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August 20, 1995

On August 20, 1995, the Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India. The year's #1 song was "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V.. Jofra Archer, Logan Paul, Pedro Cachin would arrive in the same year.

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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.

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On August 20, 1995

  1. 1995 The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.

    1995 train crash in Uttar Pradesh, India

    The Firozabad rail collision occurred on 20 August 1995 near Firozabad on the Delhi–Kanpur section of India's Northern Railway, at 02:55 when a passenger train collided with a train that had stopped after hitting a nilgai, killing 358 people. Some estimate the death toll at more than 400. The crash happened in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Liana Liberato 1995– American actress (born 1995)

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Died on August 20, 1995

Hugo Pratt Italian comic book artist (1927–1995)

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Jofra Archer 1995– Barbadian-English cricketer
Logan Paul 1995– American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
Pedro Cachin 1995– Argentine tennis player
Baker Mayfield 1995– American football player
Georgie Friedrichs 1995– Australian rugby sevens player
Leander Dendoncker 1995– Belgian footballer

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