of the United States George H. W. Bush pardons six national security officials implicated in the Iran–Contra affair of the 1980s, including Caspar Weinberger.
December 28 – First of four child deaths resulting from the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak.
Date unknown
Community First Fund is founded in Pennsylvania.
In terms of units sold, compact discs outsell audiocassettes for the first time in the United States.
Y'all theater act is founded in New York.
Ongoing
Iraqi no-fly zones (1991–2003)
Births
January
January 1
Kaitlin Antonneau, racing cyclist
Jeff Godfrey, football player
Jamie Lauren Keiles, writer
January 3 – Rob Crisp, football player
January 6 – Diona Reasonover, actress
January 8 – Valkyrae, YouTuber and livestreamer
January 9
Jack Campbell, hockey player
Terrence Jones, basketball player
January 12 – Javier Alvial, American-born Chilean footballer
January 13 – Austin Watson, hockey player
January 16
Alexe Gilles, figure skater
Piper Gilles, American-born Canadian Olympic ice dancer
January 18 – Dagny Knutson, swimmer
January 19
Shawn Johnson East, artistic gymnast
Logan Lerman, actor
Mac Miller, rapper (d. 2018)
January 21
Seantrel Henderson, football player
Logan O'Brien, actor and singer
January 25 – Olivia Bonilla, singer/songwriter and musician
January 26
Cassidy Lehrman, actress
Sasha Banks, pro wrestler
January 27 – Tony Jefferson, football player
January 28
Grace Dunham, writer and activist
Hunter Renfroe, baseball player
January 29
David Fluellen, football player
George Pocheptsov, painter, draughtsman, and entrepreneur
January 31 – Colby Minifie, actress
February
February 1 – Kelli Goss, actress
February 2 – Alex Kennedy, race car driver
February 4 – Hannah Stocking, internet personality
February 6 – Cara McCollum, journalist (d. 2016)
February 8 – Karle Warren, actress
February 10
Karen Fukuhara, actress
Jordan Maron, YouTuber
February 11 – Taylor Lautner, actor
February 13 – Keith Appling, college basketball player
February 14 – Jeff Luc, football player
February 15 – Greer Grammer, actress
February 16 – Steffani Brass, actress
February 17
Laivan Greene, actress, singer, and dancer
Meaghan Jette Martin, actress and singer
February 18
Le'Veon Bell, football player
Logan Miller, actor and musician
February 20 – Jarred Tinordi, hockey player
February 24 – Peter Frenette, Olympic ski jumper
February 25 – Max Aaron, figure skater
February 26 – Alexandria Mills, beauty pageant winner
February 27
Ty Dillon, race car driver
Filip Krajinović, Serbian-born tennis player
Meyers Leonard, basketball player
February 29
Perry Kitchen, soccer player
Jessica Long, Russian-born Paralympic swimmer
Caitlin EJ Meyer, actress
Majesty Rose, singer
Jessie Usher, actor
March
March 2 – Charlie Coyle, hockey player
March 3 – Madison Cross, singer and actress
March 4
Derek Forbort, hockey player
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Jared Sullinger, basketball player
March 5
Kit Armstrong, pianist and composer
Sam Bankman-Fried, entrepreneur, investor, and founder of FTX
March 8 – Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Russian-born YouTuber and prankster
March 9 – Luis Armand Garcia, actor
March 10 – Emily Osment, actress and singer
March 13 – Jelani Jenkins, football player
March 14 – Jasmine Murray, singer and pageant winner
March 15
Sosie Bacon, actress
Mary Lou, actress
March 16 – Tim Hardaway Jr., basketball player
March 18 – Anthony Barr, football player
March 20 – Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, attorney, beauty queen, and political candidate
March 21 – Joshua Mance, Olympic sprinter
March 22 – Jessie Andrews, actress
March 23 – Kyrie Irving, basketball player
March 24
Faye Gulini, Olympic snowboarder
MyCole Pruitt, football player
Jeremy Rosado, singer
March 25 – Elizabeth Lail, actress
March 26
Mackenzie Caquatto, artistic gymnast
Corrie Lothrop, Olympic artistic gymnast
Haley Ramm, actress
March 27
Kevin Kowalski, skateboarder
Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Olympic alpine ski racer
March 29 – Chris Massoglia, actor
March 30 – MacKinzie Kline, golfer
April
April 3 – Young M.A., rapper
April 4 – Alexa Nikolas, actress
April 6 – Beatrice Capra, tennis player
April 7
Kaitlan Collins, journalist
Alexis Jordan, singer and actress
April 8
Matthew Freeman, twirler
Shelby Young, actress
April 9 – Joshua Ledet, singer
April 11 – J.D. Lifshitz, director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
April 13 – Paul Richardson, football player
April 17 – Manuel Ávila, boxer
April 18 – Chloe Bennet, actress and singer
April 22 – Joc Pederson, baseball player
April 23 – Syd tha Kyd, singer, producer, and DJ
April 24
Joe Keery, actor and musician
Doc Shaw, actor and rapper
April 26
Jon Cozart, YouTuber
Aaron Judge, baseball player
April 27
Keenan Allen, football player
Allison Iraheta, singer
April 28 – Boxxy, internet personality
April 30 – Kenneth Agostino, ice hockey player
May
May 4
Miles Robbins, actor and musician
Phyllis Francis, Olympic sprinter
Gracie Gillam, actress, singer, and dancer
Courtney Jines, actress, producer, and screenwriter
Victor Oladipo, basketball player
Grace Phipps, actress, singer, and dancer
Ashley Rickards, actress
Shoni Schimmel, Native American basketball player
May 5 – Jarvis Johnson, YouTuber
May 7 – Ryan Harrison, tennis player
May 8
Olivia Culpo, beauty pageant
Kevin Hayes, hockey player
May 9 – Chris Gutierrez, actor
May 11 – Christina McHale, tennis player
May 12 – Malcolm David Kelley, actor
May 13 – Tyrann Mathieu, football player
May 15
Clark Beckham, singer
José Benavidez, boxer
Grace Kelly, musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and bandleader
May 16
Nicole Boerner, model
Kirstin Maldonado, singer
May 17
Caitlin Brunell, beauty pageant winner
Eric Jagielo, baseball player
May 18 – Spencer Breslin, actor and musician
May 20 – Mattie Larson, gymnast
May 21
Hutch Dano, actor
Olivia Olson, actress and singer
May 22 – Anna Baryshnikov, actress
May 24 – Travis T. Flory, actor
May 25 – Matt Stonie, competitive eater
May 26 – Johanna Long, race car driver
May 29
Melsahn Basabe, basketball player
Erica Lindbeck, actress
May 30
Harrison Barnes, basketball player
Jeremy Lamb, basketball player
May 31 – MO3, rapper (d. 2020)
June
June 1 – Prezel Hardy, sprinter
June 6 – DeAndre Hopkins, football player
June 7
Sara Lee, wrestler and television personality (d. 2022)
Sara Niemietz, singer/songwriter and actress
June 9 – Kate Hansen, luger
June 10 – Kate Upton, actress and model
June 12
Allie DiMeco, actress and musician
Ryan Malgarini, actor
June 13 – Jason Dardo, drag queen, burlesque dancer, recording artist, television personality, and model
June 14
Joel Crouse, singer/songwriter
Daryl Sabara, actor
June 15 – Kristie Ahn, tennis player
June 16 – Emerson Etem, hockey player
June 19 – C. J. Mosley, football player
June 20
Robin Carpenter, cyclist
Sage the Gemini, rapper, songwriter and producer
June 21 – Max Schneider, singer/songwriter and actor
June 22 – Darius Jennings, football player
June 23
Kate Melton, actress
Bridget Sloan, Olympic artistic gymnast
June 24 – Raven Goodwin, actress
June 26
Jace Amaro, football player
Melanie Amaro, singer
Jennette McCurdy, actress
Austin Voth, baseball player
June 27 – Jordan Hicks, football player
June 29
Adam G. Sevani, actor and dancer
June 30
Holliston Coleman, actress
Prussian Blue, twin Neo-Nazi musicians
July
July 1 – Bryan de la Fuente, soccer player
July 2 – Madison Chock, Olympic ice dancer
July 3
Nathalia Ramos, actress
Santiago Segura, actor
July 5 – Max Frost, singer/songwriter
July 6 – Manny Machado, baseball player
July 8
Sky Ferreira, singer, songwriter, model, and actress
Xander Mobus, voice actor
July 9 – Andrew Everett, wrestler
July 10 – Kristin Allen, gymnast
July 13
Dylan Patton, actor
Rich the Kid, rapper
July 17
Nick Bjugstad, hockey player
Billie Lourd, actress
July 18 – Timothy Dolensky, figure skater
July 20 – Paige Hurd, actress
July 21 – Rachael Flatt, figure skater
July 22 – Selena Gomez, singer and actress
July 24 – Mitch Grassi, a cappella singer and member of Pentatonix
July 25
Jillian Clare, actress and singer
Lil Phat, rapper (d. 2012)
July 28 – Stephone Anthony, football player
July 29 – David Ash, footballer player
July 30 – Fabiano Caruana, chess player
July 31
José Fernández, Cuban-born baseball player (d.2016)
Kyle Larson, stock carracing driver
August
August 2
Hallie Eisenberg, actress
Malcolm Jones, football player
August 3 – Karlie Kloss, model and ballerina
August 4
Dylan and Cole Sprouse, twin actors
Tiffany Evans, singer and actress
August 5 – Jack McInerney, soccer player
August 7 – Bobby Lynn Bryant, boxer
August 8 – Casey Cott, actor
August 10 – Rifqa Bary, Sri Lankan-born author and methodist
August 11
Stefan Jerome, soccer player
Tomi Lahren, television host
August 13 – Katharine Close, academic
August 16 – Ventura Alvarado, soccer player
August 18
Elizabeth Beisel, swimmer
Frances Bean Cobain, model and artist, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
August 20
Demi Lovato, singer and actress
Alex Newell, actor and singer
August 21
Oliver Bradwell, sprinter
Bryce Dejean-Jones, basketball player (d. 2016)
RJ Mitte, actor
August 22
Austin Evans, YouTuber
Ari Stidham, actor and musician
August 24
Spike Albrecht, basketball player
Johnny Rapid, gay pornographic film actor
August 26
Jesse Delgado, wrestler
Hayley Hasselhoff, actress
August 27
Sarah Attar, American-born Saudi Arabian Olympic middle-distance runner
Blake Jenner, actor and singer
August 28 – Isabelle Abiera, actress and model
September
September 2 – Madilyn Bailey, singer
September 3 – August Alsina, hip-hop/R&B Artist
September 5 – Brandon Allen, football player
September 8 – Felisha Cooper, actress
September 10 – Haley Ishimatsu, Olympic diver
September 11
Desireé Bassett, guitarist
MacKenzie Bourg, singer
JC Caylen, YouTube personality
September 12 – Connor Franta, YouTuber and entrepreneur
September 16 – Nick Jonas, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and member of the Jonas Brothers
September 18 – Amber Liu, singer
September 19
Gavin Fink, actor
Erin Jackson, Olympic speed skater
Palmer Luckey, entrepreneur
September 24
Ray Drew, football player
Jack Sock, tennis player
September 25 – Keauna McLaughlin, ice skater
September 27
Jake Burbage, actor
Sam Lerner, actor
September 28
Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress (d. 2014)
Tyler Lockett, football player
September 30
Ezra Miller, actor and singer
Trevor Barron, Olympic race walker
Bria Hartley, basketball player
October
October 2 – Kiehl Frazier, football player
October 6
Rhyon Nicole Brown, actress, singer, and dancer
Shelby Rogers, tennis player
October 9 – Tyler James Williams, actor
October 11 – Cardi B, rapper
October 12 – Josh Hutcherson, actor
October 13
Aaron Dismuke, actor
Baby K, notable congenital deformity victim (d. 1995)
John John Florence, surfer
October 14 – Savannah Outen, singer
October 15 – Vincent Martella, actor and singer
October 16 – Bryce Harper, baseball player
October 17 – Jacob Artist, actor, dancer, and singer
October 18 – John John Florence, surfer
October 19 – Lil Durk, rapper
October 20 – Kristian Ipsen, Olympic diver
October 22
21 Savage, rapper
Sofia Vassilieva, actress
October 27
Emily Hagins, producer, writer, editor, and director
Brandon Saad, ice hockey player
October 28
Lexi Ainsworth, actress
Jermaine Crawford, actor
October 30 – Tequan Richmond, actor, model, and rapper
October 31 – Vanessa Marano, actress
November
November 2 – Chelsea Davis, gymnast
November 5 – Odell Beckham Jr., football player
November 6 – Megan Meier, suicide victim (d. 2006)
November 9 – CoryxKenshin, YouTuber
November 10 – Teddy Bridgewater, football player
November 11 – Cassandra Bankson, model
November 12
Shelbie Bruce, actress
Erika Costell, youtuber
Macey Cruthird, actress
November 15 – Trevor Story, baseball player
November 16 – Joe Thuney, football player
November 18 – Nathan Kress, actor
November 19 – Brandon Frazier, Olympic pair skater
November 21 – Megan and Liz, fraternal twin recording artists
November 23
Miley Cyrus, singer and actress
Fuslie, online personality
November 25 – Zack Shada, actor
November 28
Adam Hicks, actor
Jarvis Landry, football player
Jake Miller, rapper and songwriter
November 29 – David Lambert, actor
December
December 1
Javier Báez, baseball player
Caleb Shomo, singer/songwriter and frontman for Beartooth
December 8 – Katie Stevens, singer
December 7 – Sean Couturier, ice hockey player
December 11
Tiffany Alvord, singer and songwriter
Ivana Hong, gymnast
December 12
Shy Glizzy, rapper
Austin Jones, singer
December 17
Berleezy, YouTuber
Jordan Garrett, actor
December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, actress, singer, and musician
December 21 – Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, American football player
December 23 – Spencer Daniels, actor
Full date unknown
Victoria Acosta, singer
Ahney Her, actress
Daniella Karagach, dancer
Savannah Smith, basketball player
Deaths
January 23 – Ian Wolfe, actor (b. 1896)
January 27 – Allan Jones, actor and singer (b. 1907)
January 29 – Willie Dixon, blues musician (b. 1915)
February 3 – Junior Cook, musician (b. 1934)
February 7 – Buzz Sawyer, wrestler and trainer (b. 1959)
February 8 – Bazoline Estelle Usher, African American educator (b. 1885)
February 9 – Jack Kinney, animator (b. 1909)
February 13 – Dorothy Tree, actress (b. 1906)
February 27 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born academic and Senator for California (b. 1906)
March 4 – Art Babbitt, animator (b. 1907)
March 8 – Champ Butler, singer (b. 1926)
March 26 – Barbara Frum, American-born Canadian radio and television journalist (b. 1937)
April 4 – Arthur Russell, cellist and composer (b. 1951)
April 5
Molly Picon, Yiddish-language actress (b. 1898)
Sam Walton, businessman, founder of Wal-Mart (b. 1918)
April 6 – Isaac Asimov, Russian-born science-fiction author (b. 1920)
April 10 – Sam Kinison, comedian (b. 1953)
April 14
David Miller, film director (b. 1909)
Sammy Price, pianist and bandleader (b. 1908)
May 1 – Sharon Redd, singer (b. 1945)
May 6 – Marlene Dietrich, German-born actress and singer (b. 1901 in Germany)
May 13 – Dawon Kahng, Korean-born electrical engineer (b. 1931)
May 27 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, Appalachian fiddler (b. 1890)
May 30 – Antoni Zygmund, Polish-born mathematician (b. 1900)
June 2 – Philip Dunne, screenwriter and director (b. 1908)
June 3 – Patrick Peyton, priest (b. 1909)
June 6 – Larry Riley, actor (b. 1953)
June 22 – M. F. K. Fisher, food writer b. 1908)
July 13 – Alex Wojciechowicz, American football player (b. 1915)
July 27 – Anthony Salerno, mobster (b. 1911)
August – Chris McCandless, hiker (b. 1968)
September 1 – Morris Carnovsky, actor (b. 1897)
September 12 – Ruth Nelson, actress (b. 1905)
September 21 – Bill Williams, actor (b. 1915)
September 29 – Paul Jabara, actor and singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
October 5 – Eddie Kendricks, singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
October 25 – Roger Miller, singer-songwriter, musician and actor (b. 1936)
November 2 – Hal Roach, film and television producer, director and actor (b. 1892)
November 8
Larry Levan, DJ (b. 1954)
Ian Stuart Spiro, commodities broker (b. 1946)
November 19 – Diane Varsi, actress (b. 1938)
November 30 – Peter Blume, American painter and sculptor (b. 1906)
December 8 – William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker (b. 1907)
December 17 – Dana Andrews, actor (b. 1909)
December 18 – Mark Goodson, television producer (b. 1915)
December 21 – Stella Adler, actress and teacher (b. 1901)
December 27 – Stephen Albert, composer (b. 1941)
December 28 – Sal Maglie, baseball player (b. 1917)
December 30 – Timothy S. Healy, Jesuit priest and academic administrator (b. 1923)
See also
1992 in American television
List of American films of 1992
Timeline of United States history (1990–2009)
References
External links
1990s in the United States
United States
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Years of the 20th century in the United States