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Events on Wednesday 9 December 1992 2
1992Prince Charles and Princess Diana separatePrime Minister announces royal separation to ParliamentBritish Prime Minister John Major announced to the House of Commons that the Prince and Princess of Wales had agreed to separate. The announcement followed years of press speculation about the state of their marriage. The couple divorced in 1996.
1992US-led intervention in Somalia beginsOperation Restore Hope launched amid famineUS Marines landed near Mogadishu to spearhead a UN-sanctioned multinational force aimed at securing humanitarian aid deliveries during Somalia's civil war and famine. Operation Restore Hope was intended to stabilize the country enough for relief efforts to reach starving civilians. The mission later escalated into direct conflict with Somali militias.