April 1992

Thursday 02:

Pierre Bérégovoy becomes Prime Minister of France

Sunday 05:

Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protestor Suada Dilberovic on the Skenderija Bridge.

Wednesday 08:

Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces to the world that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

Thursday 09:

John Major wins the UK general election.

Sunday 12:

EuroDisney opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France.

Thursday 16:

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

Saturday 18:

General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolted against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allied with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.

Monday 20:

An all-star concert in memory of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is held at Wembley Stadium in London.

Tuesday 21:

U.S. death penalty: After 13 years on death row, convicted murderer Robert Alton Harris is executed in California's gas chamber.

Monday 27:

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed, comprising of Serbia and Montenegro.

Wednesday 29:

1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, follow the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 54 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

Thursday 30:

The last episode of the Cosby Show airs.