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1992 in England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1992
in
England

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See also:1991–92 in English football
1992–93 in English football
1992 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1992

Events from 1992 in England

Incumbent

Events

January

  • 9 January - Alison Halford, an assistant chief constable with Merseyside Police Force and the country's most senior policewoman, is suspended from duty for a second time following a police authority meeting.[1]
  • 22 January - Estate agent Stephanie Slater, 25, is held hostage at a Birmingham house by a man demanding a £175,000 ransom from her employers. He has threatened to kill Ms Slater unless he receives the money.[2]
  • 30 January - Stephanie Slater is safely returned to her family after her captor releases her from his car near her home in Birmingham.

February

March

April

May

June

  • 11 June - The England national football team begin their European Championships campaign in Sweden with a goalless draw against Denmark in Malmö.
  • 14 June - England draw 0–0 with France in Malmö, meaning that they have to defeat host nation Sweden in their final group game if they are to qualify for the semi-finals.
  • 17 June - There is disappointment for the England football team whose 2–1 defeat against Sweden ends their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the European Championships. It is the last international appearance for Gary Lineker, the 31-year-old England striker who has scored 48 goals in his career - one short of the record set by Bobby Charlton more than 20 years ago.
  • 26 June - Despite England's dismal performance at the European Championships, there is joy for an English-based footballer at the final of the competition as Denmark triumph 2–0 against Germany with Manchester United's Peter Schmeichel in goal. Also in the line-up is former Manchester United defender John Sivebaek (now playing France), while one of Denmark's goals was scored by midfielder John Jensen who is reportedly a transfer target for English club Arsenal.

July

August

  • 15 August - The first Premier League football matches are played. Brian Deane of Sheffield United is the scorer of the first Premier League goal. Meanwhile, financially troubled Division Three side Maidstone United have their first game of the season cancelled and are given 48 hours to guarantee that they will be able to fulfill this season's fixtures.
  • 17 August - Maidstone United resign from the Football League after the club's directors gave up hope of being able to fulfill this season's fixtures. They only joined the Football League three years ago.

September

October

  • 9 October - Two suspected IRA bombs explode in London, but there are no injuries.
  • 12 October - Several people are injured when an IRA bomb explodes in the men's toilets at the Sussex Arms pub in Covent Garden, London. Among the injured is 30-year-old nurse, David Heffer, who later dies in hospital.
  • 14 October - The England football team begins its qualification campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup with a 1–1 draw against Norway at Wembley Stadium.
  • 25 October - Around 100,000 people protest in London against the government's pit closure plans.
  • 30 October - IRA terrorists force a taxi driver to drive to Downing Street at gunpoint and once there they detonate a bomb, but there are no injuries.

November

  • 11 November - The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.[8]
  • 17 November - Vinnie Jones, the Wimbledon midfielder, receives a record £20,000 fine and a six-month suspension (the latter suspended for three years) for bringing the game into disrepute following his comments in the video "Soccer's Hard Men".
  • 16 November - Hoxne Hoard discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Suffolk.
  • 19 November - The High Court rules that doctors can disconnect feeding tubes from Tony Bland, a 21-year-old man who has been in a coma since the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989. Mr Bland, of Liverpool, suffered massive brain damage in the disaster which claimed the lives of 95 people and doctors treating him say that there is no reasonable possibility that he could recover consciousness and in his current condition would be unlikely to survive more than five years.[9]
  • 20 November - Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.[10]

December

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "1992: Top policewoman suspended from duty". BBC News. 1992-01-09. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. ^ "Those were the days".
  3. ^ "The 8th Earl Spencer, 68, Dies; Father of the Princess of Wales". The New York Times. 30 March 1992. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  4. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. p. 460. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  5. ^ "Our Timeline". The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  6. ^ INM (27 July 1992). "Football: Shearer set to sign for Blackburn". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  7. ^ "1992: Mellor resigns over sex scandal". BBC News. 1992-09-24. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  8. ^ "1992: Church of England votes for women priests". BBC News. 1992-11-11. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  9. ^ "1992: Hillsborough victim allowed to die". BBC News. 1992-11-19. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  10. ^ "1992: Blaze rages in Windsor Castle". BBC News. 1992-11-20. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  11. ^ "1992: Bomb explosions in Manchester". BBC News. 1992-12-03. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  12. ^ Wolff, Craig (21 April 1992). "Benny Hill, 67, English Comedian and Creator of TV Show, is Dead". The New York Times.
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