• In January 1992, President George Bush suffers from nausea and throws up on the
Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali begins his term as Secretary-General of the United Nations, a
position he would hold for 5 years.
• The European Union comes into being with the signing of the Maastricht Treat in the
Netherlands, creating the Euro currency and triggering a major shift in internal border policies on the continent and in Great Britain.
• Peacekeeping forces from the United Nations enter the former nation of Yugoslavia,
where civil war rages unchecked.
• A major earthquake in Turkey, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, takes 500 lives.
• The first widely-distributed version of the Windows operating system for PC, Windows
3.1, is released.
• Ross Perot declares his candidacy as an independent for the United States presidency.
• The EuroDisney theme park opens in Paris, France.
• Extensive rioting occurs in Los Angeles as a result of a non-guilty verdict in the cases of
the police officers videotaped beating Rodney King the year before. More than 50 people are killed and $1 billion in damage is done to businesses, homes and public property.
• The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens for business, covering 4.2 million
square feet and offering 20,000 parking spaces.
• The coast of Florida is battered by Hurricane Andrew which would cause millions in
damages and cost 23 residents their lives.
• Bill Clinton is elected the 42nd president of the United States.
• United Nations peacekeeping forces enter Somalia. A large number of American troops
are included in the operation.
• Citizens of Czechoslovakia vote to split the country into the nations of Slovakia and the
Czech Republic. The actual split will take place the following year.
• Super serial killer Andrei Chikatilo is convicted of murdering 52 people throughout the
former Soviet Union over a 22 year period.
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