At A Glance

12 September 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
12 September 1992 was a Saturday.
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 12 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 September 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 September 1992 was Full Moon.

On this day: 12 September

  • 1990 The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  • 1991 NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • 1992 NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47, which marks the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spacecraft, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
  • 1992 Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
  • 1993 NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51.

Famous people born on September 12

  • Sydney Sweeney, American actress (born 1997)
  • Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress (born 1986)
  • Paul Walker, American actor (1973–2013)
  • Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer (born 1957)

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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

Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.

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