Editing 1992

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== Events ==
* January 11 - 12-year old Shanda Sharer is [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]], [[torture]]d, and [[murder]]ed by [[Melinda Loveless]], [[Laurie Tackett]], [[Hope Rippey]], and [[Toni Lawrence]] in one of the worst crimes to occur in the history of the state of Indiana.
* January 16 - End of the Salvadoran Civil War.
* February 15 -  The serial killer [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] is sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms in prison, all with no chance of parole.
* February 16 - [[Abbas al-Musawi]], Secretary-general of [[Hezbollah]], is assassinated. He is succeeded by [[Hassan Nasrallah]].
* March 17 - Hezbollah perpetrates a [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombing]] on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina in retaliation for the assassination of Abbas al-Musawi, killing 29 people and injuring 242 others.
* April 2 - Beginning of the [[Siege of Sarajevo]].
* April 2 - [[John Gotti]] is found guilty of murder, loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion, and is sentenced to life in prison.
* April 5 - [[Alberto Fujimori]] dissolves the Peruvian congress, imposing [[censorship]] and having opposition politicians arrested, igniting a constitutional crisis.
* April 6 - Beginning of the [[Bosnian War]].
* April 7 - [[Radovan Karadžić]] is named the inaugural president of the newly-created Republika Srpska.
* April 10 - The [[Provisional IRA]] detonates a large truck bomb outside the Baltic Exchange building in London. Two bystanders and a Baltic Exchange attendant are killed.
* April 16 - [[Mohammad Najibullah]] resigns as President of Afghanistan. The [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] is dissolved.
* April 23 - [[Than Shwe]] succeeds [[Saw Maung]] as Chairman of the [[State Peace and Development Council]] in Burma.
* April 23 - The [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] is dissolved.
* May 5 - Beginning of the Tajikistani Civil War.
*May 7 - Triad sub-boss Wong Long-wai is murdered by rival triad sub-boss [[Andely Chan]].
* July 13 - [[Yitzhak Shamir]]'s second term as Prime Minister of Israel comes to an end.
* August 31 - [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]]'s term as President of the Republic of the Congo ends after democratic elections are restored.
* September 12 - [[Abimael Guzmán]] is captured by Peruvian officials. [[Shining Path]] collapses.
* September 20 - [[Chuan Leekpai]] is elected Prime Minister of Thailand.
* September 29 to 30 - Angola holds its first-ever democratic elections. [[José Eduardo dos Santos]] is reelected president and his [[MPLA]] win the majority in the National Assembly. However, [[UNITA]] declares the results as fraudulent and resume hostilities against the government, restarting the Angolan Civil War.
* October 4 - End of the Mozambican Civil War.
* October 18 - Beginning of the Croat-Bosniak War.
* October 30 to November 1 - The [[Halloween Massacre]] takes place in Luanda, Angola when government forces massacre thousands in an attempt to force UNITA out of the city.
* November 2 - The [[Irish People's Liberation Organization]] is dissolved.
* November 20 - [[Emomali Rahmon]] is elected President of Tajikistan.
* Unknown - Rwandan [[Hutu Power]] activists break away from [[MRND]] to form the [[Coalition for the Defence of the Republic]].
* Unknown - The [[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]] is established as part of the Nigerian Police Force.
* Unknown - [[Bernadette Protti]] is released from prison on parole after only serving seven years.

== Births ==

=== Villain births ===
*January 8 - [[Amanda Ramirez]]
*January 13 - [[Tyler Dumstorf]]
*April 22 – [[Adam Lanza]]
*September 17 – [[Randy Stair]]
*September 30 - [[Ezra Miller]]
*October 7 - [[Brittany Pettibone]]
*October 19 - [[Jordan Alyse Gary]]
*November 3 - [[Alek Minassian]]
*December 6 - [[Saddiq Rahman]]
*December 8 - [[Mahoto Watanabe]]
*December 12 – [[Austin Jones]]
*Unknown - [[Emanuel Samson]]

===Victim births===
* January 9 - Mary Battaglia 
*March 1 - Terrell Peterson
*March 16 - Carlie Brucia
*June 7 - Justin Dalton Thomas 
*August 26 - Tiffany Eunick
*September 5 - Jon-Niece Jones
*September 14 - Holly Jones
*November 6 - Megan Meier
*November 8 - Zoe Falkenberg
*Unknown - Erika Hill
*Unknown - Valentina Grigoryeva
*Unknown - Ashleigh Hall

== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
*February 16 - [[Abbas al-Musawi]]
*February 20 - [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]
*February 23 - [[Joseph Armone]]
*March 9 - [[Menachem Begin]]
*March 23 - [[Gerda Bernigau]]
*April 21 - [[Robert Alton Harris]]
*August 26 - [[Arthur Leigh Allen]]
*August 10 - [[Aribert Heim]]
*October 8 - [[Robert Berdella]]
*November 29 - [[Grady Franklin Stiles Jr.]]

=== Victim deaths ===
*January 11 - Shanda Sharer
*January 31 - Carlos Adkins
*April 19 - Kristen French 
*July 15 - Rachel Nickell 
*December 18 - [[Suzanne Capper's Murderers|Suzanne Capper]]