What Happened in November 1992

Historical Events

I Will Always Love You

Nov 3 "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton cover) single released by Whitney Houston (Billboard Song of the Year 1993)

Nov 3 Carol Moseley-Braun elected first African-American woman in US Senate, representing Illinois

Election of Interest

Nov 3 Democrat Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H. W. Bush

Nov 3 Dianne Feinstein is elected to the US Senate, goes on to become longest serving female there, serving until her death in 2023

Rage Against the Machine

Nov 3 Rock band Rage Against the Machine releases their debut album "Rage Against the Machine" featuring single "Killing in the Name"

Nov 4 NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
Nov 4 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio

Sports History

Nov 5 "Revenge Match of the 20th century" American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky to win an unofficial match in Belgrade

Nov 5 Revival of George Kelly's 1924 play "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances
Nov 7 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
Nov 7 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend
Nov 8 300,000 demonstrate against racism in Berlin

Nigel Mansell

Nov 8 Nigel Mansell in a Williams crashes during the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 52 points; Mansell won record 9 GPs during the season

Nov 8 Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, opens at the Nederlander Theater, NYC; runs for 25 performances
Nov 9 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI)
Nov 9 Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for "Texaco"
Nov 11 The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests
Nov 12 British TV comedy "Absolutely Fabulous" written by Jennifer Saunders, starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley first appears on the BBC
Nov 12 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time

Bowe vs. Holyfield

Nov 13 Riddick Bowe wins the undisputed world heavyweight boxing crown with a unanimous points decision over Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas; first of their 3 meetings

Nov 15 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
Nov 15 Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
Nov 15 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
Nov 17 "The Bodyguard" movie soundtrack is released by Arista Records (Billboard Album of the Year 1993)
Nov 17 Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
Nov 17 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
Nov 17 Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
Nov 17 Tomas Rodriquez-Pantoja's flamenco musical revue "Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 55 performances

Malcolm X

Nov 18 "Malcolm X" film directed by Spike Lee starring Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett is released in the US

Nov 18 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM
Nov 19 "3 From Brooklyn" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 45 performances

Becker's 2nd ATP

Nov 20 Home crowd favorite Boris Becker claims his 2nd ATP Tour World Championship tennis title beating American Jim Courier 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 in the final in Frankfurt, Germany

Nov 20 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
Nov 21 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
Nov 21 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
Nov 21 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)

Bob Packwood

Nov 21 Oregon Senator Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances

Nov 22 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
Nov 22 Washington Post reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women

Seles Wins WTA

Nov 22 Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova for the second consecutive year to win WTA Tour Championship 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in NYC; her 3rd straight end of season title

Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles

Nov 23 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth NYC for 232 performances
Nov 23 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
Nov 24 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
Nov 26 57th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-0 in Birmingham, Alabama
Nov 26 British geneticist Alec Jeffreys who developed widely-used techniques for DNA fingerprinting, becomes honorary freeman of the city of Leicester
Nov 27 Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network
Nov 27 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire

Calgary Stampeders Victory

Nov 29 CFL Grey Cup, SkyDome, Toronto: Calgary Stampeders beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 24-10: MVP QB Doug Flutie, 33 of 49 for 480 yards, 2 TDs

Film & TV History

Nov 29 Revival of Anton Chekov's stage drama "The Sea Gull", starring Tyne Daly, Ethan Hawke, and Jon Voight, opens at Lyceum Theater, NYC; runs for 48 performances

Nov 29 Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, closes at the Nederlander Theatre, NYC, after 25 performances

David Boon

Nov 30 David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane

Nov 30 Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die

Events in 1992

Famous Birthdays

Nov 1 Joe Donovan, British pop-indie-rock drummer (Blossoms), born in Stockport, England
Nov 3 Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist (Olympic gold K1 2016), born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Nov 5 Odell Beckham Jr., American NFL player (New York Giants), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov 6 Robert Aramayo, English actor (The Lord Of the Rings: The Rings of Power), born in Kingston upon Hull, England
Nov 11 Trey Smith [Willard Carroll Smith III], American actor and son of Will Smith, born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 16 Adam Robert Worton, American twin actor (Baby's Day Out), born in Newark, Delaware
Nov 16 Jacob Joseph Worton, American twin actor (Baby's Day Out), born in Newark, Delaware
Nov 17 Darian Weiss, American actor
Nov 18 Bree Runway [Brenda Mensah], English singer and rapper (ATM), born in London, England
Nov 18 Nathan Kress, American actor (iCarly - "Freddie"; Into The Storm), born in Glendale, California
Nov 19 Tove Styrke, Swedish singer-songwriter (Say My Name), born in Umeå, Sweden
Nov 20 Ishimura Maiha, Japanese pop singer (Berryz Kobo), born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Davido (31 years old)

Nov 21 Nigerian-American singer-songwriter (Fall), born in Atlanta, Georgia

Nov 23 Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey left wing (captain Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup 2022; World C'ship gold 2013, 17; Calder Trophy 2012; NHL All Star 2019), born in Stockholm, Sweden

Miley Cyrus (31 years old)

Nov 23 American actress (Hannah Montana), and singer ("The Climb"; "Party in the USA"), born in Franklin, Tennessee

Nov 26 Louis Ducruet, Monacan businessman and race care driver, son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco & Daniel Ducruet, born in Princess Grace Hospital Centre, La Colle, Monaco
Nov 28 Kianna Underwood, American actress

Born in 1992

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies
Nov 2 Hal Roach, silent film producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100
Nov 3 Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70
Nov 3 John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78
Nov 4 Andre Demedts, Belgian Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days), dies at 86
Nov 4 Regina Carrol, American actress (Jessi's Girl), dies of cancer at 49
Nov 5 Arpad Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies at 89
Nov 5 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud"), dies at 92

Alexander Dubček (1921-1992)

Nov 7 Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, dies at 70 from injuries sustained in a car crash

Nov 7 Henri Temianka, Scottish-born Polish composer (California Chamber Symphony), dies at 85
Nov 7 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love), dies following a stroke at 65
Nov 8 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), dies at 65
Nov 8 Keith "Red" Mitchell, American jazz double bassist, composer, and lyricist (Hampton Hawes; André Previn), dies from a stroke at 65
Nov 9 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies
Nov 9 William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92
Nov 10 Antoine C J Rottier, Dutch CEO (DSM), dies
Nov 10 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
Nov 11 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, cosmonaut, dies at 50
Nov 11 Giulio Carlo Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies at 83
Nov 11 Peter Gretton, British vice admiral, dies at 80
Nov 12 Charles "Honi" Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 81
Nov 12 David Oliver, American actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
Nov 12 Eddie Mayehoff, American actor (Hour Glass, That's My Boy, How to Murder Your Wife), dies of natural causes at 83
Nov 13 Alan Balsam, US movie editor (Divine Madness), dies
Nov 13 Bobby McClure, American gospel (The Soul Stirrers) and soul singer ("Don't Mess Up A Good Thing"), dies from a stroke at 50
Nov 13 Gregory Markopoulos, German/American director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies at 61
Nov 13 Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33
Nov 13 Maurice Ohana, French classical pianist and composer, dies at 79
Nov 13 Ronnie Bond, British drummer (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), dies at 52
Nov 14 Clem Beauchamp, American film actor, stuntman, and production manager (Tarzan; Dick Tracy; The Adventures of Superman), dies at 94
Nov 14 Ernst Happel, Austrian soccer player, 1943-59 (Rapid Wien), and coach, 1962-92 (Feyenoord; Club Brugge; Hamburger SV, and 8 others), dies of lung cancer at 66
Nov 14 George Adams, American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist (Charles Mingus; Gil Evans; McCoy Tyner; Adams/Pullen Quartet), dies at 52
Nov 14 John J. Cascella, American rock keyboard and accordion player (John Mellencamp), dies of a heart attack at 45
Nov 14 Joop Van Nellen, Dutch soccer forward (27 caps; DHC Delft), dies at 82
Nov 14 Robert Reese, American actor, dies of natural causes at 66
Nov 17 Audre Lorde, American writer, feminist and activist (Black Unicorn), dies of cancer at 58
Nov 18 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), dies from stroke at 82
Nov 18 Herman Musaph, Dutch Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, dermatologist and sexologist, dies at 76
Nov 18 Superman, fictional character, killed by Doomsday at 54
Nov 19 Bobby Russell, American songwriter ("Honey"; "Little Green Apples"), dies at 52
Nov 19 Diane Varsi, American actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
Nov 19 Dorothy Walker Bush, American mother of President George H. W. Bush, dies at 91
Nov 20 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
Nov 21 Kaysone Phomvihane, Prime Minister and President of Laos (1975-91), dies at 71
Nov 21 Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies at 73
Nov 22 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81
Nov 22 Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), dies at 87
Nov 23 Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
Nov 23 Roy Acuff, American country fiddler, singer ("Wabash Cannonball"; Grand Ole Opry), and music publisher (Acuff-Rose Music), dies of congestive heart failure at 89
Nov 23 Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
Nov 24 Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
Nov 24 Henriette Puig-Roget, French pianist, organist (Oratory of the Louvre, 1935-79), and music educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1957-79), dies at 82
Nov 24 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer and actress (Bridge Too Far), dies at 85
Nov 24 Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
Nov 24 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, dies at 58
Nov 26 Stephen Burks, American actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36
Nov 27 Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
Nov 28 Bill Kearns, American actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69
Nov 28 June Joyce Lewis Fraser, entertainer, dies at 75
Nov 28 Roland Smeenk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies in a car accident at 35
Nov 28 Sidney Nolan, Australian painter and illustrator (Ned Kelly), dies at 75
Nov 29 Cary Scott Lowenstein, American dancer and singer, dies of AIDS at 30
Nov 29 Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78
Nov 29 Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
Nov 29 Robert F. Simon, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Operation Petticoat; M*A*S*H), dies at 83
Nov 29 Robert Shayne [Shaen Dawe], American stage and screen character actor (Invaders from Mars; The Adventures of Superman; Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of lung cancer at 92
Nov 30 Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45

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