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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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• “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
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1992 Ferrari
AT&T VideoPhone