1992
Rodney King incident touches off riots in Los Angeles
Ross Perot launches most successful third-party campaign for president in U.S. history
Bill Clinton elected president
United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Genocidal "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ratified
World Wide Web established
"Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson
"This Far" by Randall Kenan
"Megalopolis" by Celeste Olalquiaga
"Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
"Cop Killer" by Ice-T