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Hammer DeRoburt
1992Jul, 15

Hammer DeRoburt

Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)
Hammer DeRoburt (25 September 1922 – 15 July 1992) was the first President of the Republic of Nauru, and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence.

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Events on 1992

  • 1Feb

    Bhopal disaster

    The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
  • 1Mar

    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

    Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 2Mar

    United Nations

    Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.
  • 27Apr

    International Monetary Fund

    The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
  • 23Jul

    Pope Benedict XVI

    A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.