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1995

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.

Recorded events

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Notable births

30

Notable deaths

30

Decade

1990s

Timeline

Defining events of 1995

  1. 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.

    1995 terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City

    On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an act of domestic terrorism. The explosion killed 167 people, injured 684, and destroyed more than a third of the building.

  2. 1995 First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

    1994–1996 war between Russia and Chechen separatists

    The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a conflict between the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. The conflict ended in a peace treaty that saw Russian forces withdraw from the territory only for them to invade again three years later sparking the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009.

  3. 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

    1995 terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City

    On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an act of domestic terrorism. The explosion killed 167 people, injured 684, and destroyed more than a third of the building.

  4. 1995 The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills 3 and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.

    Deadly Toronto Subway train collision

    The 1995 Russell Hill subway accident was a train crash that occurred in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway on August 11, 1995. Three people were killed and 30 were taken to hospital with injuries when one train rear-ended another train. The subway line was shut down for five days following the incident.

  5. 1995 In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).

    U.S. state

    South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast.

  6. 1995 Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.

    Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996

    Tomiichi Murayama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's first socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered for the Murayama Statement on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, in which he officially apologized for Japan's past colonial wars and aggression.

  7. 1995 The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.
  8. 1995 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
  9. 1995 Microsoft releases Windows 95 to the public in North America.
  10. 1995 Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

Arrivals

Born in 1995

Jofra Archer 1995– Barbadian and English cricketer (born 1995)
Logan Paul 1995– American influencer and professional wrestler (born 1995)
Pedro Cachin 1995– Argentine tennis player
Baker Mayfield 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Georgie Friedrichs 1995– Australian rugby sevens player
Leander Dendoncker 1995– Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Jung Wheein 1995– South Korean singer
Divock Origi 1995– Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Zack Steffen 1995– American soccer player (born 1995)
Gigi Hadid 1995– American model (born 1995)
Jamie Hayter 1995– English professional wrestler (born 1995)
Kehlani 1995– American singer-songwriter (born 1995)

Farewells

Died in 1995

H. Adams Carter American mountain climber (1914–1995)
Francisco Moncion Dominican-American ballet dancer
Lucie Rie Austrian-British studio potter (1902–1995)
Morarji Desai Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979
Burl Ives American musician and actor (1909–1995)
Frank E. Resnik American sergeant and businessman (born 1928)
Arturo Frondizi 32nd president of Argentina (1958–62)
Hannes Alfvén Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (1908–1995)
Milovan Đilas Yugoslav politician (1911–1995)
Jane Kenyon American poet, translator
Lodewijk Bruckman Dutch painter
Art Fleming American actor and television host (1924–1995)

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