A Look Back At

Born in 1992

What Was Life Like in 1992?

Who Was in Charge?

President

George H. W. Bush

Gas (per gallon)

$1.13

Loaf of Bread

$0.83

Average House

$121,500

Weekly Wage

$434

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.
September 11 – Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu.
October 1 – The Turner Broadcasting System's Cartoon Network goes on the air. The Merrie Melodies short, Rhapsody Rabbit, is the very first cartoon to be broadcast on the network.
October 31 – The pilot episode for X-Men airs on Fox Kids.
November 3 – Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeats incumbent President George H. W. Bush and businessman H. Ross Perot in the US presidential election.
November 20 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is released to theaters.