Timeline September 1992

Events in September 1992 10

• 1902 – 1992 Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) Died 2 September 1992, aged 90 Barbara McClintock was an American geneticist who discovered transposable genetic elements, or "jumping genes," through her work on maize. She won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983, the only woman to win that prize unshared. Her research reshaped understanding of genome structure and regulation.
• 1908 – 1992 Olivier Messiaen French mystic composer French composer and organist whose music was inspired by Catholic mysticism and birdsong. His Quartet for the End of Time was premiered in a Nazi prison camp.
• 1932 – 1992 Anthony Perkins (1932-1992) Died 12 September 1992, aged 60 Anthony Perkins was an American actor best remembered for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and its sequels. His unsettling performance became one of the most iconic in horror cinema. He died of AIDS-related pneumonia, having kept his diagnosis private for years.
• 1992 Los Lobos release Kiko Experimental An experimental album often called their best.
• 1992 Peter Gabriel releases Us Digging in the Dirt An album about relationships.
• 1992 Kurt Cobain at the MTV Video Music Awards Lithium Teases Rape Me against MTV's wishes, then plays Lithium.
• 1992 Mae Jemison becomes first Black woman in space Endeavour mission STS-47 launches Mae Jemison flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-47, becoming the first Black woman to travel to space. She served as a mission specialist conducting life science experiments in orbit. Her flight was widely covered as a milestone in NASA's astronaut corps.
• 1992 Black Wednesday currency crisis UK forced out of European exchange rate mechanism Speculative pressure, led by investor George Soros, forced the British government to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. The Bank of England spent billions of pounds and raised interest rates sharply in a failed attempt to defend the currency. The episode badly damaged the credibility of John Major's government.
• 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation — Season 6 Introduces the Cardassians and contains "Chain of Command," in which Picard is tortured — "There are FOUR lights!" — and the romantic breakthrough episode "Lessons." One of TNG's strongest seasons.
• 1992 – present Rosalía Motomami Grammy-winning artist who modernized flamenco and became a global pop sensation.