WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992
Find out what all happened February to September 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)

The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries. (15. June 1992)

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

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

An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers. (18. September 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)

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

Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho (21. August 1992)

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

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station. (25. March 1992)

NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space. (12. 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)

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

Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election. (22. March 1992)

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

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

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