What Happened on August 15, 1992

• Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy
• Striker Brian Deane scores both goals for Sheffield United in a season-opening 2-1 home win over Manchester United at Bramall Lane; first of Deane's goals is the first in EPL's inaugural season

• Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester

• Evelyn Wesler Zemel, American author (American Glass Animals), dies
• Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (who saved 5,200 Jews from deportation in Hungary), dies at 82
• Jackie Edwards, Jamaican songwriter (Keep On Running), dies at 53 or 54
• Marie Paxton, British stage and screen actress (Ouanga; Kind Lady), dies at 87
• Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies at 48
• Osamu Inaba, Japanese Minister of justice (helped bring down Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Lockheed bribery scandal), dies at 82

Holidays: Independence Day (India)

• #1 Song: End Of The Road (From "Boomerang") - Boyz II Men
• #1 Song: Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap