What happened in 1992

“End Of The Road (From ‘Boomerang’)”

Boyz II Men · 13 weeks at #1 in 1992

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1. Jan 4Black Or WhiteMichael Jackson3 wks
2. Jan 25All 4 LoveColor Me Badd1 wk
3. Feb 1Don't Let The Sun Go Down On MeGeorge Michael/Elton John1 wk
4. Feb 8I'm Too SexyRight Said Fred3 wks
5. Feb 29To Be With YouMr. Big3 wks
6. Mar 21Save The Best For LastVanessa Williams5 wks
7. Apr 25JumpKris Kross8 wks
8. Jun 20I'll Be ThereMariah Carey2 wks
9. Jul 4Baby Got BackSir Mix-A-Lot5 wks
10. Aug 8This Used To Be My PlaygroundMadonna1 wk
11. Aug 15End Of The Road (From "Boomerang")Boyz II Men13 wks
12. Nov 14How Do You Talk To An AngelThe Heights2 wks
13. Nov 28I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston5 wks

Dates are the first chart week at #1 in 1992; weeks count only those in 1992.Find the #1 song on your birthday →

1. Mar 1Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2. Mar 2Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.
3. Mar 12Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
4. Mar 31USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, was decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
5. Apr 2John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family of New York City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax evasion.
6. Apr 27The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
7. Apr 29The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles, during which 63 people were killed.
8. May 5The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.
9. May 22Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
10. Jul 22Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
11. Jul 31The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
12. Aug 24Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.
13. Sep 12Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
14. Oct 3Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.

Event summaries from Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Each links to its article.

• U.S. President

  George H. W. Bush

• UK Prime Minister

  John Major

• Prime Minister of Canada

  Brian Mulroney

• President of France

  François Mitterrand

• German Chancellor

  Helmut Kohl

• Prime Minister of Japan

  Kiichi Miyazawa

• President of Russia

  Boris Yeltsin

Everyone who held the office at some point in 1992, from Wikidata.

A selection of the best-documented titles on Wikidata, by first release year; not a box-office ranking.

• Mac MillerAmerican rapper (died 2018) · Jan 19
• Logan LermanAmerican actor · Jan 19
• Mercedes MonéAmerican wrestler · Jan 26
• Taylor LautnerAmerican actor · Feb 11
• Sam Bankman-FriedAmerican businessman and fraudster · Mar 5
• Emily OsmentAmerican actress and singer-songwriter · Mar 10
• Kyrie IrvingAustralian-American basketball player · Mar 23
• Jack QuaidAmerican actor · Apr 24
• Aaron JudgeAmerican baseball player · Apr 26
• Madeline BrewerAmerican actress · May 1

From Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0.