1995 facts for kids

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
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Years:	1992 1993 1994 – 1995 – 1996 1997 1998

1995 was a year that started on a Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. Many important things happened around the world during this year.

Events
Births
Deaths
Nobel Prizes
Movies Released
Video Games
Hit Songs
New Books
Images for kids
See also

Events

January 17: Houses destroyed in the Great Hanshin Earthquake

January 1 – Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU.
January 2 – Siad Barre, the former President of Somalia, passed away. He had been removed from power in 1991.
January 6 to January 7 – Police in Manila, Philippines, found a bomb-making factory. They also found plans for a large attack. The person behind the plans was arrested later.
January 9 – Valeri Polyakov set a new record for staying in space. He spent 366 days on the Mir space station.
January 16 – A large avalanche hit the village of Sudavik in Iceland. It sadly killed 14 people.
January 17 – A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit near Kobe, Japan. It was called the "Great Hanshin earthquake". This earthquake caused a lot of damage and killed 6,433 people.
January 30 – John Howard became the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
January 31 – U.S. President Bill Clinton helped Mexico. He gave them a $20 billion loan to prevent their economy from collapsing.
February 21 – Steve Fossett landed in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. He set a record for flying solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
March 20 – A dangerous gas was released on five subway trains in Tokyo, Japan. This event killed 12 people and injured many more.
March 22 – Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth. He had spent 438 days in space, setting a new record.
April 19 – A bombing happened outside the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City. This terrible event killed 168 people.
April 28 – A gas explosion at a subway construction site in Daegu, South Korea, killed 101 people. Most of them were teenage boys.
May 16 – Japanese police raided the headquarters of a group near Mt. Fuji. They arrested its leader.
May 17 – Jacques Chirac became President of France.
May 28 – A strong 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Neftegorsk, Russia. At least 2,000 people were killed.
June 13 – Jacques Chirac announced that nuclear tests would continue in French Polynesia.
June 16 – Salt Lake City was chosen to host the 2002 Winter Olympics.
June 29 – The roof of the Sampoong shopping center in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed.
July 11 – A terrible event happened in Europe. A large number of men and boys were killed in what became known as the Srebrenica massacre.
July 18 – The Soufriere Hills volcano started erupting on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean.
July 21 – The People's Liberation Army fired missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
August 6 – The 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing was remembered.
August 24 – Microsoft released its new computer operating system, Windows 95.
August 29 – Eduard Shevardnadze, the President of Georgia, survived an attack.
September 4 – The online marketplace eBay was started.
September 27 – Mercenaries captured President Said Mohammad Djohor of the Comoros.
October – The rock band Kyuss announced they would take a break.
October 1 – Ten people were found guilty for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
October 3 – The band Oasis released their very popular album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.
October 17 – Jeanne Calment was confirmed as the oldest person on record. She was 120 years and 238 days old.
October 26 – Another avalanche hit the village of Flateyri in Iceland.
October 28 – A fire in the Baku metro killed 289 people.
October 30 – Voters in Quebec, Canada, voted against becoming independent.
November 4 – Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, was shot and killed at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
November 10 – Human rights activists, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, were executed in Nigeria.
November 30 – Javier Solana became the Secretary-General of NATO.
December 20 – American Airlines Flight 965 crashed in Colombia. This accident killed 159 people.
December 30 – The coldest temperature in the UK was recorded. It was -27.2 degrees Celsius in Altnaharra, Scotland.
December 31 – Bill Watterson ended his famous comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, after 10 years.
The popular video game Puzzle Bobble was created.

Births

July 9 – Georgie Henley, English actress
November 16 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist

Deaths

January - March

Fred Perry 1909-1995

January 1 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (born 1902)
January 2 – Siad Barre, President of Somalia (born 1919)
January 9 – Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Laotian politician (born 1909)
January 18 – Adolf Butenandt, German physicist (born 1903)
January 22 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of John F. Kennedy (born 1890)
January 30 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (born 1925)
January 31 – George Abbott, American writer, director and producer (born 1887)
February 2 – Fred Perry, British tennis player (born 1909)
February 2 – Donald Pleasence, British actor (born 1919)
February 14 – U Nu, Burmese politician (born 1907)
February 22 – Ed Flanders, American actor (born 1934)
March 1 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (born 1956)
March 3 – Howard Hunter, American Mormon leader (born 1907)
March 5 – Vivian Stanshall, British writer, artist and broadcaster (born 1943)
March 14 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist (born 1911)
March 17 – Ronald Kray, British gangster (born 1933)
March 26 – Eazy-E, American rapper and record producer (born 1963)
March 31 – Selena, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (born 1971)

April - June

Lana Turner 1921-1995

April 4 – Kenny Everett, British comedian (born 1944)
April 10 – Morarji Desai, former Prime Minister of India (born 1896)
April 18 – Arturo Frondizi, former President of Argentina (born 1908)
April 25 – Ginger Rogers, American actress and singer (born 1911)
April 25 – Andrea Fortunato, Italian footballer (born 1971)
May 5 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (born 1911)
May 14 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist (born 1916)
May 18 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (born 1949)
May 24 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1916)
June 23 – Jonas Salk, American medical researcher (born 1914)
June 25 – Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States (born 1907)
June 29 – Lana Turner, American actress (born 1921)
June 30 – Georgi Beregovoi, Russian cosmonaut (born 1921)

July - September

Gunnar Nordahl 1921-1995

July 4 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (born 1919)
July 5 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician (born 1905)
July 17 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine racing driver (born 1911)
July 25 – Charlie Rich, American singer (born 1932)
July 27 – Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian composer (born 1907)
August 3 – Ida Lupino, British actress (born 1914)
August 9 – Jerry Garcia, American musician, The Grateful Dead (born 1942)
August 21 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian astrophysicist (born 1910)
August 24 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer (born 1898)
August 28 – Michael Ende, German writer (born 1929)
September 15 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (born 1921)
September 25 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American physician and writer (born 1891)

October - December

Alec Douglas-Home 1903-1995

Yitzhak Rabin 1922-1995

October 9 – Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)
October 22 – Kingsley Amis, British writer (born 1922)
October 25 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (born 1920)
October 26 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter (born 1913)
October 29 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (born 1924)
November 4 – Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1922)
November 4 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (born 1925)
November 7 – Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama (born 1942)
November 10 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist (born 1941)
November 20 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater (born 1967)
December 18 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer (born 1910)
December 22 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (born 1911)
December 22 – James Meade, British economist (born 1907)
December 25 – Dean Martin, American singer and actor (born 1917)
December 30 – Heiner Mueller, German poet and playwright (born 1929)

Nobel Prizes

Physics: Martin L. Prel, Frederick Reines
Chemistry: Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland
Medicine: Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard, Eric F. Wieschaus
Literature: Seamus Heaney
Economics: Robert Lucas, Jr.
Nobel Peace Prize: Joseph Rotblat

Movies Released

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Apollo 13
Babe
Batman Forever
Casino
Casper
Die Hard With a Vengeance
GoldenEye
Gumby: The Movie
Jumanji
Major Payne
Mallrats
Pocahontas
Se7en
Toy Story

Video Games

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (August 15)

Hit Songs

"Alright" – Supergrass
"California Love" – Dr. Dre
"Fantasy" – Mariah Carey
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" Filter
"I'll Be There For You" – Rembrandts
"Waterfalls" – TLC
"Wonderwall" – Oasis
"You Oughta Know" – Alanis Morissette
"All Over You" – Live
"As I Lay Me Down" – Sophie B. Hawkins
"Baby" – Brandy
"Beautiful Life" – Ace of Base
"Besame Mucho" – Dalida (remix)
"Breakfast At Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something
"Buddy Holly" – Weezer
"Carnival" – Natalie Merchant
"Connection" – Elastica
"Don't Take It Personal" – Monica
"Good" – Better Than Ezra
"Hand In My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette
"Hook" – Blues Traveler
"It's Midnight Cinderella" – Garth Brooks
"J.A.R." – Green Day
"Jusqu'au boût du rêve" – Dalida (remix)
"Laissez-moi danser" – Dalida (remix)
"Misery" – Soul Asylum
"Missing" – Everything But The Girl
"One Of Us" – Joan Osborne
"Only Wanna Be With You" – Hootie & the Blowfish
"Rock And Roll Is Dead" – Lenny Kravitz
"Roll To Me" – Del Amitri
"Run-Around" – Blues Traveler
"She's Every Woman" – Garth Brooks
"Stutter" – Elastica
"Take A Bow" – Madonna
"Today" – The Smashing Pumpkins
"Tomorrow" – Silverchair
"When I Come Around" – Green Day
"You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson
"You Gotta Be" – Des'ree
"You'll See" – Madonna

New Books

The Apocalypse Watch – Robert Ludlum
Blood Sport – James B. Stewart
The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer – Neal Stephenson
The First Man (Le premier homme) – Albert Camus
Five Days In Paris – Danielle Steel
GoldenEye – John Gardner
The Horse Whisperer – Nicholas Evans
Independence Day – Richard Ford
The Information – Martin Amis
The Island of the Day Before – Umberto Eco
Landscape and Memory – Simon Schama
The Lost World – Michael Crichton
Man Ray, 1890-1976 – Man Ray, Andre Breton
Maskerade – Terry Pratchett
Microserfs – Douglas Coupland
Miracle in Seville – James A. Michener
Morning, Noon, & Night – Sidney Sheldon
Northern Lights (published in the US as The Golden Compass) – Philip Pullman
Our Game – John le Carré
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze – Robert James Waller
The Rainmaker – John Grisham
Rose Madder – Stephen King
Silent Night – Mary Higgins Clark
The Tortilla Curtain – T.C. Boyle