Editing 1992 (section)

===April===
{{Redirect|April 1992|the Merzbow album|April 1992 (album)}}
* [[April 5]]
**The Assembly of [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (without the presence of [[Serbs|Serb]] political delegates) proclaims independence from the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].
** [[Bosnian War]]: Serb troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] against the Bosnian declaration of independence from [[Yugoslavia]], besiege the city of [[Sarajevo]].
** President of Peru [[Alberto Fujimori]] issues [[Decree Law 25418]], dissolving the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru]], imposing censorship and having opposition politicians arrested, setting off the [[1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis]].
* [[April 6]] – The [[Republic of Ilirida]] is proclaimed by [[Albanians|Albanian]] Macedonian activists in [[Struga]], [[Republic of Macedonia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Geert-Hinrich Ahrens|title=Diplomacy on the Edge: Containment of Ethnic Conflict and the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on Yugoslavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3fLRcHYSVAC&pg=PA399|year=2007|publisher=Woodrow Wilson Center Press|isbn=978-0-8018-8557-0|page=399}}</ref>
** [[Windows 3.1]] is released to manufacturing by [[Microsoft]].
* [[April 7]] – The United States recognizes the independence of [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The [[European Communities]] also recognizes [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
* [[April 9]]
**A jury in [[Miami]], USA, convicts former Panamanian ruler [[Manuel Noriega]] of assisting [[Colombia]]'s cocaine cartel.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Rohter| first = Larry| title = The Noriega Verdict; U.S. Jury Convicts Noriega of Drug-Trafficking Role as the Leader of Panama| work = The New York Times| access-date = September 28, 2017| date = April 10, 1992| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/10/us/noriega-verdict-us-jury-convicts-noriega-drug-trafficking-role-leader-panama.html}}</ref>
**In the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general election]] the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] led by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [[John Major]] narrowly retains power.
* [[April 10]]
** [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: [[Maraga massacre]] – At least 43 [[Armenians|Armenian]] civilians are killed as their village of [[Maraga, Azerbaijan]], is captured and destroyed by the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]]. 
**A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb [[Baltic Exchange bombing|explodes]] at the [[Baltic Exchange]] in the [[City of London]]; three are killed, 91 injured.
* [[April 13]] – The 5.3 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1992 Roermond earthquake|Roermond earthquake]] affects the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VII (''Very strong'').
* [[April 15]] – The [[National Assembly of Vietnam]] adopts the 1992 [[Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam]].
* [[April 16]] – President of Afghanistan [[Mohammad Najibullah]] is ousted and detained by Muslim rebels moving towards [[Kabul]], setting the stage for the [[civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96)]].
* [[April 20]] – [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]], held at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London, is televised live to over one billion people and raises millions of dollars for [[AIDS]] research.
* [[April 21]] – The death of [[Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia]] results in a succession dispute between [[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia]] and Vladimir's daughter [[Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia|Maria]] for the leadership of the Imperial Family of Russia.
* [[April 22]] – Fuel leaking into a sewer causes [[1992 Guadalajara explosions|a series of explosions]] in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico; 215 are killed, 1,500 injured.
* [[April 27]] – [[Betty Boothroyd]] becomes the first woman elected [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].
* [[April 28]] – The two remaining constituent republics of the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] – [[Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)|Serbia]] and [[Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006)|Montenegro]] – form a new state, named the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (which in [[2003]] becomes [[Serbia and Montenegro]]), bringing to an end the official state union of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Bosniaks and Macedonians that has existed since [[1918]] (with the exception of an occupation period during [[World War II]]).
* [[April 29]]
** [[1992 Los Angeles riots|Los Angeles riots]]: The acquittal of four police officers in the [[Rodney King]] beating criminal trial triggers massive rioting in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite book|author=GregAlan Williams|title=A Gathering of Heroes: A Personal Memoir of the Los Angeles Riots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=admPlAMT1bsC|date=February 1996|publisher=Chicago Review Press, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-89733-425-9|page=103}}</ref> The riots will last for six days resulting in 63 deaths and over $1&nbsp;billion in damages before order is restored by the military.
**In [[Sierra Leone]], a group of young soldiers launch a military coup that sends president [[Joseph Saidu Momoh]] into exile in [[Guinea]], and the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) is established with 25-year-old Captain [[Valentine Strasser]] as its chairman and Head of State of the country.<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Factbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OejepBlUe4kC&pg=PA306|year=1992|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|pages=306}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[Brčko bridge massacre]]: around 100 Croat and Bosniak civilians are blown up while crossing the bridge across the [[Sava]] in [[Brčko]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].