At A Glance
29 August 1992 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 August 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 29 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 August 1992 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 August 1992 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 29 August
- 1975 El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.
- 1982 Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
- 1991 Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1997 Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
- 2012 The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.
Famous people born on August 29
- Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (1958–2009)
- Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (1993–2024)
- Carla Gugino, American actress (born 1971)
- Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (1923–2014)
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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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