At A Glance

18 October 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
18 October 1992 was a Sunday.
Irish Chart Song in 1992
The Irish chart song for 1992 was “Would I Lie to You” by Charles & Eddie.
Top Film of 1992
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1992 was Aladdin.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 October 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 October 1992 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 18 October

  • 1978 Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan.
  • 1979 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
  • 1989 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.
  • 1991 The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 2003 Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

Famous people born on 18 October

  • Zohran Mamdani, American politician, mayor of New York City (born 1991)
  • Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker (born 1984)
  • Zac Efron, American actor and singer (born 1987)
  • Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (born 1992)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1992 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1992 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 30 January – Charles Haughey resigned as Taoiseach and as leader of the Fianna Fáil party.
  • 4 February – Mary Robinson became the first President of Ireland to visit Belfast.
  • 15 March – Proinsias De Rossa led a breakaway group from the Workers' Party to form what would shortly become Democratic Left. The majority of the breakaway group including De Rossa joined the Labour Party in 1999.

Life in Ireland in 1992

Taoiseach

Albert Reynolds

Petrol (per litre)

£1.55/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.65

Average House

£33,000

Weekly Wage

£90

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