At A Glance

23 June 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
23 June 1992 was a Tuesday.
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 23 June is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 June 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 June 1992 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 23 June

  • 1972 Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
  • 1991 Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.
  • 1994 NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
  • 2005 American social news and discussion site Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.
  • 2012 Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.

Famous people born on 23 June

  • Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (1894–1972)
  • Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (1912–1954)
  • Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager (born 1972)
  • Joel Edgerton, Australian actor (born 1974)

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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