Events from the year 1992 in

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

Incumbents

* President:

Stjepan Mesić Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatia, Croatian lawyer and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was Prime Minister of Croatia, prime minis ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

: Franjo Gregurić (until 12 August), Hrvoje Šarinić (starting 12 August)

Events

*7 January – A European Community Monitor Mission helicopter is downed by the Yugoslav Air Force near Novi Marof, killing five. *13 January – Croatia is officially recognized by the

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. *15 January – Croatia is officially recognised by 19 European countries. * 17 January – Croatian Olympic Committee is officially recognized by the

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. *17 February – Croatia is officially recognized by the

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. *17 March – Croatia is officially recognized by

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. *7 April – Croatia is officially recognized by the

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. *16 April – Croatia is officially recognized by

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. *27 April – Croatia is officially recognized by

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. *22 May – Croatia is admitted to the United Nations. *August 2 –

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and presidential elections held in conjunction.

Arts and literature

Sport

*July 25 –

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

in Barcelona opened, with Croatia competing as an independent country for the first time. Croatian athletes win 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in basketball and tennis. *February 29 – First season of the newly established Prva HNL kicked off. *March 24 – First edition of the Croatian Cup launched.

Births

*January 10 – Šime Vrsaljko, footballer. *April 25 – Kim Daniela Pavlin, swimmer. *March 5 – Dario Župarić, footballer. *March 25 – Borna Rendulić, ice hockey forward. *April 17 – Mislav Komorski, footballer. *May 6 – Karla Šitić, swimmer. *June 4 – Dino Jelusić, singer, musician and songwriter. *August 20 – Matej Delač, footballer. *November 7 – Mia Dimšić, singer.

Deaths

*April 3 – Ivan Rukavina, soldier and politician (born 1912). *May 31 – Walter Neugebauer, comic book artist (born 1921). *July 14 – Slavko Luštica, footballer (born 1923). *September 3 – Bruno Bjelinski, composer (born 1909). *November 27 – Ivan Generalić, painter (born 1914). *December 18 –

Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić ( sr-cyrl, Војин Бакић; 5 June 1915 – 18 December 1992) was a prominent Yugoslav sculptor. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and by Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršin ...

, sculptor (born 1915).

References

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