Unix Timestamp: 711331200
Friday, July 17. 1992, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.

A car bomb placed by mafia with collaboration of Italian intelligence kills judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.

A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey crashes in the Potomac River as it approached Marine Corps Base Quantico, killing all seven people on board.

The Slovak National Councildeclares Slovakia an independent country, signaling the breakup of Czechoslovakia.

The Cabinet of Israel approves a freeze on new settlements in the occupied territories, a move expected to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process.

An airlift of food and medicine to Sarajevo is halted after 23 days due to renewed fighting.