1995 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1995?
- January 6, 1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
- January 22, 1995 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
- January 25, 1995 – The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
- January 31, 1995 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Pig in Chinese astrology.
- March 14, 1995 – Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.
- May 18, 1995 – Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.
- May 28, 1995 – The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population.
- June 13, 1995 – French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- July 27, 1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- September 6, 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.
- September 14, 1995 – Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
- September 19, 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber’s manifesto.
- September 22, 1995 – Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children.
- October 3, 1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- October 9, 1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
- October 16, 1995 – The Million Man March occurs in Washington, D.C.
- October 27, 1995 – Latvia applies for membership in the European Union.
- November 5, 1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister’s wife locks the door.
- November 22, 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
- December 20, 1995 – NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
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