- March 12
- Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/Member of Parliament (christian-democrat), murdered. [1]
- A tram-car crashes into a crowd of people at the tram-station at Vasaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden; 13 are killed and several injured. [33]
- Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. [33]
- March 13
- In eastern Turkey, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. At least 498 people killed, 2,000 injured, 2,200 houses heavily damaged. [1] [33] [53]
- March 14
- Soviet newspaper Pravda suspends publication. [1]
- March 15
- United Nations officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation. [1]
- March 17
- A South African referendum asking whether to end Apartheid succeeds by a majority "Yes" vote. [1] [33]
- An Islamic Jihad suicide car-bomb goes off in the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 29 and injuring 242. [1] [33]
- Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit. [1]
- March 19
- British Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation. [1]
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- March 24
- First Belgian in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space. [1]
- Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die. [1]
- March 25
- Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth aboard TM-14 after a ten-month stay aboard the Mir space station. [1] [5]
- March 30
- PJ Patterson resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica. [1]
- March 31
- United Nations Security Council votes to ban flights and arms sales to Libya. [1]
- April 1
- Battleship USS Missouri (on which Japan surrendered) decommissioned. [1]
- World's seven wealthiest nations agree on $24 billion aid for former USSR. [1]
- April 2
- Edith Cresson, France's first female premier, resigns. [1]
- April 4
- Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania. [1]
- April 5
- Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspends constitution and dissolves Congress. [1]
- Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon is installed as president. [1]
- April 6
- Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses. [1]
- At the Comdex / Windows World conference, Microsoft unveils Windows 3.1, including scalable TrueType fonts. The software comprises over 3 million lines of code. (One million copies of the new and upgrade versions are sold through retail channels within the first 50 days.) [1] [4]
- The Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (without the presence of Serbian political delegates) proclaims independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [33]
- Serbian troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Bosnian declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, besiege the city of Sarajevo. [1] [33]
- April 8
- After 151 years, Britain's Punch Magazine publishes its final issue. [1] [33]
- April 9
- John Major, (Conservative Party) elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the fourth time. [1] [33] [384.23]
- A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges. [1] [33]
- April 10
- 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka. [1]
- A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in the Baltic Exchange in the City of London; three are killed, 91 injured. [33] (April 11 [1])
- Floriade (Flower Show) opens at the Hague, Netherlands. [1]
- April 12
- The Euro Disney Resort, featuring the Euro Disneyland park, opens in Marne-la-Vallée, France, east of Paris. The US$4 billion complex has six hotels with 5200 rooms, and is staffed by 14,000 "cast members". Euro Disneyland park has 29 attractions in five themed lands: Adventureland, Discoveryland, Fantasyland, Festival Disney, Frontierland, and Main Street. 500,000 visitors were expected, but only 50,000 are admitted on opening day. [1] [6]
- April 13
- Roermond, the Netherlands, is rocked by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake along the Peel Fault. Felt strongly in many parts of northwestern Germany, eastern Belgium southern Netherlands, northeastern France, southeastern England. [1] [33] [53]
- UK Labour leader Neil Kinnock resigns after nine years as leader. [384.23]
- April 14
- Guys and Dolls opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City on Broadway for 1143 performances. [1]
- United Nations-imposed embargo against Libya takes effect. [1]
- April 15
- The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. [33]
- April 16
- Afghanistan President Najibullah resigns. [1]
- April 20
- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, is televised live to over one billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research. [1] [33]
- Seville's six-month Universal Exhibition opens, called Seville Expo 1992, in the city of Seville, Spain. [1] [33]
- April 21
- Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill. [1]
- April 22
- Fuel that has leaked into a sewer explodes in Guadalajara, Mexico; 215 are killed, 1500 injured. [1] [33]
- April 23
- McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in China. [1]
- April 25
- In Cape Mendocino, California, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs. [53]
- April 26
- Offshore Cape Mendocino, California, magnitude 6.5 and 6.7 earthquakes occur, 3.5 hours apart. Felt throughout much of northern California and southern Oregon. [53]
- Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously. [1]
- April 28
- Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns. [1]
- The two remaining countries of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro - form a new state, named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, bringing to an end the union of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Bosnian Muslims and Macedonians that existed from 1918 (with the exception of the period during World War II). [33]
- April 29
- In Simi Valley, California, the Los Angeles police officers accused of excessive force in their severe beating of Rodney King, are found "not guilty". The verdict results in several days of riots in Los Angeles and smaller riots around the country, leading to 53 deaths and US$1 billion in damage. (Two officers are later re-tried, and found guilty.) [1] [33] [384.23]
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