January 1
January 1
The first immigrants arrive at Ellis Island
On New Year’s Day 1892, Annie Moore, a teenage girl from Ireland, becomes the very first immigrant to be processed on America’s Ellis Island. Annie, along with her two younger…
A Year In History: 1892
This Year in History:
1892
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
January 7
January 7
Coal mine explodes in Oklahoma
A massive mine explosion leaves nearly 100 dead in Krebs, Oklahoma, on January 7, 1892. The disaster, the worst mining catastrophe in Oklahoma’s history, was mainly due to the mine…
February 22
February 22
Edna St. Vincent Millay is born
On this day, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay is born in Rockland, Maine. One of three daughters of a divorced nurse, Millay learned independence and self‑reliance early, and transmitted those…
June 19
June 19
Siblings’ murder becomes first crime solved with fingerprint evidence
On June 19, 1892, Francesca Rojas’ two young children—a six‑year‑old boy and a four‑year‑old girl—are stabbed to death in their home in the small town of Necochea, Argentina. Rojas tells…
June 21
June 21
Lot Smith, Mormon soldier, is killed by Indians
Lot Smith, one of the leading soldiers in the Mormon’s military confrontation with the United States Army, is killed by Navaho Indians in Utah. Smith was born into a Mormon…
June 26
June 26
Pearl Buck’s birthday
Nobel Prize‑winning author Pearl Buck is born in West Virginia to parents on furlough from their missionary work in China. The family soon returned to China, where Buck lived for…
August 4
August 4
Lizzie Borden’s parents found dead
On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden are found hacked to death in their Fall River, Massachusetts, home. Andrew was discovered in a pool of blood on the living…
August 4
August 4
Lizzie Borden took an axe…
Andrew and Abby Borden, elderly residents of Fall River, Massachusetts, are found bludgeoned to death in their home. Lying in a pool of blood on the living room couch, Andrew’s…
October 5
October 5
The Dalton gang performs their last robbery attempt
The Dalton gang attempts to rob two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville, Kansas, but meets resistance from townspeople, who wind up killing four of the five bandits. Emmett Dalton, the sole…
October 5
October 5
The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas
On October 5, 1892, the famous Dalton Gang attempts the daring daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks at the same time. But if the gang members believed the sheer…
October 14
October 14
“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” published
On October 14, 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published. The book was the first collection of Holmes stories, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in…
November 12
November 12
Pudge Heffelfinger becomes first pro football player
On November 12, 1892, William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first professional football player when Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Athletic Association pays him $500 to play as a ringer in a game against…
December 17
December 17
First issue of “Vogue” is published
On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first publishes a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life” and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men…
