At A Glance

22 December 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
22 December 1992 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston.
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 22 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 22 December 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 22 December 1992 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 22 December

  • 1989 Romanian Revolution: Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife Elena flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
  • 1989 German reunification: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
  • 1990 Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.
  • 1990 Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
  • 1997 Somali Civil War: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.

Famous people born on December 22

  • Ralph Fiennes, English actor (born 1962)
  • Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (1960–1988)
  • Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (1887–1920)

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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.
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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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