Video: 'Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - Live in Munich 1992'
(Saturday, June 27, 1992) — Michael Jackson kicked off his Dangerous World Tour tonight before about 70,000 people at Munich Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany. The tour, which would run to Nov. 11, 1993, included 69 performances to an audience of 3.5 million.
Video: STS-50 launch and landing
(Thursday, June 25, 1992, 12:12:23 p.m. EDT) — The space shuttle Columbia broke through the clouds and roared into orbit today on a marathon 13-day mission that is expected to lead to even longer trips and, eventually, full-time stays in space.
Video: 'Episode 1.1'
(Saturday, June 20, 1992, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — The crew attempt to launch the first broadcast of The Lester Guy Show; however, bizarre events throw the whole show off balance on tonight’s debut episode of the sitcom TV series On the Air.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 57 on its ‘100 Greatest Episodes of All Time’ list.
Video: 'Batman Returns' trailer
(Tuesday, June 16, 1992) — Batman Returns, a superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman and a sequel to 1989’s Batman, premiered tonight in Hollywood.
Directed by Tim Burton, the film starred Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken.
(Monday, June 15, 1992) — Vice President Dan Quayle, relying on a faulty flash card, erroneously instructed Trenton, New Jersey, sixth-grade student William Figueroa to spell “potato” as “potatoe” during a spelling bee today.
Video: 'The Inner Light' (clip)
(Monday, June 1, 1992, 10 p.m. EDT) — Picard is struck by an energy beam from an alien probe, which renders him unconscious and places him in the life of a citizen on the planet Kataan, with his memory of the Enterprise intact on tonight’s episode of the science fiction TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Video: 'The "Today" Show Talks with New "Tonight" Show Host, Jay Leno - May, 1992!'
(Monday, May 25, 1992, 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. EDT) — Comedian Jay Leno made his debut tonight as host of NBC’s Tonight Show, succeeding Johnny Carson. Leno’s first guest was actor, comedian Billy Crystal.
(Saturday, May 23, 1992, 12:00 a.m. EDT) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr appeared on tonight’s ABC In Concert on ABC-TV, rehearsing for an upcoming tour with his All-Starr band at S.I.R. Studios in Los Angeles.
Video: 'Weight Of The World'
(Friday, May 22, 1992) — Time Takes Time, the tenth studio album by ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, was released today, his first studio album since 1983. Continue reading Starr released ‘Time Takes Time’ album 20 years ago today (1992)
(Thursday, May 21, 1992, 11:35 p.m.-12:35 a.m. EDT) — Johnny Carson hosted the final regular edition (with guests in front of a studio audience) of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” featuring Robin Williams and Bette Midler, who slowly sang the pop standard “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road).” Continue reading Midler serenades Carson on final ‘Tonight Show’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
