The year 1995 (MCMXCV) of the Gregorian Calendar began and ended on a Sunday.
During the year, war broke out in former Yugoslavia and the United Nations brokered a ceasefire between Croatia and Serbia. Ethnic cleansing occurred during the fighting and Radovan Karadzi and Ratko Mladic were charged (in their absence) by the United Nations with genocide.
The "Great Hanshin earthquake" caused massive damage around Kobe, Japan, killing 6,434 people. American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a Colombian mountain, killing 160 people.
The OJ Simpson murder trial was major news worldwide. Simpson was eventually found not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Kevin Mitnick was arrested by the FBI for hacking into some of the United States' most secure computer systems.
Superman Actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after falling from a horse. The first ever full-length computer animated feature film "Toy Story" was released.
Mississippi finally signed amendment 13 of the US Constitution, formally abolishing slavery. Two major technology companies, Yahoo! and eBay, were founded in California and Microsoft released Windows 95. Barings Bank collapsed after rogue trader Nick Leeson lost $1.4Billion by speculative trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Famous Births
Famous Deaths
- Mar. 26: Eazy-E - Musician
- Mar. 26: Selena - Musician
- Jul. 04: Eva Gabor - The Princess Academy
- Aug. 09: Jerry Garcia - Musician
- Aug. 14: Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees
- Dec. 25: Dean Martin - Entertainer
Chart Toppers
- Jan. 07: Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
- Jan. 28: TLC - Creep
- Feb. 25: Madonna - Take a Bow
- Apr. 15: Montell Jordan - This is How We Do it
- Jun. 03: Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved...
- Jul. 08: TLC - Waterfalls
- Aug. 26: Seal - Kiss from a Rose
- Sep. 02: Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone
- Sep. 09: Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
- Sep. 30: Mariah Carey - Fantasy
- Nov. 25: Whitney Houston - Exhale
- Dec. 02: M. Carey / Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
Top Movies
- Toy Story - Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
- Batman Forever - Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey
- Apollo 13 - Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise
- Pocahontas - Mel Gibson
- Ace Ventura When Nature Calls - Jim Carrey
- James Bond GoldenEye - Pierce Brosnan
- Jumanji - Robin Williams
- Casper - Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci
- Se7en - Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman
- Die Hard : With a Vengeance - Bruce WillisBox Office Mojo: Top Grossing Films of 1995
68th Academy Awards
- Presented: March 25, 1996
- Best Picture: Braveheart
- Lead Actor: Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
- Lead Acress: Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking
- Best Director: Mel Gibson for Braveheart
- Best Documentary:Anne Frank Remembered directed by Jon Blair
Championship Teams
Top Athletes
- NHL MVP - Eric Lindros, PHI
- NFL MVP - Brett Favre, GB
- NBA MVP - David Robinson, SA
- MLB: AL MVP - Mo Vaughn, BOS
- MLB: NL MVP - Barry Larkin, CIN
Nobel Laureates
- Peace: Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences
- Physics: Martin Perl, Frederick Reines
- Chemistry: Paul Crutzen, Mario Molina, Sherwood Rowland
- Medicine: Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric Wieschaus
- Literature: Seamus Heaney
- Economics: Robert Lucas JrNobelPrize.org: 1995 Nobel Prize Winners
1995 Timeline
January 1995
- January 24: The O.J. Simpson murder trial opens as the prosecution gives their opening statements. Simpson was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman he would eventually be found not-guilty.
March 1995
- March 30: Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning Abortion and Euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
- March 31: The longest labour disagreement in Major League Baseball history ends.
April 1995
- April 19: 168 people are killed and over 500 injured when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was truck by a car bomb. Timothy McVeigh was later convicted and executed for his connection.
May 1995
- May 24: Heidi Fleiss was sentenced for running a call girl ring that catered to Hollywood elite.
- May 27: Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after falling off a horse.
July 1995
- July 9: The Grateful Dead played their last concert, at Soldier Field in Chicago.
September 1995
- September 21: Canada unveils the new 2 dollar coin, Canadians call it the Twoonie, replacing the 2 Dollar bill the coin is saves taxpayers money as the coin lasts longer then the bill.
October 1995
- October 16: Louis Farrakhan leads the Million Man March in Washington DC to bring attention to Civil Rights.
- October 30: Quebec separatists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada.
November 1995
- November 6: Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced plans to move the team, the franchise will become known as the Baltimore Ravens.
- November 20: Princess Diana admitted during an interview with theBBC, that she had been unfaithful to Prince Charles
December 1995
- December 8: Four months after the death of Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead announce they would retire from making music.
- December 14: The Bosnian War which had started in 1992 comes to an end as leaders from Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia have signed the Dayton Accord in Paris.
