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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 ~~most gruesome and horrific~~ crimes to occur in the history of the state of Indiana.

* 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 - [[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 9 - 13-year old Karmein Chan's Corpse was found.

* 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.

* July 13 - [[Yitzhak Shamir]]'s second term as Prime Minister of Israel comes to an end.

* 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 ==

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*February 20 - [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]

*February 23 - [[Joseph Armone]]

*March 9 - [[Menachem Begin]]

*March 23 - [[Gerda Bernigau]]

*April 21 - [[Robert Alton Harris]]

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*January 11 - Shanda Sharer

*January 31 - Carlos Adkins

*April 13 - Karmein Chan (Killed Last year (1991), Body found in the same date in 1992)

*April 19 - Kristen French

*December 18 - [[Suzanne Capper's Murderers|Suzanne Capper]]

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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 most gruesome and horrific crimes to occur in the history of the state of Indiana.
+* 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 - [[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 9 - 13-year old Karmein Chan's Corpse was found.
 * 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.
+* July 13 - [[Yitzhak Shamir]]'s second term as Prime Minister of Israel comes to an end.
 * 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 ==
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 *February 20 - [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]
 *February 23 - [[Joseph Armone]]
+*March 9 - [[Menachem Begin]]
 *March 23 - [[Gerda Bernigau]]
 *April 21 - [[Robert Alton Harris]]
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 *January 11 - Shanda Sharer
 *January 31 - Carlos Adkins
-*April 13 - Karmein Chan (Killed Last year (1991), Body found in the same date in 1992)
 *April 19 - Kristen French
 *December 18 - [[Suzanne Capper's Murderers|Suzanne Capper]]