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Events

January 11 - 12-year old Shanda Sharer is kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence in one of the most gruesome and horrific crimes to occur in the history of the state of Indiana.
January 16 - End of the Salvadoran Civil War.
February 15 - 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 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.
September 12 - Abimael Guzmán is captured by Peruvian officials. Shining Path collapses.
October 4 - End of the Mozambican Civil 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 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.

Births

Villain births

January 8 - Amanda Ramirez
January 13 - Tyler Dumstorf
April 22 – Adam Lanza
September 17 – Randy Stair
October 19 - Jordan Alyse Gary
November 3 - Alek Minassian
December 6 - Saddiq Rahman
December 12 – Austin Jones
Unknown - Emanuel Samson

Victim births

January 9 - Mary Battaglia
June 7 - Justin Dalton Thomas
September 14 - Holly Jones
November 6 - Megan Meier
November 8 - Zoe Falkenberg

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 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
December 18 - Suzanne Capper

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 * February 15 - [[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.