WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1992
Find out what all happened January to February 1992

Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board. A design flaw in the computer mode selection system resulted in the crew selecting the wrong rate of descent. (20. January 1992)

A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. (4. February 1992)

Russia is officially formed. (1. January 1992)

During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. (17. January 1992)

The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. (7. February 1992)

Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. (26. February 1992)

First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum. (29. February 1992)

President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup. (6. January 1992)

Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space (22. January 1992)

Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradağlı (17. February 1992)

Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia. (2. January 1992)

Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. (25. February 1992)

The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. (9. January 1992)

The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect. (12. February 1992)

The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (15. January 1992)

Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons. (26. January 1992)

Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. (22. January 1992)

El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives. (16. January 1992)

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. (1. February 1992)