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  1. Sony Corporation

    Introducing The MiniDisc Format

    Sep, 1992Tokyo, Japan

    Sony introduced the MiniDisc format in 1992 as an alternative to Philips DCC or Digital Compact Cassette and as a successor to the compact cassette.

  2. Bosnian War

    Croatia had accepted 335,985 refugees

    Sep, 1992Croatia

    By September 1992, Croatia had accepted 335,985 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly Bosniak civilians (excluding men of drafting age).

  3. Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Body Found

    Sunday Sep 6, 1992Alaska, U.S.

    On September 6, 1992, multiple hunters who were looking for shelter for the night came upon the converted bus McCandless had been staying in. Upon entering, they smelled what they thought was rotting food and discovered "a lump" in a sleeping bag. The hunters quickly radioed police, who arrived the following day. They found McCandless's decomposing remains in the sleeping bag. It is theorized that he died from starvation two weeks before the body was found.

  4. Audrey Hepburn

    Hepburn went to Somalia

    Sep, 1992Somalia

    In September 1992, four months before she died, Hepburn went to Somalia. Calling it "apocalyptic", she said, "I walked into a nightmare. I have seen famine in Ethiopia and Bangladesh, but I have seen nothing like this – so much worse than I could possibly have imagined. I wasn't prepared for this".

  5. Sony Corporation

    Introducing The MiniDisc Format

    Sep, 1992Tokyo, Japan

    Sony introduced the MiniDisc format in 1992 as an alternative to Philips DCC or Digital Compact Cassette and as a successor to the compact cassette.

  6. Bosnian War

    Croatia had accepted 335,985 refugees

    Sep, 1992Croatia

    By September 1992, Croatia had accepted 335,985 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly Bosniak civilians (excluding men of drafting age).

  7. Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Body Found

    Sunday Sep 6, 1992Alaska, U.S.

    On September 6, 1992, multiple hunters who were looking for shelter for the night came upon the converted bus McCandless had been staying in. Upon entering, they smelled what they thought was rotting food and discovered "a lump" in a sleeping bag. The hunters quickly radioed police, who arrived the following day. They found McCandless's decomposing remains in the sleeping bag. It is theorized that he died from starvation two weeks before the body was found.

  8. Audrey Hepburn

    Hepburn went to Somalia

    Sep, 1992Somalia

    In September 1992, four months before she died, Hepburn went to Somalia. Calling it "apocalyptic", she said, "I walked into a nightmare. I have seen famine in Ethiopia and Bangladesh, but I have seen nothing like this – so much worse than I could possibly have imagined. I wasn't prepared for this".