WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1995
Find out what all happened January to December 1995

In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later). (15. August 1995)

Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark. (2. March 1995)

Yahoo! is incorporated. (1. March 1995)

33-year-old British mother Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. (13. May 1995)

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. (7. April 1995)

NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. (30. August 1995)

United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. (2. June 1995)

The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937. (29. June 1995)

Yolanda Saldívar is found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of popular Latin singer Selena. Three days later, Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison, eligible for parole in 2025 (23. October 1995)

The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. (17. January 1995)

The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created. (5. June 1995)

Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. (22. November 1995)

Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168. (19. April 1995)

The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. (22. February 1995)

The downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. (8. June 1995)

The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers". (29. September 1995)

Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years. (6. September 1995)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta. (26. October 1995)

Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. (14. December 1995)

In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War". (6. July 1995)

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