July 1992

Thursday 09:

Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton announces that Al Gore will be his running mate.

Friday 10:

In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.

Tuesday 14:

A major fire consumes an entire city block in tourist destination Gatlinburg, Tennessee, destroying the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" Museum and several other local businesses and attractions in the process.

Wednesday 15:

A major fire consumes an entire city block in tourist destination Gatlinburg, Tennessee, destroying the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum and several other local businesses in the process. The block was rebuilt and re-opened in 1995.

Saturday 18:

The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappeared from their university in Lima.

Monday 20:

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's Fragment Q1 hits Jupiter.

Wednesday 22:

Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.

Tuesday 28:

Mary J. Blige releases her album What's the 411?. It is considered the album that started the new subgenre, hip-hop soul (also see 1992 in music).

Friday 31:

A Thai Airways Airbus A300-310 crashes into mountain south of Kathmandu, Nepal killing 113.