Isaac Asimov died on 6 April 1992 in Manhattan, aged 72. A Russian-born American writer and biochemist, Asimov moved with his family to Brooklyn as a young child and later taught biochemistry at Boston University. He was one of the most prolific authors in history, writing or editing hundreds of books on science, history, literature and religion, as well as fiction. His science-fiction works include the Foundation series, a tale of the fall and rebirth of a galactic civilization, and the robot stories collected in I, Robot, which introduced the Three Laws of Robotics. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, and his clear popular science books introduced many readers to the subject.
Before and after
- 6 March 1992Founding of Council of the Baltic Sea States
- 22 March 1992Fall of communism in Albania
- from April 1992 to October 1992Doboj massacre
- 5 April 19921992 Peruvian self-coup d'état
- 6 April 1992Death of Isaac Asimov
- 23 April 1992Death of Satyajit Ray
- from 29 April 1992 to 4 May 19921992 Los Angeles riots
- from 2 May 1992 to 3 May 19921992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo
- from 5 May 1992 to 27 June 1997Tajikistani Civil War
More in Science & technology
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- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
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