1995

Year 1995 () was a (link will display full 1995 ).

The year 1995 was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-).

January

 * -, and  enter the.
 * - The is established to replace.
 * - The in the  in  is detected, confirming the existence of.


 * - The convenes, the first controlled by Republicans in both houses since.
 * - - A chemical fire occurs in an apartment complex in . Policemen led by watch commander and investigators find a bomb factory and a laptop computer and disks that contain plans for, a mass-terrorist attack.   The mastermind, , is arrested 1 month later.
 * - completes 366 days in space while aboard the  space station, breaking a duration record.
 * - An hits the village  in, killing 14 people.
 * - A magnitude 7.3 called the "" occurs near, , causing great property damage and killing 6,434 people.
 * - The : A rocket launched from the space exploration centre at, is briefly interpreted by the Russians as an incoming attack.
 * - of, after being red carded, kicks a  fan in the head and is suspended until October.
 * - The become the first  franchise to win 5 s, as they defeat the  49-26 in  at  in,.
 * - officially opens at,.
 * - U.S. President invokes emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help  avert financial collapse.

February

 * - Guitarist of the Welsh indie band  goes missing from a London hotel on the eve of their tour of USA. His car is found two weeks later in a car park at the river
 * - : Dr. and  become the first  and, respectively, to.
 * - A tribunal on  violations in the  charges 21  commanders with  and crimes against humanity.
 * - : is arrested by the  and charged with breaking into some of the ' most.
 * - deadliest fire at a  restaurant in  kills 64.
 * - -  vs   match in  abandoned due to violence and rioting.
 * - is convicted of 6 counts of  for the December   and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
 * - in : Four guards and 96 prisoners are killed in a day and a half.
 * -, a 17-year-old living in France, is murdered by 3 far right  activists.
 * - lands in, , becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the  in a.
 * - The gains 30.28 to close at 4,003.33 -- The Dow's  close above 4,000.
 * - The 's oldest investment banking firm,, collapses after securities broker loses $1.4 billion by  on the.
 * - In, the old closes; it is replaced by a new , the largest airport in the United States.
 * - Members of the group Patriot's Council are convicted in of manufacturing.

March

 * - Polish Prime Minister resigns from Parliament and is replaced by ex-communist.
 * -, officially becomes a city.
 * - In, n anti-corruption journalist is killed by a gunman.
 * - is founded in.


 * - is arrested for his role in the collapse of.
 * - In, the  mission ends.
 * - Adrianus Jacobs, chairman of Internationale Nederlanden Groep NV, announces that his company will buy bankrupt Bank for a nominal price.
 * - On an episode of  ("Same-Sex Crushes"), reveals a crush on his heterosexual friend .  Schmitz kills Amedure several days after the show.
 * - David Daliberti and William Barloon, 2 Americans working for a military contractor in, are arrested after straying into.
 * - Astronaut becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a n launch vehicle (the ),lifting off from the  in.
 * - Basketball superstar announces he's returning to basketball with his former team, the, and the next day returns to the basketball court facing the  wearing jersey , as opposed to his famed.
 * - Members of the religious cult release  gas on 5 separate railway trains in, killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
 * - Cosmonaut returns after setting a record for 438 days in.
 * - For the first time in 26 years, no British soldiers patrol the streets of,.
 * - The easing cross-border travel goes into effect in several European countries.
 * - A police officer tries to assassinate Takaji Kunimatsu, chief of the National Police Agency of.
 * - In, Latin superstar is shot and killed by , the president of her own fan club.

April

 * - An explosion in kills 8, including a Hamas leader.
 * - The votes 246-188 to cut taxes for individuals and corporations.
 * - House Republicans celebrate passage of most of the.
 * - : 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Murrah Federal Building. and one of his accomplices,, set off the bomb.
 * - A bomb kills lobbyist Gilbert Murray in.

May

 * - is elected president of.
 * - In, more than 170 countries decide to extend the indefinitely and without conditions.
 * - hit the regions of  and  in, with an intensity of 6,6R.
 * - The proclaims 6-year-old  as the eleventh  of the.
 * - Japanese police besiege the headquarters of near  and arrest cult leader.
 * - assumes the presidency of.
 * -, 35, goes on a rampage in.
 * - beats Manchester United 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
 * -    during his visit to, the.
 * - : In, the remains of the are imploded.
 * - beats AC Milan 1-0 to win the Champions League.
 * - : The rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited grounds of discrimination under the.
 * - The are sold and move to.
 * - In, actor is  from the neck down after falling from his  in a riding competition.
 * -, is hit by a 7.6 magnitude , killing at least 2000 people (2/3rd of the town's population).

June

 * - The busiest hurricane season in 62 years begins. (see ).
 * - Captain 's  is shot down over  while patrolling the  no-fly zone.   O'Grady survives on bugs and grass until he is rescued.
 * - Captain  is  from  to.
 * - The is created.
 * - astronaut  breaks 's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the n space station.
 * - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain is rescued by U.S. Marines in.
 * -  announces the resumption of nuclear tests in.
 * - During his murder trial, puts on a pair of gloves that were found soaked with  at the murder scene. The gloves appear not to fit, prompting defense attorney  to remark: "If the gloves don't fit, you must acquit."
 * - A powerful earthquake, registering a moment magnitude of 6.2, hits the city of, , resulting in several deaths and significant damage to many buildings.
 * - is awarded the.
 * - Oil multinational caves in to international pressure and abandons plans to dump the  at sea.
 * - ese police rescue 365 hostages from a hijacked Nippon Airlines 747 at Hakodate airport.  The hijacker was armed with a knife and demanded the release of.
 * - The sweep the heavily favored  to win their first  in the lock-out shortened season, South Africa win the
 * - completes her 10-month solo  from the Northern Hemisphere.
 * - ': ' docks with the n   for the first time.
 * - The s in the Seocho-gu district of, , killing 501 and injuring 937.
 * - - : According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly  and, are starting to become increasingly more interested in making financial deals with  than disarming the country.

July

 * : threatens to end all cooperation with UNSCOM and IAEA, if sanctions against the country are not lifted by Thursday,.
 * ern United States heat wave: An unprecedented heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States for most of the month. Temperatures exceed 104°F (40°C) in the afternoon in numerous cities for 5 straight days. At least 3000 people die, 750 in alone.
 * - : In response to UNSCOM's evidence, Iraq admits for first time the existence of an offensive biological weapons program, but denies weaponization.
 * - UK  wins his battle to remain leader of the.
 * - The passes the, requiring that producers of  keep records of all models who are filmed or photographed. This act also requires that all models be at least 18 years of age.
 * - A volcanic eruption begins on the island of.
 * - Burmese dissident is freed from house arrest.
 * - march into  while  Dutch  leave.   Large numbers of  men and boys are killed in the.
 * - Dozens of cities, most notably and, set all-time record high temperatures. Hundreds in these and other cities die as the  reaches its peak.
 * - The Composite index closes above the 1,000 mark for the first time.
 * - - : The fires missiles into the waters north of.
 * - David Daliberti and William Barloon, 2 Americans held as spies by, are released by.
 * - In, the is dedicated.
 * : Following the defection of his son-in-law,, minister of industry and military industrialisation, makes new revelations about the full extent of 's biological and nuclear weapons programs.  also withdraws its last  declaration of prohibited biological weapons and turns over a large amount of new documents on its WMD programs.

August

 * - A dam at the Omai mine in Guyana ruptures, spilling cyanide into the Essequibo and Omai rivers.
 * - n forces launch against n forces in, with the cooperation of the , and force them to withdraw to central.
 * - Croatian forces take and continue to advance.
 * - Hundreds in, , , and mark the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the.
 * - ends with a UN-brokered ; remaining n forces start surrendering.
 * -, famed guitarist of dies from an overdose of heroin while in rehab.
 * - in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 * - An avalanche buries, the first woman to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen; she is reported dead.
 * - releases.
 * - A n bomb near a  market square kills 37 civilians.
 * - The  against  artillery positions begins in, continuing into October. At the same time  forces begin an offensive against the  around ,  and.

September

 * -, an  media format, is announced.
 * - Founded
 * - The opens in  with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
 * - With the jury absent, detective  invokes his  right against self-incrimination in the murder trial of.
 * - air strikes continue, after repeated attempts at a solution with the  fail.
 * - of the  breaks the all time consecutive games played record in MLB
 * - American millionaire announces his candidacy for the 1996  presidential nomination.
 * - national Guillermo "Bill" Gaede is arrested in  on charges of . His sales to, ,  and  are believed to have involved  and  s worth USD$10-20 million.
 * - The trial against former Italian Prime Minister, accused of connections, begins.
 * - - 's capture President Said Mohammed Djohor of the ; the local army does not resist.

October

 * - Ten people are convicted of bombing the in.
 * - is found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife  and . (He will be found liable in a civil trial in ).
 * - launches a counter- in the  with 600 soldiers. They arrest  and his mercenaries and take Denard to France. Caabi el-Yachroutu becomes the new interim president.  makes landfall at  as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds.
 * - and  announce the discovery of, the first confirmed.
 * - : An  train is derailed by saboteurs near,.
 * - The win their first-ever regular season game by defeating the  at  in.
 * - The is held in  The event was conceived by  leader.
 * - In, is convicted of first degree murder in the shooting death of  and three days later would be sentenced to life in prison. Saldivar will be eligible for parole in.
 * - A total is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and Southeast Asia.
 * - A commuter train slams into a school bus in, killing 7 students.
 * - An hits the village  in, killing 20 people.
 * - The win the World Series.
 * - Fire breaks on a crowded train in,  killing more than 300 passengers. World's worst metro disaster.
 * - separatists narrowly lose a  for a mandate to negotiate independence from

November

 * - Participants in the begin negotiations in  in.
 * - The votes to ban "partial birth" s by a vote of 288-139.
 * - The orders the extradition of, ex-S.S. captain.
 * - At, U.S. President dedicates a memorial to the victims of the  bombing.
 * -Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
 * - : With help from and, UN inspector Ritter intercepts 240 n gyroscopes and accelerometers on their way to Iraq from Russia.
 * - In, playwright and environmental activist , along with 8 others from the (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.
 * - Agreement and announcement of the, a programme to on the implementation of the , by of the.
 * - A budget standoff between and  in the, forces the federal government to temporarily close s and s, and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
 * - A tribunal charges  and  with  during the.
 * - The gains 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, its first close above 5,000. This makes 1995 the first year where the Dow surpasses 2 millennium marks in a single year. It will do it again in,  and.
 * - A peace agreement for is reached.
 * - becomes the first ever Scottish world rally champion
 * - is sentenced to life for killing 10 women and girls, including her daughter and stepdaughter, after the jury returns a guilty verdict at Winchester Crown Court. The trial judge recommends that she should never be released from prison, making her only the second woman in British legal history to be subjected to a whole life tariff (the other is ).
 * - Six year old 's child abuse related death at the hands of her mother makes headlines, and instigates major reform in 's system, so as to prevent similar tragedies.
 * -, , , and much of the North African Mediterranean is struck by the strongest earthquake in Israel's history - 7.2 mW. Curiously, within a week there is attempted historical revisionism downwards to 6.2 with architects and engineers holding the bag for alleged 'shoddy construction'.   A 6.2 mW earthquake is only 1/32nd the magnitude of a 7.2 quake.
 * - The is signed by 27 attending nations.
 * - U.S. President signs  that ends the federal 55 mph.
 * - becomes the new  General Secretary; Official end of Operation.

December

 * - First recorded educational . The live from Antarctica involved interaction between two teachers and two schools in,  (LEARNZ '95). Schools from all over  listened in to the audioconference.
 * paralyzed France's public sector.
 * - 's reenters over.
 * - The is signed in Paris.
 * - The rules that all EU football players have the right to a free transfer between  member states at the end of their contracts (see ).
 * - Because of the "quadruple-witching" expiration, volume on the  hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since,  when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after.
 * - : Iraqi scuba divers, under the direction of UNSCOM, dredge the near .   The divers find over 200 prohibited n made missile instruments and components.
 * - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C is recorded at in the . This equals the record set at,  in  and.
 * The claims to have formed a provisional government in.

Undated

 * The oldest, made by , was found by in the cave Divje babe I in . See:.
 * The virus kills 244 Africans in,  in Central.
 * goes on sale as a 1996 model.
 * elected president of.
 * is founded.

Ongoing

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January - June

 * -, Spanish singer
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actors

July - December

 * -, American actress
 * -, English actress
 * -, Norwegian singer
 * -, Japanese child model
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American triplets and actresses
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actor and musician
 * -, German singer

January-March

 * -, English serial killer (suicide) (b. )
 * -, Hungarian physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American anthropologist (b. )
 * -, American economist (b. )
 * -, British comedian and game show host (b. )
 * -, English comedian and writer (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, baseball umpire (b. )
 * -, American philanthropist (b. )
 * - British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (b. )
 * -, American writer, director, and producer (b. )
 * -, English tennis player (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Burmese politician (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, English veterinarian and author (b. )
 * -, fourteenth president of (b. )
 * -, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (b. )
 * -, German biologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, drummer (suicide) (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, French World War II heroine (b. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, leading figure in in ,  (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, illustrator of children's books (b. )
 * -, Japanese voice actor (b. )
 * -, Scottish footballer (b. )
 * -, American rapper and record producer (b. )
 * -, Italian businessman (murdered) (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )

April-June

 * -, American golfer (b. )
 * -, Swedish chemist, Nobel-prize (b.)
 * -, British comedian (b. )
 * -, Indian politician (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American painter and (b. )
 * -, President of (b. )
 * -, American sportscaster (b. )
 * -, American actor and game show host (b. )
 * -, American actress and dancer (b. )
 * -, football player (b. )
 * -, Russian chess player (b. )
 * -, Irish footballer (b. )
 * -, singer (b. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American activist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Russian-born ballet dancer and actor (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American animator (b. )
 * -, Bosnian diplomat (b. )
 * -, English footballer (b. )
 * -, Chinese Buddhist master (b. )
 * -, Italian pianist (b. )
 * -, Romanian philosopher and essayist (b. )
 * -, American medical researcher (b. )
 * -, champion (b. )
 * -, Irish physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, cosmonaut (b. )

July-September

 * -, American disc jockey (b. )
 * -, Hungarian actress (b. )
 * -, American television painter (b. )
 * -, Japanese politician (b. )
 * -, Argentine race car driver (b. )
 * -, Italian cyclist (b. )
 * -, British photojournalist (b. )
 * -, British actress (b. )
 * -, American author and Central Intelligence agent (b. )
 * -, musician
 * -, American billionaire (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, American guitarist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Indian-born astrophysicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, German author (b. )
 * -, American economist (b. )
 * -, American guitarist (b. )
 * -, American murder victim (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, South African cricketer (b. )
 * -, Swedish footballer (b. )
 * -, Chinese writer (b. )
 * -, American physician and author (b. )

October-December

 * -, American voice actress (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, motorist (from a scuffle in nearly all-white ).
 * -, American singer (part of The Andrews Sisters) (b. )
 * -, Spanish comic book author (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Italian bandleader and songwriter (b. )
 * -, first Miss America (b. )
 * -, , recipient of the (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * -, British diplomat (b. )
 * -, American murder victim (b. )
 * -, Canadian novelist (b. )
 * -, American rapper (b. )
 * -, American poker player (b. )
 * -, German engineer (b. )
 * -, English economist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, Russian/American musicologist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, German poet and playwriter (b. )

Nobel prizes

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Right Livelihood Award

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