Week of January 15, 1992
More than two-dozen European nations
formally recognize Croatia and Slovenia
a move that prompts celebrations in the
breakaway republics. Thus, the 73-year-
old Yugoslav federation is no more.
The president of El Salvador and 10
leftist guerrilla leaders shake hands and
sign a treaty ending their 12-year civil
war.
IBM reports a loss of $2.8 billion - the first in the 80-year history of the computer
maker. Many say it’s the cost of shedding tens of thousands of employees while
providing for their health care as sales are slowed by the lingering recession.
Israel - Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s governing coalition loses its majority and
Israel’s leader promptly begins pressing for midyear elections and for foreign-aid
support from the Bush Administration.
New Hampshire debate - Five Democratic presidential candidates go at it in a
televised debate. Front-runner Bill Clinton was needled by his rivals and
challenged by the moderator about rumors of womanizing.
In the rain - thousands march in Phoenix to hail Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and
press for a paid state holiday in his honor.
Robert Gallucci , the No. 2 man on the U.N special
commission charged with destroying Iraq’s weapons of
mass destruction, says Iraq has acknowledged that it built
a large uranium-enrichment system suitable for producing
nuclear bombs. Experts have said Iraq might have been
able to produce a bomb within a year if allied bombing had
not damaged or destroyed much of its equipment during
the war.
Australian open - After a dramatic five-set, nearly five-hour victory and 124-
degree surface temperatures, John McEnroe uses intravenous fluids to recover
from possible dehydration.
Michael Jordan scores 35 points as the Bulls down the Cavaliers 100-85.
Week of January 15, 1992
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. is named publisher of the New York Times. He
follows his father, uncle, grandfather and great grandfather.
Business - Inflation hits a 5-year low in 1991 to 3.1%.
Earvin Magic Johnson, the newest member of the National Commission on AIDS,
tells the press, “We’re all in this. It’s not just Magic Johnson. It’s everybody. Until
everybody recognized that, we’re not going to win this battle. I’m not the only
soldier here… Magic Johnson cannot do this alone.” Johnson retired from
professional basketball last fall, after his disclosure that he was infected with the
virus.
Technology - The big buzz at the Las
Vegas Consumer Electronics Show -
DCC or digital compact cassette player.
Price is $700 plus about $8 per tape. The
big selling point and unlike DAT (digital
audio tape) is that machines can play
either DCC or regular cassettes.
Entertainment news -
Violence flares in several states after theaters showed the movie “Juice” - a film
about inner-city youths. Gunfire erupted in a Boston theater showing the film after
a theatergoer was robbed.
Mr. Blackwell publishes his 32 nd annual list of worst dressed
women. Of Julia Roberts, he said she’s a “tacky Tinkerbell
from fashion neverland.” He described Wynonna Judd as “Hulk
Hogan in sequins.” Others on the list in order - Delta Burke,
Tyne Daly, Jodie Foster, Carly Simon, Faye Dunaway, Kathy
Bates, Jane Seymour and Dame Edna Everage.
Golden Globe’s this week …
Best movie drama - “Bugsy.’
Best movie comedy or musical - “Beauty and the Beast.’
Best actor drama - Nick Nolte - “Prince of Tides.”
Best actress drama - Jodie Foster - “Silence of the Lambs.’
Best actor comedy - Robin Williams - “Fisher King.”
Best actress comedy - Bette Midler - “For the Boys.
Best drama TV - “Northern Exposure.”
Best comedy - “Brooklyn Bridge.”
Week of January 15, 1992
Best actor drama - Scott Bakula - “Quantum
Leap.”
Best actress drama - Angela Lansbury - “Murder,
She Wrote.”
Best actor comedy - Burt Reynolds - “Evening
Shade.”
Best actress comedy - Candice Bergen- “Murphy
Brown.”
Top TV -
60 Minutes - 26.0
NFC Championship: Postgame - 25.1
Roseanne - 22.4
Murder, She Wrote - 20.1
Murphy Brown - 19.6
Coach - 18.8
Home Improvement - 18.8
Designing Women - 18.2
Full House - 18.0
Movie-Tremors - 17.1
Major dad - 16.9
Cheers - 16.7
Northern Exposure -
16.5
Rescue 911 - 16.3
Movie-Batting For
Baby - 16.2
L.A. Law - 16.1
“Movie-Survive The
Savage Sea - 15.6
Fresh Prince of Bel Air - 15.5
Evening Shade - 15.5
American’s Funniest People - 15.3
Unsolved Mysteries - 15.2
20/20 - 15.2
Cosby Show - 15.0
Wings - 14.9
Law & Order - 14.8
In the Heat of the Night - 14.7
Empty Nest - 14.4
Television news -
MTV announces new shows:
Week of January 15, 1992
“Like We Care: - Magazine show for twentysomethings.
“MTV Sports” - Profiles of professional athletes, sports news and “rock and jock”
events with musicians and athletes.
“Lip Service” - a new lip-syncing contest series
‘ The Real World ” - Borrowed from the real-life PBS series “An American Family”
in which six people share their lives. ( Note: the beginning of reality TV). In an ad
for this show, producers say they are looking for humans to share their lives with
several million people. No freaks or actors. The six young people chosen - three
men, three women, will share a 3,000 square-foot loft. In exchange for paying the
rent, MTV will videotape their daily lives, edited into a weekly program. Doesn’t
have a start date.
NBC is taking a financial heat for a disputed “Quantum Leap” episode about gays
and gay bashing. The episode found protagonist Sam Beckett surfacing at a
naval college in 1964 and assuming the identity of a cadet faced with saving the
life of a friend beaten by student vigilantes because of his homosexuality. NBC
says it lost about $500,000 on its advertising billing.
Tracey Gold (22) leaves ABC’s “Growing Pains”
indefinitely to be treated for anorexia nervosa.
Jay Leno picks Edd Hall, who most recently did
voiceovers on “Married… With Children” as the #2
man on the new “Tonight Show.” It all starts May
25.
Music news - Singer David St. Hubbins of
Spinal Tap, believes his band is a major
influence to the sounds coming out of Seattle
and bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden,
Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and others.
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa finally
pick a name for their new daughter. Jessica
Rae was born December 30.
Week of January 15, 1992
Top albums this week in 1992 -
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Ropin’ The Wind - Garth Brooks
Nevermind - Nirvana
Time, Love and Tenderness -
Michael Bolton
Beauty and the Beast - Soundtrack
Too Legit To Quit - MC Hammer
Top movies this week in 1992 -
Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Juice
Hook
Freejack
Father of the Bride
Prince of Tides
Grand Canyon
JFK
Beauty and the Beast
Kuffs
Bugsy
The Last Boy Scout
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
The Addams Family
Cape Fear
My Girl
Rush
Curly Sue
Fried Green Tomatoes
Week of January 15, 1992
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