At A Glance

25 December 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
25 December 1992 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston.
Top Film of 1992
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1992 was Aladdin.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 December 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 December 1992 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 December

  • 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
  • 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
  • 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
  • 2003 The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
  • 2004 The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

Famous people born on 25 December

  • Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642–1727)
  • Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1971)
  • Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1949)
  • Humphrey Bogart, American actor (1899–1957)

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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.
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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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