Editing 1992 (section)

===March===
* [[March 1]] – The first victims of the Bosnian War are a Serb bridegroom's father and an Orthodox priest in a Sarajevo shooting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline of the War in Bosnia|url=http://cranepsych.com/Travel/Bosnia/War_Timeline.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619213617/http://cranepsych.com/Travel/Bosnia/War_Timeline.html|archive-date=June 19, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> In the [[1992 Bosnian independence referendum|Bosnian independence referendum]], held from February 29 to March 1 and boycotted by [[Bosnian Serbs]], the majority of the [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]] and [[Bosnian Croat]] communities have voted for [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]'s independence.
* [[March 2]] – In [[Dubăsari]], Moldova, escalating tensions turn into open hostilities and the beginning of the [[Transnistria War]].
* [[March 4]] – The Supreme Court of Algeria bans the [[Islamic Salvation Front]], which is poised to win control of the [[Parliament of Algeria]] in runoff elections.
* [[March 12]] – [[Mauritius]] becomes a [[republic]] while remaining a member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
* [[March 13]] – The 6.7 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1992 Erzincan earthquake|Erzincan earthquake]] affects eastern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing 498–652 and injuring around 2,000.
* [[March 18]] – [[White South African]]s [[1992 South African apartheid referendum|vote in favour of political reforms]] which will end the [[apartheid]] regime and create a power-sharing multi-racial government.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/18/newsid_2524000/2524695.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=1992: South Africa votes for change | date=March 18, 1992}}</ref>
* [[March 22]]
**In [[1992 French regional elections|French regional elections]], the conservative [[Rally for the Republic]] and the centre-right [[Union for French Democracy]] win in a landslide, capturing 20 of 22 metropolitan regional presidencies.
** [[STS-45]]: [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] takes off from [[Cape Canaveral]] carrying instruments designed to study [[global warming]].
* [[March 24]] – The [[Treaty on Open Skies]] is signed in Helsinki, Finland, to establish a program of unarmed surveillance flights over the 34 member states. It went into effect on January 1, 2002.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Analysis and Basic Documents, 1972-1993|publisher=Springer Netherlands|year=1993|page=78}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] orders [[Iraq]] to destroy an industrial complex at [[Al Atheer]] that is being used to manufacture nuclear weapons.
* [[March 31]] – The [[Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act]] of [[Singapore]] comes into force.<ref>{{citation |author=Tey Tsun Hang |title=Excluding Religion from Politics and Enforcing Religious Harmony – Singapore-Style |url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/sjls2008&div=8 |journal=Singapore Journal of Legal Studies |volume=2008 |pages=118–142 |year=2008 |author-link=Tey Tsun Hang}}</ref>