remember when 1992

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Dan Quayle44th Vice President of the United StatesServed from Jan. 20, 1989 to Jan. 20, 1993

George H.W. Bush41st President of the United States

Served from Jan. 20, 1989 to Jan. 20, 1993

“I’m going to be so much better a president forhaving been at the CIA that you’re not goingto believe it.” — George H.W. Bush

World news• Yitzhak Rabin comes to power in 

Israel promising to pursue peace talks with PLO

•  U.S. and UN intervention in So-malia with Operation Restore Hope to end famine and civil war

•  Bosnia Herzegovina declares in-dependence

•  Earth Summit held in Brazil

•  Signing of the Maastricht Treaty which founded the Eu-ropean Union

•  Gas in sewer explodes in Gua-dalajara, Mexico, killing 215

•  First McDon-alds open sin Bei-jing, China

* Hindu militants tear down the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and during rioting, 2000 lives are lost

•  Euro Disney opens in France•  Iraq continues to hamper the ef-

forts of UN weapons inspectors•  UK rioting by local youths 

breaks out in Bristol•  Privatization in Russia of state 

owned businesses to the population is a major success

•  Following the public out-cry over royal spending, the Queen of England will now pay income tax and the number of royals re-ceiving tax payer money will de-crease

•  Fire damages a major part of Windsor Castle

•  Summer Olympics begin in Barcelona

•  Overthrow of communist govern-ment in Afghanistan

•  Winter Olympics held in Albert-ville, France

•  South Africans vote for political reforms to end apartheid

and create a power-sharing, multi-racial government

U.S. news•  Ross Perot announces 

bid in presidential race•  Mafia boss John Gotti is sentence to life in

prison after being found guilty of con-spiracy to commit murder and rack-eteering

•  Hurricane An-drew hits South Florida•  TWA declares bankruptcy 

•  UN refuses to sign the UN Con-vention on Climate Change and Bio-logical Diversity in Rio de Janeiro

•  27th Amendment to the Constitu-tion ratified

•  FDA urges stopping the use of silicone gel breast implants

•  No-fly zone in place over south-

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ern Iraq authorized by UN

•  Largest shopping mall in America, Minne-sota’s Mall of America, con-

structed spanning 78 acres•  Rioting breaks out in L.A. fol-

lowing the acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating black

motorist Rod-ney King

•  Abortion rights activists march in Washington

•  Mike Tyson convicted of the rape of Miss Black

Rhode Island, Desiree Washington

•  Two of the strongest earthquakes ever to hit

California strike in the desert area east of L.A.

•  Georgia Superdome is completed•  NAFTA is signed

Technology•  Windows 3.1 released by 

Microsoft•  Microsoft Works released•  AT&T releases video tele-

phone ($1,499)•  The first nicotine patch is in-

troduced to help stop smoking

1992 Corvette

1992 Dodge Viper

Nicotine PatchIntroduced

AT&T VideoPhone

McDonald’s opens for

business in China

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1TLC

•  “Tears in Heaven,” Eric Clapton•  “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna 

Get It),” En Vogue•  “Under The Bridge,” Red Hot 

Chili Peppers•  “I’m Too Sexy,” Right Said Fred•  “Black or White,” Michael Jack-

son•  “Achy Breaky Heart,” Billy Ray 

Cyrus•  “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen* “One,” U2•  “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” Bon-

nie Raitt

TV shows•  Martin•  Highlander•  Picket Fences•  Red Shoe Diaries•  The Larry Sanders Show•  Dateline NBC

Born this year•  Selena Gomez, singer•  Miley Cyrus, singer•  Josh Hutcherson, actor•  Nick Jonas, singer•  Neymar, soccer player

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BORN THIS YEAR: Above right: Kate Upton, model.Above left: Kyrie Irving, basketball player;

Taylor Lautner, actor; Tyler James Williams, actor; Demi Lovato, singer

•  Space Shuttle Endeav-or’s successful maiden voyage

Sports•  Super-

bowl: Wash-ington over Buffalo, 37-24

•  NBA Fi-nals: Chicago

Bulls defeat Port-land Trail Blazers, 4-2

Popular culture•  A telephone con-

versation is recorded between an unknown

woman (Diana, Princess of Wales) talking to an unknown man about her unhappy marriage

Popular movies•  Aladdin•  Home Alone 2: Lost in New York•  Batman Returns•  Lethal Weapon 3•  A Few Good Men•  Sister Act•  The Bodyguard•  Wayne’s World•  Basic Instinct•  Unforgiven•  Honey, I Blew Up The Kid•  Reservoir Dogs

Popular music•  “End of the Road,” Boyz II Men•  “Baby Got Back,” Sir Mix-a-Lot•  “Jump,” Kris Kross

•  “Save The Best for Last,” Vanessa Williams

•  “Baby-Baby-Baby,” 

992• Income per year ... $30,030• Minimum wage .......... $4.25• New house ........ $144,100• Monthly rent ................ $519• New car ................ $16,950• Gallon of gas .............. $1.05• Dozen eggs ................... 93¢• Gallon of milk .............. $2.78• Loaf of bread .............. $1.60• First-class stamp .......... 29¢• Movie ticket ................ $4.15

AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING

remember when...

1992 Ferrari

AT&T VideoPhone