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8 January 1992 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 January 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 8 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 1992 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 January 1992 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 8 January
- 1981 A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
- 1982 Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
- 1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
- 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
- 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Famous people born on 8 January
- Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (1935–1977)
- David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1947–2016)
- Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (1942–2018)
- Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1999)
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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