At A Glance

26 August 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
26 August 1992 was a Wednesday.
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 26 August is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 26 August 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 26 August 1992 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 26 August

  • 1972 The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.
  • 1977 The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
  • 1978 Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
  • 1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
  • 2011 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

Famous people born on 26 August

  • Macaulay Culkin, American actor (born 1980)
  • Keke Palmer, American actress and singer (born 1993)
  • Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (1910–1997)
  • Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)

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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