Jan 1Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt begins his term as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations

Jan 2 Australian cricket spin bowling greatShane Warne (145 Tests, 708 wickets; 194 ODIs) makes Test debut v India in 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground

Jan 7Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

Jan 8George H. W. Bush falls ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap

Jan 11 American singer-songwriterPaul Simon brings his “Born at the Right Time” tour to South Africa, at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg

Jan 13 American serial killerJeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane

Jan 15 7th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Bobby "Blue" Bland; Booker T. and the MG's;Johnny Cash;Jimi Hendrix Experience; Isley Brothers; Sam and Dave; The Yardbirds; Elmore James; Professor Longhair; Leo Fender; Bill Graham; and Doc Pomus

Jan 16Eric Clapton performs for an episode of MTV "Unplugged" at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England. Recording won six Grammy Awards, and became Clapton's bestselling album, and the bestselling live album of all time

Jan 25Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"

Jan 27Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee

Jan 27Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)

Jan 27 Presidential candidateBill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair

Jan 28 St. Louis right wingBrett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues' tie in Los Angeles

Jan 30 InventorRay Kurzweil publishes his first book "The Age of Intelligent Machines" on artificial intelligence, predicting the popularity of the internet

Feb 1 DefensemanDenis Potvin's #5 becomes first number retired by NY Islanders; Potvin played entire 15 year NHL career in NY

Feb 1 Slugging outfielderBarry Bonds signs highest single year contract in MLB history, $4.7 million with Pittsburgh Pirates

Feb 2 Country singer-songwriterWillie Nelson settles with the I.R.S. on a $9M tax payment of outstanding bill of $16.7M

Feb 3 Defense opens callingNoriega "our ally in war on drugs"

Feb 5 Jury selection begins in the trial of Los Angeles police charged with beatingRodney King

Feb 7 The Maastricht Treaty is signed by 12 countries from the European Community (EC) to create the European Union (EU)

Feb 10 Speed skaterBonnie Blair wins the 1st gold medal for the US at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Feb 14 Comedy film "Wayne's World" starringMike Myers and Dana Carvey, based on their Saturday Night Live sketch premieres

Feb 16 34th Daytona 500: Davey Allison joins father Bobby as a race winner;Richard Petty andA. J. Foyt's final drives in the event

Feb 16 Ethiopia finds the remains of former EmperorHaile Selassie on the grounds of the Imperial Palace, under the private lavatory of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who overthrew the Emperor

Feb 16 LA Lakers retireMagic Johnson's #32 uniform

Feb 20Ross Perot says he'll run for president on "Larry King Live"

Feb 21Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating

Feb 22Barbra Streisand surprises cast members in a cameo appearance at the end of a "Coffee Talk" sketch on "Saturday Night Live"

Feb 25Muddy Waters wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards

Feb 29 Boston’sRay Bourque becomes just the 3rd defenseman in NHL history to score 1,000 career points with a goal and 2 assists in the Bruins' 5-5 tie with Washington Capitals at Boston Garden

Mar 3 Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman &Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)

Mar 3Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd jersey number retired by NHL New York Islanders

Mar 12 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include:Sting,Elton John,James Taylor,Natalie Cole, and Don Henley

Mar 13Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit

Mar 17 South African PresidentF. W. de Klerk wins a white only referendum

Mar 18 American pop singerDonna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Mar 20Manuel Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses

Mar 25 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia: Pakistan beats England by 22 runs for their first trophy; Player of the Match:Wasim Akram (PAK) 33 (18) & 3/49

Mar 27 Columbia Records releasesBruce Springsteen's 9th and 10th studio albums - "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" - on the same day; musicians other than the E-Street Band are used

Mar 30 64th Academy Awards: "The Silence of the Lambs",Anthony Hopkins &Jodie Foster win

Mar 30 Man accidentally backs into Oakland A's JoseCanseco's $225,000 Lamborghini

Apr 2 Mafia bossJohn Gotti is found guilty of 5 murders (Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti, Robert DiBernardo, Liborio Milito and Louis Dibono), plus conspiracy to murder, loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion

Apr 5 Peruvian PresidentAlberto Fujimori suspends the constitution and dissolves Congress

Apr 6George Harrison performs his final full concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, in a benefit for the transcendental mediation based Natural Law political party[1]

Apr 6 Voting begins on choice ofElvis Presley postage stamp[1]

Apr 9John Major is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history