December 1992 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1992 Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
• 02 Dec 1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City
• 03 Dec 1992 UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia.
• 04 Dec 1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
• 05 Dec 1992 Kent Conrad of North Dakota resigns his seat in the United States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only U.S. Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.
• 06 Dec 1992 Dottie Mochrie / Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 07 Dec 1992 Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater).
• 08 Dec 1992 NBC announces that Cheers will go off the air in May, 1993
• 09 Dec 1992 3rd Billboard Music Awards
• 10 Dec 1992 My Favorite Year opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 37 performances
• 11 Dec 1992 WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years
• 12 Dec 1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
• 13 Dec 1992 Show Off closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
• 14 Dec 1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refuses to fight him.
• 15 Dec 1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year
• 17 Dec 1992 Christmas Carol opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 22 performances
• 18 Dec 1992 FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations
• 19 Dec 1992 State President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk dismisses or suspends 23 military officers, including six generals, sho were suspected of unauthorized activities designed to disrupt negotiations with the African National Congress.
• 20 Dec 1992 Northwest and KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability".
• 21 Dec 1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
• 22 Dec 1992 Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die.
• 24 Dec 1992 US President Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger of role in Iran-contra affair.
• 26 Dec 1992 New York Jets' announcer Marty Glickman retires at age 75.
• 27 Dec 1992 3 From Brooklyn closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 45 performances
• 28 Dec 1992 Mort Greene, US songwriter ("My Grandfather's Clock"), dies at age 80.
• 29 Dec 1992 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris ("Scarsdale Diet" Murderess) clemency.
• 30 Dec 1992 Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (Born 1969)
• 31 Dec 1992 WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry

Famous Birthday

• Jade Thirlwall

  Pop Singer.

• Bridgit Mendler

  American actress and singer.

• Tori Kelly

  Pop Singer.

• Mélanie Henique
• Johnny Manziel

  Football Player.

• Tiffany Alvord

  YouTube Star.

• Sonarika Bhadoria
• Jin (singer)
• Esteban Morillo

  French-Spanish skinhead, militant of the far right.

• Alexander Arnold
• Jessy Mendiola

  TV Actress.

• Serge Aurier
• Melissa Roxburgh
• Massadio Haïdara
• Monika Lee
• Shannon Leann
• Iker Muniain

  Spanish/Basque footballer.

• Seo Yu-na
• Loulou Robert
• Lilian Calmejane
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Famous Deaths

• Albert King

  American blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at age 71 (born 1923).

• Dana Andrews

  American actor (Laura, The Best Years of Our Lives, I was a Communist for the FBI), dies in Los Alamitos, California, of congestive heart...

• Peyo

  Belgian cartoonist, a giant in his field, creator of the "Smurfs".

• Nikita Magaloff

  Russian / Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert).

• Eddie Hazel

  American guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic and The Parliaments) (d. 1992).

• Luis Alcoriza

  Actor / writer / director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema.

• Anton [Tom] Koolhaas

  Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80.

• Bernard CJ Lievegoed

  Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87.

• Loek Elfferich

  Dutch journalist / Historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die.

• Bernard Drukker

  Dutch pianist / orchestra leader (duivelswiel).

• Gary Mascaro

  choreographer, dies at age 43.

• Nureddin Al-Atassi

  President of Syria (1966-70), dies.

• Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov

  Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 41.

• Carl Barger

  baseball president (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at age 62.

• Ling-Ling

  1st panda China gave US, dies at 23.

• Ruth Corbett Thom

  Dies after long illness at 78.

• Richard H Ichord

  US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies.

• Mother Clare Hale

  cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at age 87.

• Sybil Andrews

  English/Canada painter, dies at age 94.

• Constance Carpenter

  Actress (2 Worlds), dies of a stroke at 87.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
2. Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love
3. Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker
4. The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel
5. Boyz II Men - In The Still Of The Nite (I'll Remember)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You?
2. Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
3. Michael Jackson - Heal The World
4. Snap! featuring Niki Harris - Exterminate!
5. Arrested Development - People Everyday