Film and TV History in 1992

Jan 16 Eric Clapton performs for an episode of MTV "Unplugged" at Bray Film Studios in Windsor, England. Recording won six Grammy Awards, and became Clapton's bestselling album, and the bestselling live album of all time

Jan 18 49th Golden Globes: Bugsy, Nick Nolte and Jodie Foster win

Jan 19 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble

Jan 19 Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ

Jan 27 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee

Feb 14 Comedy film "Wayne's World" starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, based on their Saturday Night Live sketch premieres

Feb 20 Revival of Noël Coward's stage comedy "Private Lives" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances

Feb 22 Barbra Streisand surprises cast members in a cameo appearance at the end of a "Coffee Talk" sketch on "Saturday Night Live"

Mar 4 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tapes an acoustic concert performance for "MTV Unplugged" at Kaufman-Astoria Studios in Queens, NYC

Mar 18 American pop singer Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Mar 22 Herb Gardner's stage drama "Conversations with My Father", starring Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC, runs for 462 performances and a Tony Award for Hirsch

Mar 28 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal

Apr 15 Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of The Tonight Show

Apr 30 208th & final episode of "The Cosby Show" on NBC-TV

May 11 Film adaptation of Mbongeni Ngema and Hugh Masekela's anti-apartheid musical "Sarafina!", starring Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba, and Whoopi Goldberg, premieres at Cannes Film Festival in France

May 13 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show

May 22 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of "The Tonight Show"

Jun 2 Ringo Starr's second All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include Joe Walsh, Dave Edmunds, Todd Rundgren, Burton Cummings, Timothy B. Schmit, Zak Starkey, and Timmy Capello

Jun 23 Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time

Jun 28 Ra Lewis' dramatic play "Chinese Coffee", starring Al Pacino, opens at the Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 18 performances

Jul 9 Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Aug 13 Revival of Tom Stoppard's play "The Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, NYC; runs for 61 performances

Aug 31 44th Emmy Awards: "Northern Exposure" (Best Drama & Best Drama Writing), Christopher Lloyd (Road To Avalonlea), and Dana Delany (China Beach) win

Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368

Sep 9 9th MTV Video Music Awards: Howard Stern appears as 'Fartman'

Sep 26 Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Oct 3 American "Queen of Pop" singer Madonna premieres her "Erotica" music video on MTV

Oct 5 US congress votes to override George H. W. Bush's veto of a bill regulating cable TV companies, 1st overturn of a Bush veto

Oct 9 Action thriller film "Under Siege" directed by Andrew Davis starring Steven Seagal in his most famous role is released

Oct 16 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot filmed in 1964 is 1st shown on TV (TBS)

Oct 16 1,700th David Letterman Show

Oct 25 Neil Simon's stage play "Jake's Women", starring Alan Alda and Joyce Van Patten, closes at Neil Simon Theater, NYC, after 245 performances

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

Dec 27 American jazz singer and piano player Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NYC's JFK airport