1995

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1992 1993 1994 – 1995 – 1996 1997 1998

1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1995th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 995th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1990s decade.

Events[change | change source]

January 17: Houses destroyed in the Great Hanshin Earthquake

January 1 – Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the EU.
January 2 – Former President of Somalia, Siyad Barre died. He had been ousted in 1991.
January 6 to January 7 – A chemical fire happened in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines. Policemen led by watch commander Aida Fariscal and investigators found a bomb factory and a laptop computer and disks that contain plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. The mastermind, Ramzi Yousef, was arrested one month later
January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completed 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station breaking a duration record.
January 16 – An avalanche hit the village of Sudavik in Iceland's West Fjords, killing 14 people.
January 17 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake called "the Great Hanshin earthquake" happened near Kōbe, Japan, causing great property damage and killing 6,433 people
January 24 – The prosecution delivered its opening statement in the O. J. Simpson murder trial.
January 30 – John Howard became leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
January 31 – United States President Bill Clinton used emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avoid financial collapse.
February 21 – Steve Fossett landed in Leader, Saskatchewan, having set a record for a solo balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean.
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March 20 – Tokyo subway sarin attack: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas on five subway trains in Tokyo, killing 12 people and injuring 5,510.

March 22 – Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth after 438 days in space.
March 26 — Eazy-E, an American rapper, died of AIDS.
March 31 – Selena, an American singer, was murdered by Yolanda Saldivar.
April 19 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols set off a bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah building, killing 168 people.
April 28 – A gas explosion on the subway construction site in Daegu, South Korea, killed 101 people, mainly teenage boys.
May 16 – Japanese police raided the headquarters of the Aum Shinrikyo cult near Mt. Fuji, arresting its leader, Shoko Asahara.
May 17 – Jacques Chirac became President of France.
May 28 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits Neftegorsk, Russia, killing at least 2000 people.
June 13 – Jacques Chirac announced the continuation of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
June 16 – Salt Lake City announced as the host city of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
June 29 – The roof collapsed at the Sampoong shopping centre in Seoul, South Korea.
July 11 – Srebrenica massacre: Bosniak Serbs killed more than 8,000 people-most men and boys, in Europe's worst post-World War II massacre.
July 18 – The Soufriere Hills volcano began erupting on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
July 21 – The People's Liberation Army fired missiles into waters north of Taiwan.
August 6 – The 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing is commemorated.
August 24 – Microsoft released Windows 95.
August 29 – President of the Republic of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze survived an assassination attempt.
September 4 – eBay was founded.
September 27 – Bob Denard's mercenaries captured President Said Mohammad Djohor of the Comoros.
October – The stoner rock icon Kyuss announced they would take an indefinite hiatus. The group did not completely disband until 2 years later.
October 1 – Ten people are convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
October 3 – The britpop band Oasis released their breakthrough album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.
October 3 – O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
October 17 – At the age of 120 years, 238 days, Jeanne Calment was confirmed as the oldest human on record.
October 26 – An avalanche hit the village of Flateyri in Iceland's West Fjords.
October 28 – The Baku metro fire killed 289 people.
October 30 – Voters in Quebec narrowly rejected independence from Canada in a referendum.
November 4 – Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin was shot dead by Yigal Amir at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
November 10 – Nigerian human rights activists, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa were executed.
November 21 – Dayton Peace Agreement, the end of the war in Bosnia and Croatia.
November 30 – Javier Solana became NATO Secretary-General.
December 20 – American Airlines Flight 965 crashed in Colombia, killing 159 people.
December 30 – The UK's coldest temperature was recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands of Scotland at -27.2 degrees Celsius.
December 31 – After 10 years, Bill Watterson, ended his legendary Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Puzzle Bobble was created, a video game popular worldwide.

Births[change | change source]

January 5 – Bianca Censori, Australian architectural designer
June 30 - Petronela Costea, Romanian guitarist (Trupa Sportului)
July 4 – Post Malone, American rapper
July 9 – Georgie Henley, English actress
August 15 – Chief Keef, American rapper
August 22 – Dua Lipa, English singer
October 21 – Doja Cat, American singer and rapper
November 3 – Kendall Jenner, American model and television personality
November 16 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist

Deaths[change | change source]

January[change | change source]

January 1 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (b. 1902)
January 2 – Siad Barre, President of Somalia (b. 1919)
January 2 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
January 6 – Joe Slovo, ANC activist and South African minister of Housing (b. 1926)
January 6 – Agustín Gaínza, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
January 7 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
January 8 – Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer (b. 1942)
January 9 – Gisela Mauermayer, German discus thrower (b. 1913)
January 9 – Peter Cook, English comedian and writer (b. 1937)
January 9 – Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
January 17 – Miguel Torga, Portuguese writer (b. 1907)
January 18 – Adolf Butenandt, German physicist (b. 1903)
January 20 – Mehdi Bazargan, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1907)
January 21 - Alex Groza, American basketball player (b. 1926)
January 22 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of John F. Kennedy (b. 1890)
January 26 - Vic Buckingham, English football manager and footballer (b. 1915)
January 28 - Ferruccio Tagliavini, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1913)
January 29 - Dickie Burnell, British rower (b. 1917)
January 30 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (b. 1925)
January 31 – George Abbott, American writer, director and producer (b. 1887)

February[change | change source]

February 1 - Richey James Edwards, Welsh singer and musician (b. 1967)
February 2 – Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909)
February 2 – Donald Pleasence, British actor (b. 1919)
February 4 – Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
February 5 – Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
February 6 – James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
February 9 – J. William Fulbright, American senator and congressman (b. 1905)
February 9 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
February 13 – Alberto Burri, Italian artist (born 1915)
February 14 – U Nu, Burmese politician (b. 1907)
February 19 – John Howard, American actor (b. 1913)
February 21 - István Bárány, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1907)
February 22 – Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
February 23 – Melvin Franklin, American singer (b. 1942)
February 24 – Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (b. 1914)

March[change | change source]

March 1 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
March 3 – Howard Hunter, American Mormon leader (b. 1907)
March 4 - Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (b. 1908)
March 5 – Vivian Stanshall, British writer, artist and broadcaster (b. 1943)
March 9 – Scott Amedure, American murder victim (b. 1963)
March 13 – Odette Hallowes, French intelligence officer (b. 1912)
March 14 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist (b. 1911)
March 17 - Rick Aviles, American actor (b. 1952)
March 17 - Sunnyland Slim, American blues musician (b. 1907)
March 17 – Ronald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
March 20 – Big John Studd, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1948)
March 20 – Werner Liebrich, German footballer (b. 1927)
March 26 – Eazy-E (Eric Wright), American rapper and record producer, N.W.A. (b. 1963)
March 27 - René Allio, French film director (b. 1924)
March 31 – Selena, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1971)