[Stateside Twins' Eyeshot] Fare you well when time's out

1992 - Bill Clinton becomes the 43rd US president by defeating Bush and Perot, while Fidel Ramos becomes president of the Philippines. General Manual Noriega is convicted of cocaine trafficking and racketeering, and Johnny Carson retires from NBC's Tonight Show. The Cosby Show ends its run, and, on the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing in North America, NASA begins a search for extraterrestrial life. The 27th amendment is ratified, 203 years after James Madison writes it. And, finally, the Toronto Blue Jays become the first Canadian team to win baseball's World Series.

The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush; Democrat Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot.