Timeline December 1992

Events in December 1992 14

• 1901 – 1992 Stella Adler (1901-1992) Died 21 December 1992, aged 91 Stella Adler was an American actress and influential acting teacher whose students included Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro. She developed a technique emphasizing imagination over personal memory, distinguishing her approach from Method acting. Her studio in New York trained generations of American actors.
• 1909 – 1992 Dana Andrews (1909-1992) American actor, a leading man of 1940s film noir and war films, from Laura to The Best Years of Our Lives.
• 1990 – 1992 Captain Hook — Daytime Emmy Voiced Captain Hook in the animated series Peter Pan and the Pirates, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series.
• 1991 – 1992 Head of MIT Biology and Luria Professorship Stepped down as director of the Cancer Research Center and became head of the MIT Department of Biology. In 1992, was appointed the first Salvador E. Luria Professor, a chair established to honour his predecessor.
• 1991 – 1992 World and European Champion Won both the World Championship and the European Championship in 1991 and 1992, establishing themselves as the dominant pair skating team in the world.
• 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 Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston's recording of I Will Always Love You for the soundtrack of The Bodyguard became one of the best-selling singles of all time, spending fourteen weeks at number one. Parton earned millions in royalties and reportedly joked that she thanked God and Whitney Houston for her new house.
• 1992 Crystal Pepsi launched Clear cola flops — December 1992 Crystal Pepsi, a clear caffeine-free cola, was launched nationally in December 1992 riding the "purity" and "New Age" trend. Initial sales were strong but consumers found the clear appearance confusing for a cola. It was discontinued in 1994 — one of the most famous product failures in beverage history.
• 1992 Prince Charles and Princess Diana separate Prime Minister announces royal separation to Parliament British Prime Minister John Major announced to the House of Commons that the Prince and Princess of Wales had agreed to separate. The announcement followed years of press speculation about the state of their marriage. The couple divorced in 1996.
• 1992 US-led intervention in Somalia begins Operation Restore Hope launched amid famine US Marines landed near Mogadishu to spearhead a UN-sanctioned multinational force aimed at securing humanitarian aid deliveries during Somalia's civil war and famine. Operation Restore Hope was intended to stabilize the country enough for relief efforts to reach starving civilians. The mission later escalated into direct conflict with Somali militias.
• 1992 Kurt Cobain's Nirvana release Incesticide Rarities A compilation of B-sides and early recordings.
• 1992 Dana Andrews dies in Los Alamitos Dana Andrews dies aged 83.