At A Glance

27 October 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
27 October 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 27 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 October 1992 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 27 October

  • 1981 Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
  • 1986 The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
  • 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
  • 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.

Famous people born on 27 October

  • Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (1858–1919)
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil (born 1945)
  • John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
  • Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1932–1963)

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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