AJHS 1992 Alumni - 1992 Year in Review

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I've included events from all of 1992 and the last part of 1991 to show what was happening during our last year of high school. If you have any information from 1992 that you think should be added here, please email Jason_Kerwin@Yahoo.com.

World Events

Soviet Union breaks up after President Gorbachev's resignation; constituent republics form Commonwealth of Independent States. (Dec 25, 1991)
Bush and Yeltsin proclaim a formal end to the Cold War. (Feb 1, 1992)
General Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, convicted in US court (Apr 9) and sentenced to 40 years on drug charges. (Jul 10, 1992)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed. (Dec 17, 1992)

US Events

Professor Anita Hill accuses Judge Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. (Oct 6, 1991)
Senate, 52-48, confirms Clarence Thomas for US Supreme Court after stormy hearings. (Oct 15, 1991)
Jeffrey Dahmer convicted in mass murder trial. (Feb 15, 1992)
Four officers acquitted in Los Angeles beating of Rodney King; violence erupts in Los Angeles (Apr 29, 1992)
Hurricane Andrew smashes through Florida causing an estimated $26 billion in damage. (Aug 24, 1992)
Bill Clinton elected President, Al Gore Vice President (Nov 3, 1992)

Economics

Cost of a first-class stamp : $0.29
Price of Gas (unleaded per gallon) : $1.02
US National minimum wage : $5.05
Federal debt : $4,002.1 billion
Unemployment : 6.8%
US Economy continues in recession.

Miscellaneous Statistics

World Population : 5.4 billion
US National Population : 255 million
Life expectancy : 75.8 years
1992 was a leap year.

Sports

SUPER BOWL: Washington Redskins
WORLD SERIES: Toronto Bluejays
NBA CHAMPIONSHIP: Chicago Bulls
INDIANAPOLIS 500: Al Unser, Jr.
KENTUCKY DERBY: Lil E. Tee
WIMBLEDON: Andre Agassi/Steffi Graf
STANLEY CUP: Pittsburgh Penguins
BOXING: Riddick Bowe
Winter Olympic Games held in Albertville. (Feb 8 - Feb 23, 1992)
Summer Olympic Games held in Barcelona. (Jul 25 - Aug 9, 1992)

Entertainment

Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music.
There are 900 million television sets in use around the world; 201 million are in the United States.
Johnny Carson hosts "The Tonight Show" for the last time.
Miss America : Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (HI)
Academy Awards : "Unforgiven" (best picture), "Al Pacino" (best actor), "Emma Thompson" (best actress)

Movies

JFK
Terminator 2
Silence of the Lambs
Batman Returns
Beauty and the Beast (91)
Aladdin (92)
Lethal Weapon 3
Sister Act
Wayne's World
My Cousin Vinny (91)
Hook
Basic Instinct
Home Alone 2

Music

Album of the Year : Eric Clapton, "Unplugged"
"End of the Road" - Boyz II Men
"Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton
"Baby Baby Baby" - TLC

Television

Roseanne
Coach
Murphy Brown
Home Improvement

Computers

World Wide Web is born. A text-based Web browser is made available to the public (Jan 1992); within a few years, millions of people become regular users of the World Wide Web.
The Michelangelo virus scare predicts 5 million computers will crash on March 6, 1992. Only 5,000 - 10,000 actually go down.

Deaths

Michael Landon (Jul 1, 1991)
Frank Capra (Sep 3, 1991)
Dr. Seuss (Sep 24, 1991)
Sam Kinison (1992)
Isaac Asimov (1992)

Marriages

Steven Spielburg and Kate Capshaw (Oct 1991)
Cyndi Lauper and David Thornton (Nov 1991)
Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford (Dec 1991)
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love (1992)
David Bowie and Iman (1992)
Will Smith and Sheree Smith (1992)
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown (1992)

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