WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1992
Find out what all happened April to May 1992

The Katina P runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. (16. April 1992)

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. (27. April 1992)

General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. (18. April 1992)

Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, many disappearances, hundreds of injuries, and over 3,500 arrests. (17. May 1992)

After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. (22. May 1992)

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

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

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

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

Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. (27. April 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)

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)

A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. (9. April 1992)

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission (STS-49). (7. May 1992)

The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests. (24. May 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)

In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless. (22. April 1992)

Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada. (7. May 1992)

The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. (27. April 1992)

Start of the Bosnian War. (1. April 1992)