At A Glance

1 September 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
1 September 1992 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men.
Top Film of 1992
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1992 was Aladdin.
Bestselling Novel of 1992
“Dolores Claiborne” by Stephen King was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1992.
Top-Rated TV Show
“60 Minutes” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1992–93 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 September 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 September 1992 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 1 September

  • 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
  • 1981 Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
  • 1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
  • 1985 The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.
  • 2008 Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

Famous people born on September 1

  • Zendaya, American actress and singer (born 1996)
  • Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
  • Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)
  • Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor (born 1975)

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Events of 1992 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1992 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 30 – The 64th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs winning five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Barry Levinson's Bugsy leads the nominations with ten.
  • April 6 – Barney & Friends debuts on PBS.
  • August 11 – The largest shopping mall in the U.S., Minnesota's Mall of America, constructed on 78 acres (316,000 m2), opens in Bloomington.

Life in the US in 1992

President

George H. W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$1.13

Loaf of Bread

$0.83

Average House

$121,500

Weekly Wage

$434

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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s

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