January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
Day of death August 16, 1992
The temperature on August 16, 1992 was between 12.3 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 31 » The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow.
April 13 » Basements throughout the Chicago Loop are flooded, forcing the Chicago Board of Trade Building and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close.
June 8 » The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
June 17 » A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
August 24 » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category5 hurricane, causing up to $25billion (1992 USD) in damages.
December 6 » The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
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