WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1992
Find out what all happened November to December 1992

A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague. (3. December 1992)

For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela. (27. November 1992)

The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. (23. November 1992)

In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage. (20. November 1992)

A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56. (21. December 1992)

The Archives of Terror are discovered. (22. December 1992)

Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. (4. December 1992)

The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. (13. November 1992)

The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. (6. December 1992)

The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. (11. November 1992)

The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993. (25. November 1992)

War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli – A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia. (14. December 1992)

The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo. (3. December 1992)

The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk. (16. November 1992)

A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes before ending on the 23rd. (21. November 1992)

Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached. (29. December 1992)

UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia. (3. December 1992)

Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. (31. December 1992)