At A Glance
27 December 1992 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 December 1992 was a Sunday.
- 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 27 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 December 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 December 1992 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 27 December
- 1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
- 1983 Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
- 1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
- 1999 Burger King and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order a recall of plastic Poké Ball containers after they are determined to be a choking hazard.
- 2004 Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
Famous people born on December 27
- Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter (born 1988)
- Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor (born 1995)
- Olivia Cooke, English actress (born 1993)
- Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer (born 1965)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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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