WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1992
Find out what all happened February to August 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)

The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. (6. March 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 blockade of Dubrovnik is broken. Following this, the siege of Dubrovnik ends in the next months. (26. May 1992)

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

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

Republika Srpska announces its independence. (7. April 1992)

Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho (21. August 1992)

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

Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. (26. February 1992)

Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradağlı (17. February 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)

386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds releases his Linux soon afterwards. (14. July 1992)

Georgia joins the United Nations. (31. July 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. (27. April 1992)

First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum. (29. February 1992)