February 27, 1992 — S.I. Hayakawa dies
A noted populariser of the ideas of Alfred Korzybski, especially general semantics, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Japanese-American academic. He...
June 14, 2014
1992
April 29, 1992 — The Rodney King trial verdict results in widespread rioting in LA
It’s hard not to think that something may have gone wrong with the American justice system at times. For example,...
June 9, 2014
October 21, 1992 — Madonna releases her book “Sex”
Sex is a coffee table book written by Madonna, with copious photography shot by Siung Fat Tjia and Fabien Baron,...
June 4, 2014
December 10, 1992 — Paul Keating makes the “Redfern” speech
Written either by Don Watson (Keating’s chief speechwriter) or Keating himself – the two disagree on this point – there...
May 29, 2014
December 21, 1992 — Albert King dies
One of the three “Kings of the Blues” (along with B.B. King and Freddie King, none of whom were related...
May 24, 2014
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