- May 13
- Three astronauts simultaneously walk in space for the first time. [1]
- Falun Gong introduced by Li Hongzhi. [33]
- May 15
- Colombo 1992 World's Fair opens in Genoa, Italy. [1] [33]
- In Uzbekistan, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs. Three people killed, 5,500 houses completely destroyed and more than 4,000 houses damaged. [53]
- May 16
- US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour). [1] [5] [33]
- May 19
- Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 pounds, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet three inches. [1]
- May 20
- FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London. [1]
- India launches its first satellite independently. [1]
- Rap singer raps 597 syllables in 55.12 seconds. [1]
- In Pakistan, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. At least 36 people killed and 100 injured, at least 400 houses destroyed. [53]
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- May 21
- People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor. [1]
- May 22
- India launches its Agni rocket. [1]
- May 23
- A Mafia-planted bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone. [1] [33]
- President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees. [1]
- May 25
- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy. [1]
- May 26
- Charles Geschke, President of Adobe Systems, is kidnapped from his company parking lot. Kidnappers demand a ransom of $650,000 - they are later apprehended. [33]
- May 30
- New York Lotto pays US$30 million to one winner (numbers are 12-15-30-33-40-48). [1]
- United Nations votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting. [1]
- June 1
- Terrorist Carlos (the Jackal) is sentenced to life imprisonment. [33]
- June 8
- The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [33]
- June 15
- Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (New York City). [1]
- 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). [33]
- June 20
- In Estonia, kroon currency replaces the Soviet ruble. [33]
- June 22
- Two skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg are identified as Czar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. [33]
- June 28
- Estonia holds a referendum on its constitution. [33]
- In Landers, California, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs, followed in three hours by a 6.5 earthquake in Big Bear. [33] [53]
- June 29
- A bodyguard assassinates President Muhammad Boudiaf of Algeria. [33]
- (month unknown)
- Richard C. Hoagland briefs United Nations officials on mathematical and geometric linkage connecting siting of Mars pyramids and face to Egyptian location of pyramids and sphinx. [861.173]
- July 2
- The one millionth Corvette car is built. It is an Arctic White LT1 convertible, with red interior and black top. Chevrolet donates the car to the National Corvette Museum. [8]
- July 6
- (to July 29) Iraq refuses a United Nations inspection team access to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture. UNSCOM claims that it has reliable information that the site contains archives related to illegal weapons activities. U.N. inspectors stage a 17-day "sit-in" outside of the building, but leave when their safety is threatened by Iraqi soldiers. [33]
- July 10
- In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations. [33] [129]
- July 20
- Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. [33]
- July 22
- Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison, fearing extradition to the United States. [33]
- August 5
- Walt Disney World welcomes its 400-millionth guest. [6]
- August 9
- Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat video game to arcades in the US. [9]
- August 10
- The UK government bans the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary organisation that had been legal for twenty years. [33]
- August 14
- In Mbale, Uganda, forty-eight meteorite stones fall, 108kg total weight, damaging roofs, striking a boy on the head. [521] [523.28]
- August 15
- Colombo 1992 closes in Genoa, Italy. [1]
- August 18
- Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy. [33]
- August 19
- In Kyrgyzstan, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. An estimated 75 people killed. Several villages, including Toluk, were destroyed and at least 8,200 dwellings were destroyed. [53]
- August 20
- Kristiansund's connection to the main land of Norway, Krifast, opens. [33]
- August 21
- (to August 22) Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of 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. [33]
- August 24
- (to August 28) Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida and dissipates over the Tennessee valley when it merges with a storm system; 23 are killed. [33]
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