In history, year 1995 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1995.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1995:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 02 january | The scientists in Hawaii found the most distant galaxy using the Keck Telescope. |
| 06 january | Atlanta Hawk's Lenny Wilkens became NBA's most winning coach. |
| 08 january | After giving 1143 performances at Martin Beck Theater New York city the “Guys and Dolls” closes. |
| 09 january | Ecuador and Peru involved in boundary fight. The fight continues since long. |
| 09 january | The worker at Newark airport accidentally cuts the electrical wire while working. |
| 12 january | Earthquake hits Kobe Japan and cause a lot of destruction and kills about 5092 people. |
| 13 january | America's cup race won by American 3 and she became the 1st all-female crew to win the cup. |
| 15 january | For NFC championship San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys. |
| 15 january | Southern Alabama and Western Washington begin using new area code 334 and 360 respectively. |
| 16 january | Universal – Paramount Network (UPN) begins telecasting from WORK in New York City. |
| 19 january | Jean-Claude Juncker (28) swears in as premier of Luxembourg. |
| 24 january | The 69th Austrian women tennis opens and this time Monica Seles Beats Anke Huber (64 61). |
| 25 january | A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken for a Trident missile by Russian forces. |
| 27 january | In the 69th Australian Women's Tennis opens Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) |
| 02 february | “Moliere Comedies” opened at Criterion Theatre in New York City for 56 performances. |
| 04 february | Sandra Volker, the female European swimmer swims 50 m back stoke which was recorded about 27.77 seconds. |
| 07 february | Ramzi Yousef, one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434,was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. |
| 08 february | 46 innocent people were killed in an earthquake which took place in Trujillo with a scale of 6.4. |
| 09 february | The covert called “Heiress” that was opened at the Court Theatre of the New York City allowed 340 performances to be performed. |
| 12 february | Mark Foster makes a new world record by swimming 50m butterfly in about 23.55 seconds. |
| 14 february | In 1995, Koseanne weds her bodyguard whose name was Ben Thomas. |
| 15 february | Population of People’s Republic in China hits 1.2 billion. |
| 15 february | Kevin Mitnick, the most wanted computer hacker in the United States at the time, was arrested and charged with computer fraud and wire fraud. |
| 17 february | Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY. |
| 18 february | Barb Jones whitehead won the Cup o’ Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open on February 18, 1995. |
| 22 february | At least 99 prison rioters were killed by the Algiers Police. |
| 22 february | The photos taken by the Corona spy satellite program were classified under an executive order signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. |
| 25 february | There was a bomb attack on a train in Assam, India in which 27 soldiers were killed. |
| 26 february | After losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson, London finance house of Barings collapse. |
| 26 february | Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, collapsedafter its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827million while making unauthorized speculative trades on futurescontracts. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1995:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 October | Lauren Hill / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 01 June | Carlos Castro García / Footballer / Spain |
| 02 July | Ryan Murphy / Swimmer / United States of America |
| 02 February | Aleksander Jagiełło / Footballer / Poland |
| 04 August | Bruna Marquezine / Actress / Brazil |
| 05 July | Baily Cargill / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 05 August | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg / Footballer / Denmark |
| 06 June | Julian Green / Footballer / United States of America |
| 07 May | Seko Fofana / Footballer / France |
| 08 September | Ellie Black / Gymnast / Canada |
| 12 July | Luke Shaw / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 14 January | Georgios Diamantakos / Basketball Player / Greece |
| 14 July | Kim Hyo-joo / Golfer / South Korea |
| 15 November | Karl-Anthony Towns / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 16 January | Mikaela Turik / Cricketer / Australia |
| 17 August | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 19 May | Taane Milne / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 23 January | Luke Bateman / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 29 September | Alice Matteucci / Tennis Player / Italy |
| 30 November | Seb Morris / Racing Car Driver / United Kingdom |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1995:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 05 July | P.V Sindhu / Player / India |
| 01 May | Radhika Madan / Actress / India |
| 18 February | Deborah Herold / Cyclist / India |
