August 1992 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1992 Salome closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 9 performances
• 02 Aug 1992 Death & the Maiden closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 159 performances
• 03 Aug 1992 Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles
• 05 Aug 1992 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge
• 06 Aug 1992 President Bush urges the United Nations to approve a military intervention in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
• 07 Aug 1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play
• 08 Aug 1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas
• 09 Aug 1992 Streetcar Named Desire closes at Ethel Barrymore NYC after 137 performances
• 10 Aug 1992 Satellite TOPEX / Poseidon launched
• 11 Aug 1992 Oakland Athletics rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game
• 15 Aug 1992 Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester
• 16 Aug 1992 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur
• 17 Aug 1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
• 18 Aug 1992 Real Inspector Hound opens at Criterion NYC for 61 performances
• 20 Aug 1992 England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs. Pakistan, then world ODI record
• 21 Aug 1992 (to August 22) Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of Marshal Sam Weaver and his dog and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris.
• 22 Aug 1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka
• 23 Aug 1992 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons
• 24 Aug 1992 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
• 25 Aug 1992 Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA
• 26 Aug 1992 Anna Karenina opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 46 performances
• 27 Aug 1992 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
• 29 Aug 1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of US (75,000) at Wembley Stadium
• 30 Aug 1992 2 Trains Running closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 160 performances
• 31 Aug 1992 44th Emmy Awards: Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd and Dana Delane

Famous Birthday

• Demi Lovato

  American singer-songwriter, musician and actress.

• Cara Delevingne

  Model.

• Cole Sprouse

  American actor.

• Frances Cobain

  American noted family, the daughter of Kurt Cobain of "Nirvana" and Courtney Love of "Hole.

• Dylan Sprouse

  American actor.

• Karlie Kloss

  Model.

• Charli XCX

  Pop Singer.

• Paige (wrestler)
• Marie Payet
• Blake Jenner

  TV Actor.

• Hayley Amber Hasselhoff
• RJ Mitte

  TV Actor.

• Tomi Lahren

  Journalist.

• Neslihan Atagül
• Ryn Weaver

  Pop Singer.

• Alexandra Saitova
• Mallu Magalhaes

  Brazilian singer-songwriter.

• Jessica Henwick

  English actress.

• Ricardo Rodríguez (footballer)
• Miyabi Natsuyaki

  Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo Aa! and Buono!).

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Famous Deaths

• Christopher McCandless

  American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992).

• John Cage

  American musician and composer, writer, photographer, reporter, and critic, always avant-garde.

• Jeff Porcaro

  American drummer songwriter and producer (Toto and Clover) (d. 1992).

• Barbara Morgan

  American teacher and U.S.

• Robert Muldoon

  New Zealand politician who was first elected to Parliament on 11/26/1961, but became Minister of Finance from 1964-1972.

• Bob de Moor

  Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders).

• Giorgio Perlasca

  Italian hero who saved 5,000 Jews during the war in Budapest, pretending to be a Spanish consul.

• Jim Whaley

  TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44.

• Ephraim Katz

  Israeli / US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia).

• Chico Alvarez

  Trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72.

• Eitan Berglas

  Israeli banker / advisor.

• Christopher Todd [Todd Wangberg]

  Dies of AIDS at 30.

• Jan van Baal

  Antropologist / gov Dutch New-Guinea.

• Patrick A Devlin

  England, judge / lead house of Lords.

• Alison L Gertz

  US aids-activist / Esquire women of year, dies of AIDS.

• Abul Qassim Khoei

  Iraqi great-ayatollah / leader of Sjiieten.

• Stanley Dudek

  US platform diver (watershows).

• Bill Elverman

  Playwright / actor (After Hours), dies at 40.

• Clifford Allison

  US stock-car racer, dies in an accident.

• Queen Mother

  of Oman.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
2. Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground
3. Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
4. TLC - Baby-Baby-Baby
5. Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt
2. Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer
3. Erasure - Abba-esque (EP)
4. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
5. Mariah Carey - I'll Be There