2nd » In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
5th » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis known as dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
5th » The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serbs or Serb Paramilitary or paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge.
7th » Republika Srpska announces its independence.
8th » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
9th » A United States federal courts called U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
13th » The Great Chicago flood devastates much of Chicago Loop called central Chicago.
16th » The 'Katina P' runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
18th » General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President of Afghanistan known as President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
21st » 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.
22nd » In an 1992 explosion in Guadalajara called explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
27th » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
27th » Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) Speaker of the United Kingdom British British House of Commons House of Commons in its 700-year history.
27th » The Russia Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet Union Soviet Republics of the Soviet Union republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
29th » 1992 Los Angeles riots known as 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 build