In the year 1992, Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during WW2 (Jan 13), the U.S. and Russia promise not to target each other’s cities with nuclear weapons (Jan 26), and the Cold War is officially over (Feb 1), the Maastrict Treaty creates the European Union (Feb 7), white South Africans vote to in effect end the apartheid (Mar 18), Jay Leno succeeds Johnny Carson as the host of NBC’s Tonight Show (May 25), Lennart Meri becomes the first president of newly independent Estonia (Oct 6), Bill Clinton becomes the president elect (Nov 3), Yugoslavia is split into several independent states - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading