Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
- Robert Stephenson’s pioneering Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait is catastrophically damaged by fire after standing for 120 years.
- Italy’s most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
- The first version of the Java programming language is released.
- The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
- The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
- Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport’s Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
- Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
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- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
- Former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide, jumping from a 45-meter cliff in Bongha, Gimhae, South Korea.
- Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, leading to three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are killed.
- Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts, with his album Trespassing.
- The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
- Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
- At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.
- The Republic of Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.
