At A Glance

11 November 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
11 November 1992 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men.
Top Film of 1992
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1992 was Aladdin.
Star sign
The star sign for 11 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 November 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 November 1992 was Full Moon.

On this day: 11 November

  • 1982 Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program.
  • 1992 The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
  • 1993 A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • 1999 The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
  • 2002 Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.

Famous people born on 11 November

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer (born 1974)
  • Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer (born 1962)
  • Stanley Tucci, American actor and director (born 1960)
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (1821–1881)

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Events of 1992 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1992 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 7 February – Signing of the Maastricht Treaty.
  • 9 April – General election: the Conservative Party are re-elected for a fourth successive term, in their first election under John Major's leadership.
  • 17 July – Official opening of Manchester Metrolink, the first new-generation light rail system with street running in the British Isles.

Life in 1992

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£1.20

Loaf of Bread

59p

Average House

£53,952

Weekly Wage

£307.00

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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s

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