WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1992
Find out what all happened February to July 1992

The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California. (31. March 1992)

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

Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board. (31. July 1992)

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

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)

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

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

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

An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey. (13. March 1992)

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case. (1. February 1992)

In a national referendum white South Africans voted overwhelmingly in favour of ending the racist policy of Apartheid. (18. March 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 current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect. (12. February 1992)

Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. (20. July 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)

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

A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. (4. February 1992)