1992 in Croatia
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Events from the year 1992 in Croatia
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Events from the year 1992 in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
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Events
- 15 January – Croatia is officially recognised by 17 countries.
- 22 May – Croatia is admitted to the United Nations.
- August 2 – Parliamentary and presidentialCroatian presidential election, 1992Presidential elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 2 August 1992 alongside simultaneous parliamentary elections. The result was a victory for Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union , who received 57.8% of the vote...
elections held in conjunction.
Sport
- July 25 – 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona opened, with Croatia competing as an independent country for the first time. Croatian athletes win 1 silver and 2 bronze medalsCroatia at the 1992 Summer OlympicsCroatia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Previously, Croatian athletes had competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games.-Medalists:-Athletics:...
in basketball and tennis. - February 29 – First season of the newly established Prva HNL kicked off.
- March 24 – First edition of the Croatian CupCroatian CupThe Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...
launched.
Births
- January 10 – Šime VrsaljkoŠime VrsaljkoŠime Vrsaljko is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Dinamo Zagreb, the Croatia national under-19 and under-21 football teams. His preferred position is right back, but he can easily play as a left one too, making him a very versatile player....
, footballer. - March 5 – Dario ŽuparićDario ŽuparićDario Župarić is a Croatian-born Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cibalia in Prva HNL.Župarić was born in Županja and played youth football with Graničar Županja before starting his professional career with Cibalia....
, footballer. - March 25 – Borna RendulićBorna RendulićBorna Rendulić is a Croatian professional ice hockey Forward, currently playing for Porin Ässät in the Finnish SM-liiga. On January 25, 2011, he returned on loan for the remainder of the 2010-11 season, to Croatian team KHL Medveščak of the Austrian Hockey League.-Regular season and...
, ice hockey Forward. - April 17 – Mislav KomorskiMislav KomorskiMislav Komorski is a Croatian football player currently playing for Prva HNL side Lokomotiva, on loan from Dinamo Zagreb.A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Komorski signed a professional contract with the club in June 2010, before going out on loan to NK Lokomotiva, Dinamo's farm team later that...
, footballer. - June 4 – Dino JelusićDino JelusicDino Jelušić is a Croatian singer, musician and songwriter. He was the winner of the firstJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 , which took place in Copenhagen on 15 November 2003....
, singer, musician and songwriter. - August 20 – Matej DelačMatej DelačMatej Delač is a Croatian football goalkeeper who is currently on loan in Dynamo České Budějovice from Barclays Premier League club Chelsea.-Inter Zaprešić:...
, footballer.
Deaths
- July 14 – Slavko LušticaSlavko LušticaSlavko Luštica was a footballer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He played club football in Yugoslavia with NK Osvit and Hajduk Split....
, footballer (b. 1923). - November 27 – Ivan GeneralićIvan GeneralicIvan Generalić was a Croatian naïve art painter.Generalić was born in Hlebine near Koprivnica. In elementary school, painting lessons were his greatest joy and as a child he used to earn money...
, painter (b. 19141914 in Croatia----Events from the year 1914 in Croatia.-Incumbents:* Monarch – Franz Joseph I* Ban of Croatia – Iván Skerlecz-Events:*July 28 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of...
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