WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1992
Find out what all happened February to December 1992

Having gone to the wrong house for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori is shot and killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (17. October 1992)

Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War. (9. May 1992)

The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (8. June 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)

Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States. (22. July 1992)

Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark. (16. September 1992)

The Fantoft Stave Church in Norway is destroyed by Varg Vikernes. This was the first in a string of church arsons in the Early Norwegian black metal scene (6. June 1992)

FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. (22. August 1992)

Republika Srpska announces its independence. (7. April 1992)

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

The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented. (13. November 1992)

Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo. (3. June 1992)

Cartoon Network begins broadcasting. (1. October 1992)

Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. (13. May 1992)

USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft. (22. March 1992)

The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. (6. March 1992)

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. (23. July 1992)

The Great Chicago flood devastates much of central Chicago. (13. April 1992)

Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than 2 months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions. (23. May 1992)

An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people. (2. September 1992)