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15 things that happened in 1992
Sometimes twenty-five years is a long time. It may not be significant in the lifetime of a California redwood tree, but for most of us humans, a lot of things happen in a quarter of century. We get married, celebrate birthdays, get divorced, change jobs, retire, have children, invent new things, close down shops, fall down – and get back up again.
We put together our own Scandinavian Traveler list with some of the significant events that took place in 1992:
- Olympic games held in Barcelona
- Denmark win Euro 92
- Norway applies for EC membership
- IBM ThinkPad 700C laptop created
- Bill Clinton elected president
- Microsoft releases Windows 3.1
- Sixth Jönssonligan movie
- Philips CD-i launced
- Wayne’s World hits the cinemas
- Jay Leno debuts on the Tonight Show
- EuroDisney opens
- Cold War declared over
- Finland applies for EC membership
- Sweden gets 20-krona bill
- Nirvana’s “Smells like teen spirit”
Text: Geoff Mortimore
Published: April 24, 2017
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