- Jan 6 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
- Jan 8 "Davis Rules" with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
- Jan 14 "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
- Jan 16 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
- Jan 17 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
Golden Globes
Jan 19 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves, Jeremy Irons, & Kathy Bates wins
Kathy Bates
Jeremy Irons
- Jan 19 Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
- Jan 21 CBS News correspondant Bob Simon and four TV crew captured and held for 40 days by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf
- Jan 25 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2½ year run
- Jan 27 7th Sundance Film Festival: "Poison" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
- Jan 28 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
- Jan 31 "Close-Up", Iranian film directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Hossain Sabzian and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, is released
Film Release
Feb 14 "The Silence of the Lambs" film based on the book by Thomas Harris, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, is released (Best Picture 1992)
Jodie Foster
Anthony Hopkins
Event of Interest
Feb 25 Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky & John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
John Candy
- Mar 9 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
Film and TV Awards
Mar 11 17th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Kirstie Alley win (TV)
Julia Roberts
Mel Gibson
BAFTA Awards
Mar 17 44th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Goodfellas" Best Film, Martin Scorsese Best Director
Martin Scorsese
WrestleMania
Mar 24 WrestleMania VII in LA Memorial Sports Arena, CA: Hulk Hogan beats Sgt Slaughter for WWF Heavyweight title
Hulk Hogan
- Mar 25 63rd Academy Awards: "Dances with Wolves", Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win
- Apr 6 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
- Apr 11 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
- Apr 12 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
- Apr 15 Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary
Event of Interest
Apr 22 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from "The Tonight Show"
Johnny Carson
- Apr 22 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
- Apr 26 "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV
- May 3 356th & final episode of CBS second longest running series "Dallas", (2nd only to "Gunsmoke")
- May 4 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
- May 9 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
- May 17 Lupita Jones, 23, of Mexico, crowned 40th Miss Universe
- May 20 44th Cannes Film Festival: "Barton Fink" directed by Ethan and Joel Coen wins the Palme d'Or
Event of Interest
Jun 6 NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson as host on "The Tonight Show" on May 25, 1992
Jay Leno
Johnny Carson
- Jun 10 David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" airs its final episode airs on ABC-TV
Film Release
Jun 14 "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman
Kevin Costner
Morgan Freeman
Music Recording
Jun 23 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music"
Weird Al Yankovic
- Jun 27 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
Film Premier
Jul 1 "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Cameron
Linda Hamilton
Event of Interest
Aug 1 Actress Hedy Lamarr, aged 77 is arrested for shoplifting in Florida
Hedy Lamarr
Event of Interest
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
Jerry Lewis
- Sep 3 48th Venice Film Festival: "Close to Eden" directed by Nikita Mikhalkov wins Golden Lion
- Sep 14 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
- Sep 24 "Good & Evil" & "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV
- Sep 25 "Good & Evil" premieres on ABC TV
- Sep 27 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
- Sep 28 "Commish" debuts on ABC-TV
Film Release
Oct 18 "My Own Private Idaho" directed and written by Gus van Sant starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves is released
River Phoenix
Keanu Reeves
- Nov 8 Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS-TV
Television Premiere
Nov 14 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV
Michael Jackson
Film Release
Nov 22 "Phool Aur Kaante", the film debut of famous Indian actor Ajay Devgan, is released
Ajay Devgan
Grey Cup
Nov 24 CFL Grey Cup, Winnipeg Stadium: Toronto Argonauts defeat Calgary Stampeders, 36-21; Argos under new ownership of LA Kings owner Bruce McNall, hockey player Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy
Wayne Gretzky
John Candy
- Nov 27 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ
- Nov 29 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
- Dec 3 Hulk Hogan defeats the Undertaker at 'This Tuesday in Texas' at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio to become 4-time WWF champion
- Dec 6 "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
- Dec 17 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode
- Dec 18 DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
Film Release
Dec 20 "Father of the Bride" film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short, is released
