At A Glance

3 January 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
3 January 1992 was a Friday.
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 3 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 January 1992 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 January 1992 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 3 January

  • 1977 Apple Computer is incorporated.
  • 1990 United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • 1993 In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
  • 1999 The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
  • 2002 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.

Famous people born on 3 January

  • Florence Pugh, English actress (born 1996)
  • Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
  • Michael Schumacher, German racing driver (born 1969)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (1892–1973)

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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