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28 August 1992 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 August 1992 was a Friday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Amigos Para Siempre” by José Carreras and Sarah Brightman.
- Top Film of 1992
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1992 was Aladdin.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 1992
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1992 was the Ford Falcon.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 28 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 August 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 August 1992 was New Moon.
On this day: 28 August
- 1990 Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
- 1993 NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
- 1993 Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
- 1993 The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina is transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
- 1996 Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.
Famous people born on 28 August
- David Fincher, American director and producer (born 1962)
- Shania Twain, Grammy Award-winning Canadian Country Singer-Songwriter (born 1965)
- Jack Kirby, Comic Book Artist and Writer (1917–1994)
- Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor (born 1956)
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Events of 1992 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1992 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Australia
- 22 February – After trialling Daylight Saving in Queensland for a total of three years, a referendum is held, with 54.5% of Queenslanders voting against daylight saving.
- 11 April – Independent candidate Phil Cleary wins the 1992 Wills by-election which was brought about by the resignation of Bob Hawke. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser attributes the result in part to revulsion against the "alien creed" of economic rationalism.
Life in Australia in 1992
Prime Minister
Paul Keating
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.60
Loaf of Bread
$1.40
Average House
$125,000
Weekly Wage
$585.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Jacob Elordi26 June 1997ActorView their day →Samara Weaving23 February 1992Actress & modelView their day →Margot Robbie2 July 1990ActressView their day →Liam Hemsworth13 January 1990ActorView their day →Elizabeth Debicki24 August 1990ActressView their day →Troye Sivan5 June 1995Singer-songwriter & actorView their day →Ben Simmons20 July 1996Basketball playerView their day →Leila George20 March 1992ActressView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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