Timeline January 1992

Events in January 1992 19

• 1897 – 1992 Judith Anderson (1897-1992) Australian-born actress of stage and film, famous as Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca and as Medea on Broadway.
• 1912 – 1992 Jose Ferrer (1912-1992) Died 26 January 1992, aged 80 Jose Ferrer was a Puerto Rican-American actor and director who won an Academy Award for his role in "Cyrano de Bergerac," becoming the first Hispanic actor to win an Oscar. He had a long career on Broadway and in Hollywood spanning five decades. He also directed several stage and film productions.
• 1924 – 1992 Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992) English-American child star of the 1930s, famous as David Copperfield and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
• 1992 Australian Open 1992 Men: Jim Courier · Women: Monica Seles
• 1992 Jorma Ollila becomes CEO — focus on mobile only Jorma Ollila becomes Nokia CEO in January 1992 and makes the most consequential strategic decision in Finnish corporate history: Nokia will sell everything except mobile phones and telecommunications networks. Over the next three years Nokia divests its paper, rubber, cable, consumer electronics, computer and tyre businesses. The focused company that emerges grows at 25% per year and becomes the fastest-growing company in Europe.
• 1992 MTV Unplugged Best-selling live album ever Recorded the "Unplugged" concert for MTV — featuring acoustic versions of "Layla", "Tears in Heaven" and "Running on Faith". Released as an album, it became the best-selling live album in history, winning six Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.
• 1992 1992: Nigel Mansell Williams Mansell won the title in dominant fashion with nine victories from 16 races in the technologically advanced Williams FW14B, finally achieving his long-awaited championship.
• 1992 Am I Not Your Girl? Released Am I Not Your Girl?, an album of jazz and pop standards that showcased her vocal range beyond alternative rock.
• 1992 But Where Is Love? Published But Where Is Love?, an autobiographical novel about a Broadway ingenue who falls in love with a Latin bandleader, drawing on her years with Cugat.
• 1992 – 1993 Home Alone 2 and The Three Musketeers Played the suspicious hotel concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1993). Also received his second Tony Award nomination for playing troubled movie star Alan Swann in My Favorite Year on Broadway.
• 1992 Judith Anderson dies in Montecito Judith Anderson dies aged 94.
• 1992 First planets beyond the solar system confirmed Pulsar planets found orbiting PSR B1257+12 Astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of planets orbiting a pulsar, the first confirmed exoplanets. The bodies orbit the neutron star PSR B1257+12 roughly 2,300 light-years from Earth. The finding showed planets could form in environments very different from our own solar system.
• 1992 Algerian Civil War begins Military cancels elections, sparking insurgency Algeria's military-backed government canceled parliamentary elections that the Islamic Salvation Front was poised to win, triggering a long and brutal civil war. The conflict between government forces and Islamist insurgents killed an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people over the following decade. It became one of the deadliest conflicts in modern North African history.
• 1992 Nirvana's Nevermind reaches number one Replaces Michael Jackson Knocks Dangerous off the top, the same day they play Saturday Night Live.
• 1992 Jimi Hendrix inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted with the Experience.
• 1992 – 2018 Mac Miller (1992-2018) Died 7 September 2018, aged 26 American rapper and producer known for albums including Swimming, released weeks before his death. He built a large following through mixtapes and major-label albums over a decade-long career. His death was attributed to an accidental drug overdose.
• 1992 Reservoir Dogs Sundance, and an ear A heist film with no heist in it, premiering at Sundance in January and reaching American cinemas in October. Made for a little over a million dollars with Harvey Keitel both starring and helping produce, it takes only around three million at the box office and becomes, on video, one of the most influential independent films ever released. Everything Tarantino will be accused of and praised for is already fully present.
• 1992 Reservoir Dogs premieres Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut Quentin Tarantino's heist thriller Reservoir Dogs premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, marking his debut as a feature director. Its nonlinear structure, stylized dialogue, and graphic violence influenced a generation of independent filmmakers. The film built a cult following ahead of Tarantino's breakthrough with Pulp Fiction.
• 1992 Freddie Bartholomew dies in Sarasota Freddie Bartholomew dies aged 67.