What Happened In August 1992 In History

Historical Events for August, 1992

• 12th » Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• 21st » Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
• 22nd » Federal Bureau of Investigation named FBI Hostage Rescue Team called HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
• 24th » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall (meteorology) called landfall just south of Miami as a Category 5 Tropical Cyclone e.g hurricane.
• 27th » 'Super Mario Kart' is released in Japan for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System named Super Famicom, which starts the 'Mario Kart' series.
• 31st » Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1992

• 1st » Austin Rivers, American basketball player
• 2nd » Hallie Eisenberg, American actress
• 2nd » Eddie Generazio, American poet and dancer
• 2nd » Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
• 3rd » Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
• 3rd » Karlie Kloss, American model
• 3rd » Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
• 3rd » Lum Rexhepi, Finnish footballer
• 4th » Tiffany Evans, American singer and actress
• 4th » Yvonne Neuwirth, Austrian tennis player
• 4th » Dylan and Cole Sprouse or Cole Sprouse, Italian-American actor
• 4th » Dylan and Cole Sprouse or Dylan Sprouse, Italian-American actor
• 8th » Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
• 10th » Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
• 10th » Chanel Simmonds, South African tennis player
• 12th » Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 12th » Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor
• 12th » Cara Delevingne, English model, actress, and singer
• 13th » Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
• 16th » Islam Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer
• 16th » Diego Sebastián Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 17th » Paige (wrestler) known as Paige, English wrestler
• 17th » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
• 18th » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
• 18th » Riko Narumi, Japanese actress
• 18th » Amy Willerton, English model, Miss Universe Great Britain named Miss Universe Great Britain 2013
• 20th » Matej Delač, Croatian footballer
• 20th » Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 20th » Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
• 20th » Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
• 21st » Brad Kavanagh, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 21st » RJ Mitte, American actor
• 25th » Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo, Aa!, and Buono!)
• 25th » Alex Roots, English singer
• 26th » Hayley Hasselhoff, American actress
• 26th » Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
• 27th » Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter
• 28th » Max Collins (actress) named Max Collins, American-Filipino actress
• 28th » Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
• 29th » Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 31st » Holly Earl, English actress

Famous Deaths for August 1992

• 2nd » Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 4th » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 5th » Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto (band) e.g Toto and Clover (band) named Clover) (b. 1954)
• 6th » Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
• 7th » John Anderson (actor) called John Anderson, American actor and director (b. 1922)
• 8th » Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899)
• 8th » John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
• 8th » Bertalan Papp, Hungarian fencer (b. 1913)
• 9th » Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
• 12th » John Cage, American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
• 14th » John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
• 14th » Tony Williams (singer) named Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
• 16th » Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
• 17th » Al Parker, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
• 24th » André Donner, Dutch judge (b. 1918)
• 26th » Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 29th » Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
• 29th » Teddy Turner (actor) e.g Teddy Turner, English actor (b. 1917)
• 31st » Wolfgang Güllich, German rock climber (b. 1960)

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