WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1992
Find out what all happened March to October 1992

A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). (17. June 1992)

Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. (5. April 1992)

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

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. (14. September 1992)

The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series. (24. October 1992)

Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Suicide car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242. (17. March 1992)

The blockade of Dubrovnik is broken. Following this, the siege of Dubrovnik ends in the next months. (26. May 1992)

China General Aviation Flight 7552 from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport crashes after taking off, killing 108 of the 116 people on board. (31. July 1992)

In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison. (2. April 1992)

A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%. (17. March 1992)

Cartoon Network begins broadcasting. (1. October 1992)

The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (8. June 1992)

The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum. (26. October 1992)

The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris. (12. April 1992)

Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo. (31. August 1992)

An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany. (17. September 1992)

The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law. (28. June 1992)

The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. (21. April 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)

5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died. (12. October 1992)

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