1992

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.
• April 2 - Beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo.
• 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 13 - The final attack attributed to "Mr Cruel" takes place when 13-year old Karmein Chan is kidnapped from her home in Templestowe, Victoria and murdered.
• 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.
• September 12 - Abimael Guzmán is captured by Peruvian officials. Shining Path collapses.
• October 4 - End of the Mozambican Civil War.
• 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 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 13 - Karmein Chan
• April 19 - Kristen French
• December 18 - Suzanne Capper