At A Glance

27 November 1992 at a glance

Day of the week
27 November 1992 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “How Do You Talk to an Angel” by The Heights.
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 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 27 November 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 27 November 1992 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 27 November

  • 1984 Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
  • 1985 Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut.
  • 1992 For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
  • 1999 The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history.
  • 2001 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

Famous people born on November 27

  • Adéla, Slovak singer-songwriter (born 2003)
  • Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (1940–1973)
  • Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (1942–1970)
  • William Fichtner, American actor (born 1956)

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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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