Events 1992 in England

1 events

1.1 january
1.2 february
1.3 march
1.4 april
1.5 may
1.6 june
1.7 july
1.8 august
1.9 september
1.10 october
1.11 november
1.12 december

events
january

9 january - alison halford, assistant chief constable merseyside police force , country s senior policewoman, suspended duty second time following police authority meeting.
22 january - estate agent stephanie slater, 25, held hostage @ birmingham house man demanding £175,000 ransom employers. has threatened kill ms slater unless receives money.
30 january - stephanie slater safely returned family after captor releases car near home in birmingham.

february

5 february - kevin keegan, former liverpool f.c. , england striker, appointed manager of newcastle united.
20 february

the football association launches new premier league begin in august, @ start of next football season. founder members teams finishing in top 19 of season s football league first division second division champions, runners-up , playoff winners.
michael sams arrested on suspicion of abducting stephanie slater murdering prostitute julie dart in leeds 7 months ago.



march

13 march - first ecumenical church in britain, christ cornerstone church in milton keynes opened.
25 march - aldershot football club, bottom of football league, go out of business after two-year financial crisis saw them unable pay off hundreds of thousands of pounds of debts. club founded in 1926 , had been members of football league since 1932.
26 march - television entertainer roy castle (59), presents record breakers, announces suffering lung cancer.
29 march - john spencer, 8th earl spencer , father of princess diana, dies pneumonia @ age of 68.

april

3 april - gary lineker, due leave tottenham hotspur @ end of season , join grampus 8 of japan, voted fwa player of year.
10 april - provisional irish republican army detonates 2 bombs @ baltic exchange in central london, killing three.
12 april - manchester united win football league cup first time in history 1-0 win on nottingham forest @ wembley stadium in brian mcclair scores goal of game.
17–20 april - lost gardens of heligan in cornwall first opened public.
26 april - leeds united confirmed champions of football league first division (which becomes fa premier league next season) defeat sheffield united 3-2, while nearest rivals manchester united lose 2-0 @ liverpool, collect silverware season if win fa cup final on 9 may.
27 april - betty boothroyd, 62-year-old labour mp west bromwich west in west midlands, elected speaker of house of commons, first woman hold position.

may

9 may - liverpool f.c. win fa cup fifth time 2-0 win on sunderland in final @ wembley stadium. ian rush scores fifth goal in fa cup final liverpool (having scored twice in 1986 , 1989 finals) , other goal comes michael thomas. first major trophy under management of graeme souness, appointed on year ago.
12 may - plans unveiled fifth terminal @ heathrow airport, busiest airport in world.
22 may - stephen owen cleared of attempted murder @ maidstone crown court, 6 months after shooting kevin taylor, lorry driver had caused son s death while under influence of alcohol in 1988.
25 may - blackburn rovers, owned steel baron jack walker , managed liverpool legend kenny dalglish, defeat leicester city 1-0 in second division playoff final @ wembley stadium seal place in new fa premier league , end 26-year exile top division of english football.
28 may - david platt, england midfielder joined bari aston villa last year, becomes expensive british player when £8 million move sees him join juventus.

june

11 june - england national football team begin european championships campaign in sweden goalless draw against denmark in malmö.
14 june - england draw 0-0 france in malmö, meaning have defeat host nation sweden in final group game if qualify semi finals.
17 june - there disappointment england football team 2-1 defeat against sweden ends hopes of reaching semi finals of european championships. last international appearance gary lineker, 31-year-old england striker has scored 48 goals in career - 1 short of record set bobby charlton more 20 years ago.
26 june - despite england s dismal performance @ european championships, there joy english-based footballer @ final of competition denmark triumph 2-0 against germany manchester united s peter schmeichel in goal. in line-up former manchester united defender john sivebaek (now playing france), while 1 of denmark s goals scored midfielder john jensen reportedly transfer target english club arsenal.

july

17 july - official opening of manchester metrolink.
23 july - 62 people arrested in connection rioting in blackburn, burnley , huddersfield.
27 july - alan shearer becomes britain s expensive footballer in £3.6 million transfer southampton blackburn rovers. shearer, turns 22 next month, member of england s euro 92 national squad, having scored on debut in friendly international against france earlier year.

august

15 august - first premier league football matches played. brian deane of sheffield united scorer of first premier league goal. meanwhile, financially troubled division 3 side maidstone united have first game of season cancelled , given 48 hours guarantee able fulfill season s fixtures.
17 august - maidstone united resign football league after club s directors gave hope of being able fulfill season s fixtures. joined football league 3 years ago.

september

24 september - david mellor, mp putney, resigns heritage minister amid tabloid press speculation had been conducting adulterous affair actress antonia de sancha.

october

9 october - 2 suspected ira bombs explode in london, there no injuries.
14 october - england football team begins qualification campaign 1994 fifa world cup 1-1 draw against norway @ wembley stadium.
25 october - around 100,000 people protest in london against government s pit closure plans.
30 october - ira terrorists force taxi driver drive downing street @ gunpoint , once there detonate bomb, there no injuries.

november

11 november - church of england votes allow women become priests.
17 november - vinnie jones, wimbledon midfielder, receives record £20,000 fine , six-month suspension (the latter suspended 3 years) bringing game disrepute following comments in video soccer s hard men .
16 november - hoxne hoard discovered metal detectorist eric lawes in suffolk.
19 november - high court rules doctors can disconnect feeding tubes tony bland, 21-year-old man has been in coma since hillsborough disaster on 15 april 1989. mr bland, of liverpool, suffered massive brain damage in disaster claimed lives of 95 people , doctors treating him there no reasonable possibility recover consciousness , in current condition unlikely survive more 5 years.
20 november - fire breaks out in windsor castle, badly damaging castle , causing on £50 million worth of damage.

december

3 december - 65 people injured ira bomb in manchester city centre there no fatalities.
8 december - mandir in west bromwich destroyed in arson attack, while 1 in birmingham , in coventry damaged. police fear anti-hindu violence islamic extremists spilling country.
16 december - 4 people injured ira bombs in oxford street, london.




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