WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1992
Find out what all happened April to November 1992

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

Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia. (23. July 1992)

Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. (29. April 1992)

The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk. (16. November 1992)

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. (11. September 1992)

NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail. (25. September 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)

A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes before ending on the 23rd. (21. November 1992)

Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise. (7. May 1992)

Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (12. August 1992)

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

An Antonov An-124 operated by Antonov Airlines registered CCCP-82002, crashes near Kiev, Ukraine killing 8. (13. October 1992)

After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show. (21. May 1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations. (22. May 1992)

In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage. (20. November 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)

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)

Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. (8. April 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)