At A Glance

25 January 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
25 January 1992 was a Saturday.
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 25 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 January 1992 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 January 1992 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 25 January

  • 1980 Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
  • 1986 The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
  • 1994 The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
  • 1995 The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
  • 1998 During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.

Famous people born on 25 January

  • Xavi, Spanish footballer (born 1980)
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraine (born 1978)
  • Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (1882–1941)
  • Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1981)

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

Charles Haughey

Petrol (per litre)

£1.55/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.65

Average House

£33,000

Weekly Wage

£90

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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s

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