1992

Top Songs

  • Billy Ray Cyrus – “Achy Breaky Heart”
  • Boyz II Men – “End of the Road”
  • Eric Clapton – “Tears in Heaven”
  • Guns N’ Roses – “November Rain”
  • Kris Kross – “Jump”
  • Mr Big – “To Be With You”
  • Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
  • Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  • Right Said Fred – “I’m Too Sexy”
  • Roxette – “How Do You Do”
  • Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back”
  • Snap! – “Rhythm Is a Dancer”
  • The Cure – “Friday I’m In Love”
  • The KLF – “Justified and Ancient”
  • Tom Cochrane – “Life Is a Highway”
  • Whitney Houston – “I Will Always Love You”

Top Movies

  • Aladdin
  • The Bodyguard
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
  • Basic Instinct
  • Lethal Weapon 3
  • Batman Returns
  • A Few Good Men
  • Sister Act
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Wayne's World

TV shows

TV shows that started

  • The Real World
  • Melrose Place
  • Mad About You
  • X-Men
  • The Addams Family

TV shows that ended

  • Growing Pains
  • Who's the Boss
  • The Cosby Show
  • The Golden Girls
  • MacGyver
  • The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson

Top TV Shows

  • Roseanne
  • Home Improvement
  • Murphy Brown
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • Coach
  • Cheers
  • Full House
  • Northern Exposure
  • Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman
  • Rescue: 911
  • Blossom
  • Matlock
  • Wings

Births

  • Selena Gomez - pop singer, "Wolves", "Same Old Love"
  • Miley Cyrus - pop singer, "Wrecking Ball", "Party in the USA"
  • Demi Lovato - pop singer, "Sorry not sorry", "Heart Attack"
  • Cole Sprouse - TV actor, in "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody", in "Riverdale"
  • Nick Jonas - singer, part of the Jonas Brothers band, had hit "Jealous" in 2014; acting in "Scream Queens", 
  • Connor Franta - YouTube star
  • Taylor Lautner - movie actor, played Jacob in "Twilight" series
  • Cara Delevinge - model, actress in "Suicie Squad"
  • Josh Hutcherson - movie actor, in "Hunger Games" series
  • Sam Smith - pop singer, "Stay with me"
  • Shawn Johnson - gymnast, won Olympic gold in 2008 in women's balance beam, won season 8 of "Dancing with the Stars"

Firsts

  • Euro Disney opens
  • Mall of America opens in Minnesota
  • Cartoon Network
  • McDonald's opens first McD's in China
  • Windows 3.1 released by Microsoft
  • AT&T released a video telephone for $1500
  • DNA fingerprinting invented

new words

  • arm candy
  • buzzkill
  • cyber
  • Frankenfood
  • Generation Y
  • Gen X
  • hacktivism
  • home page
  • HTML
  • man cave
  • meh
  • motion capture
  • PDA
  • pdf
  • photoshop
  • skeezy
  • smack talk
  • woo-woo
  • zip tie

Events

Euro Disney opens

Located 32 km east of Paris, it's the most visited theme park in Europe. It's the second Disney Park to open outside the United States following the opening of Tokyo Disney Resort in 1983.

Bill Clinton becomes President

November 3: In a three-wayelection, Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas.

Largest mall in America

The largest shopping mall in the United States, the Mall of America, opened its doors to shoppers during August. The mall originally covered over 78 acres and has since expanded to more than 96 acres. It is located in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Mall of America receives over 40 million visitors annually making it the largest tourist attraction in the Midwest.

Gotti sentenced to life

Mob boss John Gotti, known for his flamboyant style and large personality, was found guilty of murder and other crimes on April 2, 1992, and sentence to life on June 23. Gotti had been known as the "Teflon Don" after being acquitted in 3 trials during the 1980s, but the FBI was able to make the charges stick after a high-ranking member of his crime family agreed to cooperate with the authorities. 

L.A. Riots

Apr 29- May 4: The unrest began in South Central Los Angeles after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department for usage of excessive force in the videotaped arrest and beating of Rodney King. It then spread throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area as thousands of people rioted over a six-day period following the announcement of the verdict. 

Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain

In the last lap of the 10,000m final, Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia darted into the lead and went on to win. At the finishing line, she waited for her opponent Elana Meyer, a white South African. They set off hand-in-hand for a victory lap that symbolised hope for a new Africa.

OR

Men's basketball became open to all professionals and the US sent a "Dream Team" of superstars including Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. Needless to say they dominated the event and won gold. 

Winter Olympics in Albertville, France

Last winter games staged in the same year as the Summer Games. In cross-country skiing, Norwegians Björn Daehlie and Vegard Ulvang each won three gold medals. This made it a clean sweep for Norway. Toni Nieminen of Finland won the men’s ski jump title to become, at 16, the youngest male winner of a winter event.