What happened in 1995
400 entries recorded for 1995, listed by date. That was 31 years ago.
1995 at a glance
- Years ago
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- 400
- Breakdown
- 93 historical events · 305 births · 2 deaths
January
- January 1
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization, the international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade, came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
- January 3
Jisoo
Jisoo, South Korean singer and actress
- January 3
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, American-Jordanian basketball player
- January 5
Toafofoa Sipley
Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player
- January 6
Manila
A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
- January 7
Jordan Bell
Jordan Bell, American basketball player
- January 7
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player
- January 8
Ryan Destiny
Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer
- January 9
Nicola Peltz
Nicola Peltz, American actress
- January 9
Dominik Livaković
Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper
- January 9
Braden Hamlin-Uele
Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player
- January 11
Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256
51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.
- January 11
Nick Solak
Nick Solak, American baseball player
- January 12
Allisha Gray
Allisha Gray, American basketball player
- January 12
Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman)
Mike McGlinchey, American football player
- January 13
Natalia Dyer
Natalia Dyer, American actress
- January 13
Eros Vlahos
Eros Vlahos, English actor and comedian
- January 13
Maxim Mamin (ice hockey, born 1995)
Maxim Mamin, Russian ice hockey player
- January 16
1995 Súðavík avalanche
An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.
- January 16
Jonathan Allen
Jonathan Allen, American football player
- January 16
Tre'Davious White
Tre'Davious White, American football player
- January 16
Mikaela Turik
Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
- January 17
1995 Hanshin earthquake
The 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake shakes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
- January 17
Indya Moore
Indya Moore, American actor and model
- January 18
Leonard Fournette
Leonard Fournette, American football player
- January 18
Samu Castillejo
Samu Castillejo, Spanish footballer
- January 18
Bryce Alford
Bryce Alford, American basketball player
- January 19
Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C
After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
- January 20
José María Giménez
José María Giménez, Uruguayan footballer
- January 20
Sergi Samper
Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer
- January 20
Calum Chambers
Calum Chambers, English footballer
- January 20
Kim So-hee (singer, born 1995)
Kim So-hee, South Korean singer
- January 20
Joey Badass
Joey Badass, American rapper and actor
- January 21
Yuliya Stupak
Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier
- January 21
Alanna Kennedy
Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player
- January 21
Nguyễn Công Phượng
Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
- January 21
Marine Johannès
Marine Johannès, French basketball player
- January 21
Jake Elliott
Jake Elliott, American football player
- January 22
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid suicide bombing: In central Israel, near Netanya, two Gazans blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israeli soldiers.
- January 25
Norwegian rocket incident
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 25
Black Brant (rocket)
A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.
- January 26
Jean-Charles Castelletto
Jean-Charles Castelletto, Cameroonian footballer
- January 26
Sione Katoa (rugby league, born 1995)
Sione Katoa, New Zealand rugby league player
- January 27
Harrison Reed (footballer)
Harrison Reed, English footballer
- January 28
Mimi-Isabella Cesar
Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast
- January 30
Hydroxycarbamide
Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
- January 30
Jack Laugher
Jack Laugher, English diver
- January 30
Danielle Campbell
Danielle Campbell, American actress
- January 30
Marcos Llorente
Marcos Llorente, Spanish footballer
February
- February 2
Aleksander Jagiełło
Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
- February 2
Paul Digby
Paul Digby, English footballer
- February 2
Remilia
Remilia, American professional gamer (died 2019)
- February 2
Curtis Lazar
Curtis Lazar, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 2
Arfa Karim
Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012)
- February 3
Eileen Collins
Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- February 3
STS-63
In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins (pictured) became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.
- February 3
Tao Tsuchiya
Tao Tsuchiya, Japanese actress
- February 5
Adnan Januzaj
Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
- February 6
Nyck de Vries
Nyck de Vries, Dutch racing driver
- February 6
Leon Goretzka
Leon Goretzka, German footballer
- February 6
Sam McQueen
Sam McQueen, English footballer
- February 7
Ramzi Yousef
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.
- February 7
Tom Glynn-Carney
Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician
- February 7
Roberto Osuna
Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player
- February 8
Joshua Kimmich
Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
- February 8
Gabriel Deck
Gabriel Deck, Argentine basketball player
- February 9
Mario Pašalić
Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer
- February 9
André Burakovsky
André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
- February 9
Sheraldo Becker
Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer
- February 10
Bobby Portis
Bobby Portis, American basketball player
- February 10
Naby Keïta
Naby Keïta, Guinean footballer
- February 10
Lexi Thompson
Lexi Thompson, American golfer
- February 10
Sterling Brown (basketball)
Sterling Brown, American basketball player
- February 10
Carolane Soucisse
Carolane Soucisse, Canadian ice dancer
- February 11
Rick Karsdorp
Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer
- February 11
Milan Škriniar
Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer
- February 13
Kendall Fuller
Kendall Fuller, American football player
- February 13
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, French-Cameroonian footballer
- February 15
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick, the most wanted computer hacker at the time in the U.S., was arrested and charged with computer fraud and wire fraud.
- February 15
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper
- February 16
Carina Witthöft
Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
- February 16
Katy Dunne
Katy Dunne, English tennis player
- February 16
Denzel Curry
Denzel Curry, American rapper
- February 17
Cenepa War
The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
- February 17
Madison Keys
Madison Keys, American tennis player
- February 18
Nathan Aké
Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer
- February 19
Nikola Jokić
Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player
- February 20
Elle Purrier St. Pierre
Elle Purrier St. Pierre, American track and field athlete
- February 21
Steve Fossett
Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
- February 22
CORONA (satellite)
The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- February 22
Devonte' Graham
Devonte' Graham, American basketball player
- February 23
Andrew Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
- February 24
Tyler Bertuzzi
Tyler Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 25
Mario Hezonja
Mario Hezonja, Croatian basketball player
- February 25
Viktoriya Tomova
Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgarian tennis player
- February 26
Barings Bank
Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.
- February 27
Tomáš Souček
Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer
- February 27
Sergej Milinković-Savić
Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer
- February 27
Laura Gulbe
Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player
- February 28
Randy Arozarena
Randy Arozarena, Cuban-Mexican baseball player
March
- March 2
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.
- March 2
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-67, carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory.
- March 2
Max Domi
Max Domi, Canadian ice hockey player
- March 2
Ange-Freddy Plumain
Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer
- March 2
Miguel Andújar
Miguel Andújar, Dominican baseball player
- March 3
Maine Mendoza
Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress
- March 3
Bryan Cristante
Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer
- March 4
Chlöe Howl
Chlöe Howl, English singer-songwriter
- March 4
Bill Milner
Bill Milner, English actor
- March 4
Valeri Nichushkin
Valeri Nichushkin, Russian ice hockey player
- March 6
Josh Hart
Josh Hart, American basketball player
- March 6
Georgi Kitanov
Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
- March 7
Haley Lu Richardson
Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
- March 7
Aboubakar Kamara
Aboubakar Kamara, French footballer
- March 7
Jerome Binnom-Williams
Jerome Binnom-Williams, English footballer
- March 8
Marko Gudurić
Marko Gudurić, Serbian basketball player
- March 8
Isaiah Whitehead
Isaiah Whitehead, American basketball player
- March 9
Cierra Ramirez
Cierra Ramirez, American actress and singer
- March 10
Zach LaVine
Zach LaVine, American basketball player
- March 10
Sergey Mozgov
Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
- March 13
Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player
- March 13
Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
- March 14
Norman Thagard
Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- March 14
Brandon Aubrey
Brandon Aubrey, American multi-sport athlete
- March 14
Nick Eh 30
Nick Eh 30, Canadian live streamer and professional gamer
- March 15
Jabari Parker
Jabari Parker, American basketball player
- March 16
Mississippi
Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
- March 16
Inga Janulevičiūtė
Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
- March 17
Claressa Shields
Claressa Shields, American boxer and mixed martial artist
- March 18
Julia Goldani Telles
Julia Goldani Telles, American actress and dancer
- March 18
Irina Bara
Irina Bara, Romanian tennis player
- March 19
Héctor Bellerín
Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer
- March 19
Julia Montes
Julia Montes, Filipino actress
- March 20
Aum Shinrikyo
The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 14 and wounding over 6,200 people.
- March 20
Lindsay Allen
Lindsay Allen, American basketball player
- March 20
Kei (singer)
Kei, South Korean singer
- March 20
Samantha Weinstein
Samantha Weinstein, Canadian actress (died 2023)
- March 20
Nick Paul
Nick Paul, Canadian ice hockey player
- March 21
Nick Mullens
Nick Mullens, American football player
- March 21
Mirco Müller
Mirco Müller, Swiss ice hockey player
- March 21
RJ Cyler
RJ Cyler, American actor
- March 22
Astronaut
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
- March 23
Jan Lisiecki
Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
- March 23
Ozan Tufan
Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
- March 23
Kevin Kauber
Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
- March 23
Victoria Pedretti
Victoria Pedretti, American actress
- March 24
Enzo Zidane
Enzo Zidane, French-Spanish footballer
- March 25
WikiWikiWeb
WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
- March 25
Ward Cunningham
American computer programmer Ward Cunningham established the first wiki site, the WikiWikiWeb.
- March 26
Ibai Llanos
Ibai Llanos, Spanish internet personality
- March 27
Bill Tuiloma
Bill Tuiloma, New Zealand footballer
- March 28
Will Smith (catcher)
Will Smith, American baseball player
- March 28
Jonathan Drouin
Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
- March 30
Zay Jones
Zay Jones, American football player
- March 31
TAROM Flight 371
TAROM Flight 371 (pictured) crashed near Balotești, Romania, killing all 60 people on board.
- March 31
Selena
American singer-songwriter Selena, known as the "queen of Tejano music", was murdered by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar, in Corpus Christi, Texas, deeply affecting the Latino community.
April
- April 1
Logan Paul
Logan Paul, American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
- April 1
Jofra Archer
Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer
- April 2
Zack Steffen
Zack Steffen, American soccer player
- April 5
Sei Muroya
Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer
- April 5
Viliame Kikau
Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
- April 5
Daniel Caesar
Daniel Caesar, Canadian singer-songwriter
- April 5
Gleb Rassadkin
Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer
- April 5
Sebastian Starke Hedlund
Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer
- April 6
Darya Lebesheva
Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
- April 7
First Chechen War
First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
- April 8
Forrest Frank
Forrest Frank, American singer-songwriter
- April 8
Cedi Osman
Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player
- April 9
Robert Bauer (footballer)
Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
- April 9
Domagoj Bošnjak
Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player
- April 9
Demi Vermeulen
Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
- April 12
Pedro Cachin
Pedro Cachin, Argentine tennis player
- April 14
Georgina Friedrichs
Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player
- April 14
Baker Mayfield
Baker Mayfield, American football player
- April 15
Leander Dendoncker
Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
- April 17
Wheein
Jung Wheein, South Korean singer
- April 18
Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (born 1908)
- April 18
Divock Origi
Divock Origi, Belgian footballer
- April 19
Oklahoma City bombing
A truck bombing destroyed much of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (aftermath pictured) in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring more than 680 others.
- April 21
Ana Grozdanović
Ana Grozdanović, Serbian politician
- April 23
Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
- April 23
Jamie Hayter
Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler
- April 24
Kehlani
Kehlani, American singer-songwriter
- April 25
Packy Hanrahan
Packy Hanrahan, American bowler
- April 25
Lewis Baker (footballer)
Lewis Baker, English footballer
- April 27
Nick Kyrgios
Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player
- April 28
Connor Clifton
Connor Clifton, American ice hockey player
- April 28
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Martinez, American singer
- April 29
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
Before a crowd of about 165,000 at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Ric Flair and Antonio Inoki competed in the main event of Collision in Korea, the highest attended professional wrestling event of all time.
May
- May 2
Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began rocket attacks on the Croatian capital Zagreb, killing 7 people and injuring around 200 others.
- May 2
Lucy Dacus
Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter
- May 3
Austin Meadows
Austin Meadows, American baseball player
- May 3
Anwar El Ghazi
Anwar El Ghazi, Dutch footballer
- May 3
Ivan Bukavshin
Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (died 2016)
- May 4
Shameik Moore
Shameik Moore, American actor and musician
- May 5
James Conner (American football)
James Conner, American football player
- May 7
Seko Fofana
Seko Fofana, Ivorian international footballer
- May 9
Tommy Edman
Tommy Edman, American baseball player
- May 9
Shaboozey
Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter
- May 9
Beth Mead
Beth Mead, English footballer
- May 10
Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin, American swimmer
- May 10
Andrew Anderson (bowler)
Andrew Anderson, American bowler
- May 10
Gabriella Papadakis
Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
- May 11
Sachia Vickery
Sachia Vickery, American tennis player
- May 11
Shira Haas
Shira Haas, Israeli actress
- May 11
Gelson Martins
Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
- May 13
Alison Hargreaves
Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen.
- May 14
Rose Lavelle
Rose Lavelle, American soccer player
- May 16
Elizabeth Ralston
Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
- May 17
1995 San Diego tank rampage
Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.
- May 17
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
Six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama selected by the 14th Dalai Lama, was kidnapped by the Chinese government, who advocated a proxy.
- May 19
Taane Milne
Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player
- May 21
Diego Loyzaga
Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor
- May 23
Java (programming language)
The first version of the Java programming language is released.
- May 24
Leeds Bradford Airport
While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
- May 25
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
- May 27
Bosnian War
Bosnian War: Forces of the Army of Republika Srpska captured a United Nations post at Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo; six soldiers of both sides were killed when French forces retook the post later in the day.
- May 27
Christopher Reeve
American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse, leaving him quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries.
- May 27
Yoán Moncada
Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player
- May 28
1995 Neftegorsk earthquake
The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
- May 28
Lukas Gage
Lukas Gage, American actor
- May 29
Konosuke Takeshita
Konosuke Takeshita, Japanese professional wrestler
- May 31
Shane Bieber
Shane Bieber, American baseball player
- May 31
Matthew Lodge
Matthew Lodge, Australian rugby league player
June
- June 2
Bosnian War
Bosnian War: U.S. Air Force captain Scott O'Grady was shot down while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia, but ejected safely and was rescued six days later.
- June 5
Bose–Einstein condensate
The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
- June 5
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
- June 5
Ross Wilson (table tennis)
Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
- June 6
Julian Green
Julian Green, American soccer player
- June 7
Hsuan Hua
Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (born 1918)
- June 8
Captain (United States O-3)
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
- June 8
Ferland Mendy
Ferland Mendy, French footballer
- June 8
Jean Butez
Jean Butez, French footballer
- June 9
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.
- June 13
Emily Fanning
Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
- June 13
Laura Ucrós
Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
- June 15
1995 Aigio earthquake
Western Greece was struck by an earthquake registering 6.4–6.5 Mw that killed 26 people.
- June 16
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is launched.
- June 16
Euan Aitken
Euan Aitken, Australian rugby league player
- June 16
Joseph Schooling
Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer
- June 16
Akira Ioane
Akira Ioane, New Zealand rugby Union player
- June 16
Ki Hui-hyeon
Ki Hui-hyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
- June 17
Aoi Morikawa
Aoi Morikawa, Japanese actress and model
- June 17
Michel-Friedrich Schiefler
Michel-Friedrich Schiefler, German politician
- June 17
Clément Lenglet
Clément Lenglet, French footballer
- June 18
Maxim Kovtun
Maxim Kovtun, Russian figure skater
- June 20
Carol Zhao
Carol Zhao, Canadian tennis player
- June 20
Caroline Weir
Caroline Weir, Scottish footballer
- June 24
1995 Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
- June 26
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
- June 27
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- June 27
Monté Morris
Monté Morris, American basketball player
- June 29
Sampoong Department Store collapse
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.
- June 29
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
- June 29
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
- June 30
Bbno$
bbno$, Canadian singer-songwriter
July
- July 1
Savvy Shields
Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017
- July 1
Boli Bolingoli
Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer
- July 1
Taeyong
Taeyong, South Korea rapper
- July 2
Ryan Murphy (swimmer)
Ryan Murphy, American swimmer
- July 4
Post Malone
Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
- July 5
Armenia
Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
- July 5
Danton Heinen
Danton Heinen, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 6
Bosnian War
In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
- July 6
Ludwig Ahgren
Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer
- July 9
Navaly church bombing
The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
- July 9
Sri Lankan civil war
Sri Lankan civil war: After advising civilians to take shelter in places of worship, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a church in Navaly, killing at least 147 people.
- July 10
NIOSH air filtration rating
The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard.
- July 10
Myanmar
Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.
- July 11
Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins, lasting until 22 July.
- July 11
Tyler Medeiros
Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
- July 11
Joey Bosa
Joey Bosa, American football player
- July 12
Seismology
Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.
- July 12
Evania Pelite
Evania Pelite, Australian rugby union player
- July 12
Moses Simon
Moses Simon, Nigerian footballer
- July 12
Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
- July 12
Luke Shaw
Luke Shaw, English footballer
- July 13
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.
- July 13
Cody Bellinger
Cody Bellinger, American baseball player
- July 13
Danté Exum
Dante Exum, Australian basketball player
- July 14
Harrison Butker
Harrison Butker, American football player
- July 14
Kim In-hyeok
Kim In-hyeok, South Korean volleyball player (died 2022)
- July 18
Montserrat
On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
- July 18
Selena
Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was posthumously released.
- July 19
Romee Strijd
Romee Strijd, Dutch model
- July 20
Moses Leota
Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
- July 21
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
- July 22
Armaan Malik
Armaan Malik, Indian playback singer, composer and songwriter
- July 22
Ezekiel Elliott
Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
- July 22
Jonathan Owens
Jonathan Owens, American football player
- July 23
Comet Hale–Bopp
Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
- July 24
Kyle Kuzma
Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
- July 24
Meisei Chikara
Meisei Chikara, Japanese sumo wrestler
- July 24
Valentine Holmes
Valentine Holmes, Australian rugby league player
- July 25
1995 France bombings
A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
- July 25
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari, Greek tennis player
- July 25
Alvin Kamara
Alvin Kamara, American football player
- July 27
Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- July 27
Mercedes Russell
Mercedes Russell, American basketball player
- July 27
Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen, American baseball player
- July 28
Rajneesh movement
Two followers of the Indian mystic Rajneesh were convicted of a 1985 plot to assassinate Charles Turner, the U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon.
- July 29
Neal Pionk
Neal Pionk, American ice hockey player
- July 30
Hirving Lozano
Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer
- July 31
Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist
August
- August 1
Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn, American politician
- August 2
Vikkstar123
Vikkstar123, English internet personality
- August 2
Kristaps Porziņģis
Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
- August 3
Victoria Kan
Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
- August 3
Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen, American baseball player
- August 4
Operation Storm
Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence begins.
- August 4
Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War.
- August 4
Bruna Marquezine
Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
- August 5
Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
- August 5
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
- August 6
Rebecca Peterson
Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
- August 7
State of emergency
The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the White Earthquake.
- August 8
S.Coups
S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer
- August 9
Aviateca Flight 901
Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.
- August 9
Justice Smith
Justice Smith, American actor
- August 9
Eli Apple
Eli Apple, American football player
- August 9
Hwang Min-hyun
Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer and actor
- August 10
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
- August 10
Dalvin Cook
Dalvin Cook, American football player
- August 11
1995 Russell Hill subway accident
The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills three and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.
- August 11
Brad Binder
Brad Binder, South African motorcycle racer
- August 14
Léolia Jeanjean
Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player
- August 15
South Carolina
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
- August 15
Tomiichi Murayama
Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.
- August 15
Chief Keef
Chief Keef, American rapper
- August 15
Setyana Mapasa
Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player
- August 17
Gracie Gold
Gracie Gold, American figure skater
- August 17
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
- August 18
Alīna Fjodorova
Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
- August 18
Parker McKenna Posey
Parker McKenna Posey, American actress
- August 20
Firozabad rail collision
The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.
- August 20
Liana Liberato
Liana Liberato, American actress
- August 21
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
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.
- August 21
Dominik Kubalík
Dominik Kubalík, Czech ice hockey player
- August 22
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
- August 23
Cameron Norrie
Cameron Norrie, British tennis player
- August 23
Gabriela Lee
Gabriela Lee, Romanian tennis player
- August 24
Microsoft
Microsoft releases Windows 95 to the public in North America.
- August 24
Noah Vonleh
Noah Vonleh, American basketball player
- August 24
Lady Amelia Windsor
Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
- August 25
Dowoon
Dowoon, South Korean musician
- August 25
Ong Seong-wu
Ong Seong-wu, South Korean singer and actor
- August 26
Ranger Suárez
Ranger Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player
- August 26
Anthony Duclair
Anthony Duclair, Canadian ice hockey player
- August 27
Jessie Mei Li
Jessie Mei Li, English actress
- August 27
Sergey Sirotkin
Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver
- August 30
Bosnian War
Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
- August 31
Brittany Mahomes
Brittany Mahomes, American soccer player
September
- September 1
Nathan MacKinnon
Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 2
Deimantas Petravičius
Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer
- September 2
Aleksander Barkov
Aleksander Barkov, Russian-Finnish ice hockey player
- September 2
Willy Adames
Willy Adames, Dominican baseball player
- September 3
Myles Jack
Myles Jack, American football player
- September 4
Camp Hansen
Three U.S. servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, raped a 12-year-old girl, after kidnapping, beating, and torturing her.
- September 4
1995 Okinawa rape incident
The 1995 Okinawa rape occurs when 3 US servicemen abduct and rape a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.
- September 4
Jazz Tevaga
Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player
- September 5
Lucas Wallmark
Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player
- September 6
Cal Ripken Jr.
Cal Ripken Jr. (pictured) played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.
- September 6
Mustafizur Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
- September 6
Mark Andrews (American football)
Mark Andrews, American football player
- September 7
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-69, the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility.
- September 8
History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
- September 8
Ellie Black
Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
- September 8
Celya AB
Celya AB, French stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in England
- September 8
Kimberley Woods
Kimberley Woods, British slalom canoeist
- September 10
Jack Grealish
Jack Grealish, English footballer
- September 10
Matt Rife
Matt Rife, American comedian and actor
- September 11
Classical World Chess Championship 1995
The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.
- September 11
Mir EO-19
Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.
- September 12
Hurricane Ismael
Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
- September 12
Steven Gardiner
Steven Gardiner, Bahamian sprinter
- September 13
Joca (footballer, born 1995)
Joca, Portuguese footballer
- September 13
Jerry Tollbring
Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
- September 14
Jevon Carter
Jevon Carter, American basketball player
- September 14
Deshaun Watson
Deshaun Watson, American football player
- September 15
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.
- September 15
Rafael Santos Borré
Rafael Santos Borré, Colombian footballer
- September 15
David Raya
David Raya, Spanish footballer
- September 15
Terry McLaurin
Terry McLaurin, American football player
- September 15
Joe Ofahengaue
Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
- September 16
Aaron Gordon
Aaron Gordon, American basketball player
- September 17
Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes, American football player
- September 17
Michael Bunting
Michael Bunting, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 17
YooA
Yoo Si-ah, South Korean singer
- September 18
Matt Targett
Matt Targett, English footballer
- September 18
Max Meyer (footballer)
Max Meyer, German footballer
- September 19
Industrial Society and Its Future
Industrial Society and Its Future, the manifesto of American domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, was published in The Washington Post almost three months after it was submitted.
- September 19
Rachel Sennott
Rachel Sennott, American actress
- September 19
Brent Faiyaz
Brent Faiyaz, American singer
- September 20
Sammi Hanratty
Sammi Hanratty, American actress
- September 20
Rob Holding
Rob Holding, English footballer
- September 20
Laura Dekker
Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
- September 21
Bruno Caboclo
Bruno Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player
- September 22
Nagarkovil school bombing
The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
- September 22
1995 Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accident
An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
- September 22
Nayeon
Nayeon, South Korean singer
Questions about 1995
What happened in 1995?
This site records 400 entries for 1995, including World Trade Organization on January 1. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 1995?
31 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1995 turns 31 this year.
Which century is 1995 in?
1995 falls in the 20th century, in the 1990s.
Which generation was born in 1995?
Millennials (Generation Y) (1981–1996). Came of age around the year 2000 and the rise of the internet.
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