WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1995
Find out what all happened January to August 1995

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. (25. January 1995)

Sweden, Austria, and Finland are admitted into the European Union. (1. January 1995)

Prime Minister of Poland Waldemar Pawlak resigns from parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Józef Oleksy. (1. March 1995)

U.S. President Bill Clinton becomes the first President to visit Northern Ireland. (30. April 1995)

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

Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993. (28. February 1995)

A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded. (25. July 1995)

Zakho: A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho leaves about 100 dead and 150 wounded. (27. February 1995)

Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence. (1. May 1995)

Operation Storm begins in Croatia. (4. August 1995)

The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees. (9. July 1995)

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

The Schengen Treaty comes into effect. (26. March 1995)

Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony. (10. August 1995)

More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions. (11. May 1995)

The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN. (17. February 1995)

Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. (16. March 1995)

Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan. (21. July 1995)

"Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment. (24. June 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)