1995 in the United States explained
Events from the year 1995 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
Tom Foley (D-Washington) (until January 3)
Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) (starting January 4)
George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) (until January 3)
Bob Dole (R-Kansas) (starting January 3)
Events
January
February
March
- March 2
- Yahoo! is incorporated.
- An amendment to the Constitution on a Balanced Budget is voted down by one vote in the US Senate. The deciding vote was cast by Oregon Republican senator Mark Hatfield.
- March 13 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait, are arrested after straying into Iraq.
- March 14 - Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle (the Soyuz TM-21), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- March 16 - Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865, but did not make it official until 2013.
- March 27 - The 67th Academy Awards, hosted by David Letterman, are held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Robert Zemeckis' Forrest Gump winning six awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The telecast garners nearly 48.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched Oscars broadcast since 1983.
- March 26 – Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS.
- March 31 - Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (known simply as Selena) is murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar.
April
May
June
- June 2 - Mrkonjić Grad incident: A United States Air Force F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady is shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.
- June 6 - U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
- June 15 - During his murder trial, O. J. Simpson puts on a pair of gloves that were presumably worn by the person who murdered his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran quips, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." The gloves appear too tight on Simpson's hands.
- June 16 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City, Utah.
- June 23 - Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd feature film, Pocahontas, is released, garnering a predominately mixed reception (the first Disney animated film to do so since 1988's Oliver & Company) but strong financial success.
- June 24 - The New Jersey Devils sweep the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings to win their first Stanley Cup in the lock-out shortened season.
- June 29 - STS-71: Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station for the first time.
- June 30 - Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, is released in theaters to critical acclaim and box office success, with many considering it his best movie.
July
- July - Midwestern United States heat wave: An unprecedented heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States for most of the month. Temperatures peak at 106°F, and remain above 94°F in the afternoon for five straight days. At least 739 people die in Chicago alone.
- July 5 - The U.S. Congress passes the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, requiring that producers of pornography keep records of all models who are filmed or photographed, and that all models be at least 18 years of age.
- July 13 - Dozens of cities, most notably Chicago and Milwaukee, set all-time record high temperatures. Hundreds in these and other cities die as the Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 reaches its peak.
- July 23 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans held as spies by Iraq, are released by Saddam Hussein after negotiations with U.S. Congressman Bill Richardson.
- July 27 - In Washington, D.C., the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
- July 28 - Two followers of Rajneesh are convicted for their part in the 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot in Oregon.
August
- August 6 - Hundreds in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo mark the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
- August 21 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, a scheduled regional passenger flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Gulfport, Mississippi, crashes in a field in Carroll County, Georgia, after suffering an impaired left engine during flight.[3] The accident results in the deaths of 9 of the 29 people on board, including 8 passengers and 1 crew member.[4]
- August 24 - Microsoft releases Windows 95.[5]
September
October
- October 1 - Ten people are convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[8]
- October 2 – The Seattle Mariners clinch their first postseason berth in franchise history defeating the California Angels, 9-1, in the 1995 AL West Tiebreaker.
- October 3 - O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- October 4 - Hurricane Opal makes landfall at Pensacola Beach, Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with 115mph winds.
- October 9 - 1995 Palo Verde derailment: An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
- October 15 - The Carolina Panthers win their first-ever regular season game by defeating the New York Jets at Clemson Memorial Stadium in South Carolina.
- October 16 - The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
- October 23 - Louis Jones Jr. is convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Tracie McBride, having abducted her at gunpoint from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. The federal government sentences him to death for his crimes.[9]
- October 25 - 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision: A Metra commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
- October 28 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2, to win their first World Series Title in Atlanta.
November
- November 1
- November 3 - At Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. President Bill Clinton dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.
- November 7 - The Landmark Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is imploded to make room for a parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center.
- November 14–19 - Federal government shutdown: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
- November 21 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, its first close above 5,000. This makes 1995 the first year where the Dow surpasses two millennium marks in a single year.
- November 21 - The Dayton Agreement to end the Bosnian War is reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio (signed December 14).
- November 22 - Six-year-old Elisa Izquierdo's child abuse-related death at the hands of her mother makes headlines, and instigates major reform in New York City's child welfare system.
- November 22 - The first ever full-length computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, is released by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures.
- November 28 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, which ends the federal 55 mph speed limit.
December
- December 7 - NASA's Galileo probe reenters over Jupiter.
- December 13 - The Republic of Texas group claims to have formed a provisional government in Texas.
- December 15 - Because of the "quadruple-witching" option expiration, volume on the New York Stock Exchange hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since October 20, 1987, when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after Black Monday.
- December 16 - The federal government has another shutdown as the budget disagreement continues. It re-opens on January 6, 1996.
- December 31 - The final original Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published.
Ongoing
Sport
Births
January
- January 1 - Poppy, American singer
- January 4 - Maddie Hasson, actress
- January 7
- January 8 - Ryan Destiny, actress, singer and songwriter
- January 9 - Nicola Peltz, actress
- January 11
- January 13
- January 17 - Indya Moore, actor
- January 20 - Joey Badass, rapper
- January 21 - Jake Elliott, American football player
- January 22 - Davis Webb, American football player
- January 26 - Kyle Chavarria, actress
February
March
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- March 2
- March 10
- March 11 - Sasha Alex Sloan, singer
- March 13 - Mikaela Shiffrin, ski racer
- March 15 - Jabari Parker, high school basketball player
- March 16 - Beau Hossler, golfer
- March 17 - Claressa Shields, boxer[12]
- March 19 - Philip Daniel Bolden, actor
- March 20 - Keenan Cahill, actor
- March 21 - Diggy Simmons, rapper and son of Joseph Simmons
- March 22 - Nick Robinson, actor
- March 23 - Victoria Pedretti, actress
- March 25 - Logan Owen, cyclist
- March 27 - Taylor Atelian, actress
- March 28 - Rachel Farley, singer
April
May
- May 1 - Artie Burns, American football player
- May 3
- May 4 - Shameik Moore, actor, rapper, dancer, model, and singer
- May 5 - Devon Gearhart, actor
- May 7 - Charlotte McKane, student
- May 10 - Missy Franklin, swimmer[13]
- May 11 - Sachia Vickery, tennis player
- May 14 - Rose Lavelle, soccer player
- May 16 - Marco Delgado, soccer player
- May 17 - Korey Cunningham, American football player (d. 2024)[14]
- May 19 - Mary Beth Marley, pair skater
- May 24 - Sabrina Vega, gymnast
- May 25
- May 28 - Jacob Kogan, actor
- May 31
June
July
- July 1 - Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017
- July 2 - Ryan Murphy, swimmer
- July 4 - Post Malone, musician
- July 6
- July 7
- July 10
- July 11 - Blu Hunt, actress
- July 12 - Jordyn Wieber, gymnast
- July 13 - Lil Snupe, rap artist (died 2013)
- July 16 - Letticia Martinez, swimmer
- July 20
- July 24
- July 25 - Alvin Kamara, American football player
- July 29 - Jennifer Michelle Brown, actress, musician and singer-songwriter
- July 31 - Lil Uzi Vert, rapper
August
- August 1 - Madison Cawthorn, politician
- August 3 - Sarah Al Flaij, American-born Bahraini swimmer
- August 4 - Jessica Sanchez, singer
- August 5 - Ian McCoshen, ice hockey defenceman
- August 7 - Fedmyster, Twitch streamer
- August 9
- August 10
- August 13 - Nicole Rajicova, figure skater
- August 15 - Chief Keef, rapper
- August 16 - James Young, basketball player
- August 17 - Gracie Gold, figure skater
- August 18 - Parker McKenna Posey, actress
- August 19 - Patrick Clark Jr., pro wrestler
- August 20 - Liana Liberato, actress
- August 22 - Lulu Antariksa, actress and singer
- August 23 - Tommy Batchelor, dancer
- August 28 - Joshua Kalu, American football player
September
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- September 5 - Caroline Sunshine, actress, dancer and singer
- September 7 - Hawa Rizwana, Malaysian TV host
- September 8 - Thuliso Dingwall, actor
- September 10 - Amando Moreno, soccer player
- September 12
- Michael Boatwright, murderer
- Ryan Potter, actor and martial artist
- September 14 - Deshaun Watson, American football player
- September 16 - Aaron Gordon, basketball player
- September 17
- September 18 - Drew Afualo, social media personality
- September 20
- September 24 - Alexandra Botez, chess player
- September 25 - Ryan Beatty, singer
- September 27 - Daeg Faerch, actor
October
November
- November - Da'Shawn Hand, footballer
- November 2 - Brandon Soo Hoo, actor
- November 3 - Kendall Jenner, actress, model and brand ambassador
- November 15 - Karl-Anthony Towns, basketball player
- November 19 - Daniel Naroditsky, chess player
- November 22 - Katherine McNamara, actress
- November 25 - 42 Dugg, rapper
- November 27 - Kiara Nowlin, gymnast
- November 28 - Chase Elliott, stock car racer
- November 30 - Victoria Duval, tennis player
December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June 14 - Roger Zelazny, fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1937)
- June 23 - Jonas Salk, medical researcher (born 1914)
- June 25 - Warren E. Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the U.S. (born 1907)
- June 29 - Lana Turner, actress (born 1921)
- June 30
July
August
- August 3 - Ida Lupino, actress and director (born 1918 in the United Kingdom)
- August 9 - Jerry Garcia, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead) (born 1942)
- August 11
- August 13 - Mickey Mantle, baseball player (born 1931)
- August 15 – John Cameron Swayze, news commentator and game show panelist (b. 1906)
- August 16 – Bobby DeBarge, musician (born 1956)
- August 24 – Gary Crosby, actor, singer, and oldest son of Bing Crosby (born 1933)
- August 26 – Evelyn Wood, educator and businesswoman (born 1909)
- August 29 – Sterling Morrison, guitarist (born 1942)
September
October
November
December
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: William Rehnquist Biography. biography.com. A&E Television Networks. 28 February 2016.
- Web site: U.S. to resume executions: its last was for a murder at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo. John Tufts and Alana. Edgin. The Desert Sun.
- Web site: Embraer EMB-120RT . December 3, 2023 . Faa.gov (Federal Aviation Administration).
- Web site: Tape captures doomed flight . 2023-12-04 . Tampa Bay Times . en.
- Web site: The hysteria over Windows 95 launch, 20 years ago. Mashable. 29 August 2016. 24 August 2015. Wild. Chris.
- Web site: The Family: A Proclamation to the World. churchofjesuschrist.org. 2017-04-19.
- News: After 20 years, Mormonism's family proclamation is quoted, praised, parsed and politicked. Peggy Fletcher. Stack. The Salt Lake Tribune. 2017-04-19. en-US.
- http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1995/10/02/1995-10-02_high_alert_as_10_guilty_of_p.html
- Web site: United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Louis Jones, Defendant-appellant, 132 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 1998). Justia Law.
- Book: Zenko . Micah . Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World . 3 August 2010 . Stanford University Press . 978-0-8047-7190-0 . 29 . en.
- Nepales, Janet Susan R. Thia Megia makes it to AI’s top 13
- Web site: Claressa SHIELDS - Olympic Boxing United States of America . International Olympic Committee . 24 April 2019 . en . 15 May 2017.
- Web site: Missy Franklin Biography, Education, Olympics, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 1 May 2020 . en.
- https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/sports/2024/04/27/korey-cunningham-former-nfl-lineman-dead-new-jersey-home-new-york-giants Korey Cunningham found dead in his New Jersey home
- 1406672749058158595. Gusbuckets. it is my birthday. Gus Danger Johnson.
- Web site: Gabby Douglas American gymnast . Encyclopedia Britannica . 23 April 2019 . en.
- Web site: Nancy Kelly, 73; Actress Lauded for 'Bad Seed'. 16 January 1995 . Oliver, Myrna, Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1995. June 20, 2014.
- David Stout. Obituary: Murray N. Rothbard, Economist And Free-Market Exponent, 68. The New York Times. January 11, 1995.
- News: Ross. Alex. Josef Gingold, 85, Violinist And Influential Teacher, Dies. June 5, 2010. New York Times. January 13, 1995.
- News: Rose Kennedy, Political Matriarch, Dies at 104. Robert D. McFadden. The New York Times . January 23, 1995.
- John Smith; Actor, 63. Associated Press. The New York Times. February 8, 1995.
- News: Obituary: William Sylvester. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-william-sylvester-1611159.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. The Independent. Richard Chatten. October 23, 2011 .
- Encyclopedia: Encyclopædia Britannica. Abbott, George. 15th. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. I: A– Ak–Bayes. Chicago, Illinois. 978-1-59339-837-8. 13. registration.
- News: Dr. George Stibitz, 90, Inventor Of First Digital Computer in '40 . Saxon . Wolfgang . The New York Times . 2 February 1995 . September 7, 2018 . en.
- Gussow, Mel. James Merrill Is Dead at 68; Elegant Poet of Love and Loss. The New York Times. February 7, 1995.
- Watrous, Peter. February 7, 1995. "Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians. The New York Times.
- News: J. William Fulbright, Senate Giant, Is Dead at 89 . . R. W. Jr. . Apple . February 10, 1995 . May 5, 2010.
- News: Lueck. Thomas J.. David Wayne, Sprightly and Versatile Actor, Is Dead at 81. June 27, 2015. The New York Times. February 13, 1995. When World War II began he was rejected by the Army, but volunteered to serve as an ambulance driver in North Africa with the American Field Service.. https://archive.today/20130630012840/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/13/obituaries/david-wayne-sprightly-and-versatile-actor-is-dead-at-81.html#selection-183.0-183.57. June 30, 2013. dead.
- News: Brantley. Ben. Ben Brantley. Michael V. Gazzo, 71, Is Dead – Playwright of 'Hatful of Rain'. February 24, 1995. The New York Times.
- News: Bart . Barnes . Singer, Actor Burl Ives Dies . . April 15, 1995 . October 27, 2019.
- Book: Porter . David L. . Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball . 2000 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-29884-4 . 1709 . en.
- https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/red-amick/ Red Amick
- News: Thomas Jr.. Robert McG.. Robert McG. Thomas. Elisha Cook Jr., Villain in Many Films, Dies at 91.. The New York Times. Elisha Cook Jr., whose intense, bug-eyed portrayal of Wilmer, the psychotic, baby-faced killer in The Maltese Falcon, made him a cult figure to a generation of moviegoers, died on Thursday at a nursing home in Big Pine, California. He was 91. He was the last surviving cast member of John Huston's 1941 film noir classic, whose company included Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Mary Astor.. May 21, 1995.
- News: Saxon . Wolfgang . May 19, 1995 . Elizabeth Montgomery, 62, Star of the TV Comedy 'Bewitched' . The New York Times . New York . December 1, 2015 .
- News: Les Aspin, 56, Dies; Member of Congress And Defense Chief. The New York Times. May 22, 1995. November 14, 2012.
- Web site: Vivian Blaine, Broadway Star of 'Guys and Dolls', dies at 74. Bangor Daily News. December 15, 1995. February 26, 2014.
- Marian Green . December 20, 1995 . Poker King Johnny Moss Dies . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- News: Butterfly McQueen Dies at 84; Played Scarlett O'Hara's Maid. Alvarez. Lizette. December 23, 1995. The New York Times. March 14, 2009.
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- News: OBITUARY: Lita Grey. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lita-grey-1322326.html . May 1, 2022 . subscription . live. David Shipman. The Independent. October 23, 2011.