WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1995
Find out what all happened February to August 1995

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

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

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

On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee. (18. July 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)

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

Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. (7. February 1995)

A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people. (11. July 1995)

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

Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle. (14. 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)

The Srebrenica massacre is carried out. (11. July 1995)

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

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

In Culpeper, Virginia, the actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. (27. May 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)