Timeline August 1992

Events in August 1992 14

• 1912 – 1992 John Cage (1912-1992) Died 12 August 1992, aged 79 John Cage was an American composer and music theorist known for pioneering chance-based composition and unconventional instrumentation, notably the silent piece 4 minutes 33 seconds. His work challenged fundamental assumptions about music and influenced generations of avant-garde artists. He also wrote extensively on aesthetics and Zen Buddhism.
• 1992 1992 Summer Olympics XXV Olympiad - Barcelona Features the US basketball "Dream Team". Winner: Unified Team.
• 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1992 Global Modernization An event that signaled Spain successful modernization and entry onto the world stage.
• 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics 1992 Games held in Spain Barcelona hosted the Games of the XXV Olympiad, widely regarded as a transformative event for the city's infrastructure and international profile. A unified German team and a group of former Soviet republics competing as the Unified Team took part. The event drew enormous global television audiences.
• 1992 Barcelona 1992 -- no height registered At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Bubka fails to register any height in the pole vault final -- missing three attempts at his opening height and being eliminated without a vault. He is the clear world favourite and the defending Olympic champion. The failure is the most dramatic single upset in the history of the event. The cause is disputed: injury, an unusually wet grip, the pressure of expectation, or some combination. It is the defining failure of his career and, paradoxically, part of what makes him a more complete sporting figure -- a reminder that dominance and vulnerability coexist in every athlete.
• 1992 Olympic gold with the Dream Team Jordan wins a second Olympic gold medal as part of the Dream Team at the Barcelona Olympics.
• 1992 Pearl Jam release the Jeremy video MTV award A video about a school tragedy wins four MTV awards.
• 1992 US Open 1992 Men: Stefan Edberg · Women: Monica Seles
• 1992 US "Dream Team" wins Olympic basketball gold First US team with active NBA stars The United States men's basketball team, featuring active NBA stars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird for the first time, won gold at the Barcelona Olympics. Nicknamed the "Dream Team," it dominated opponents by an average margin of over 40 points. The team is widely credited with boosting basketball's global popularity.
• 1992 Mall of America opens Minnesota mall becomes largest in the United States The Mall of America opened in Bloomington, Minnesota, becoming the largest shopping mall in the United States, with an indoor amusement park at its center. It quickly became a major tourist destination in its own right. The mall remained the country's largest by leasable space for decades.
• 1992 Brigitte Bardot marries Bernard dOrmale Her fourth husband, a businessman and former adviser to the Front National, stays with her until her death.
• 1992 Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances Bean born Los Angeles His only child.
• 1992 Hurricane Andrew strikes Florida Category 5 storm devastates south Florida Hurricane Andrew made landfall south of Miami as a Category 5 hurricane, flattening entire neighborhoods and leaving over 250,000 people homeless. It was, at the time, the costliest natural disaster in US history. The storm also caused significant damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana.
• 1992 Nirvana headline the Reading Festival Wheelchair entrance Cobain is wheeled on stage in a hospital gown.