November 11, 1992
Church of England votes for women priests. Women fighting for the right to be Anglican priests are celebrating a narrow victory. After a five-and-a-half hour debate the General Synod – the Church of England’s parliament – passed the controversial legislation by a margin of only two votes.
…By the year 2000 about 1,700 women were working as Anglican priests. A report in the same year revealed many women priests suffered harassment and nearly half of male clergy refused to take communion from them.
February 7 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, founding the European Union.
April 6 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.1
May 25 – Jay Leno becomes the new host of NBC’s Tonight Show, following the retirement of Johnny Carson.
September 27 – Brett Favre makes his first start for the Green Bay Packers
October 31 – Pope John Paul II issues an apology, and lifts the edict of the Inquisition against Galileo Galilei.
November 24 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom describes this year as an Annus Horribilis (horrible year), due to various scandals damaging the image of the Royal Family, as well as the Windsor Castle fire.