What historical event happened on April 1992?

Answer 1

== == * April 2 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of the murder of mob boss Paul Castellano and racketeering, and is later sentenced to life in prison. * April 6 - The Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (without the presence of Serbian political delegates) proclaims independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ** Bosnian War: Serbian troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Bosnian Declaration of Independence from Yugoslavia, besiege the city of Sarajevo. * April 8 - Punch magazine publishes its final issue. * April 9 - A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel. * April 9 - United Kingdom general election, 1992: the Conservative Party, led by John Major, is unexpectedly re-elected. * April 10 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in the Baltic Exchange in the City of London; 3 are killed, 91 injured. * April 12 - Disneyland Paris officially opens under the name "EuroDisney". * April 13 - Roermond, the Netherlands, is rocked by an earthquake along the Peel Fault. * April 14 - first light on the Keck 1 telescope with fully-filled mirror * April 15 - The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. * April 20 - Seville's 6-month Universal Exhibition opens, called Seville Expo '92, in the city of Seville, Spain. * April 20 - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium, is televised live to over 1 billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research. * April 21 - The death of Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich of Russia results in a succession dispute between Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia and Vladimir's daughter Maria for the leadership of the Imperial Family of Russia. * April 22 - Fuel that has leaked into a sewer explodes in Guadalajara, Mexico; 215 are killed, 1500 injured. * April 26 - In Simi Valley, California, the LAPD police officers accused of excessive force in their severe beating of Rodney King, are found "not guilty". The verdict results in several days of riots in L.A. and smaller riots around the country. * April 27 - Betty Boothroyd is elected the first woman to be Speaker of the British House of Commons. * April 28 - The 2 remaining countries of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro - form a new state, named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (after 2003, Serbia and Montenegro), bringing to an end the union of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Bosnian Muslims and Macedonians that existed from 1918 (with the exception of the period during World War II). * April 29 - A jury acquitted four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King, causing the 1992 Los Angeles riots and leading to 53 deaths and $1 billion in damage.

Source: Wikipedia.