WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1992
Find out what all happened August to November 1992

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. (11. September 1992)

Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho (21. August 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)

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. (14. September 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)

United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. (27. October 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)

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

The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum. (26. October 1992)

A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys forensic laboratories in Belfast. (23. September 1992)

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

Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo. (31. August 1992)

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. (12. September 1992)

The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil. (2. October 1992)

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached. (29. September 1992)

An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany. (17. September 1992)

Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (12. August 1992)

FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. (22. August 1992)

Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher Johnson McCandless at his camp 20 miles (32 km) west of the town of Healy, Alaska. (6. September 1992)

An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers. (18. September 1992)