WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1995
Find out what all happened April to October 1995

O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. (3. October 1995)

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

51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it. (6. October 1995)

Shawn Nelson, 35, steals a tank from a National Guard Armory in San Diego, destroying cars and other property and is shot to death by police after immobilizing the tank. (18. May 1995)

The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day. (5. August 1995)

The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population. (28. May 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)

Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children. (22. September 1995)

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

Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup. (26. June 1995)

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

During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians. (2. May 1995)

Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup. (28. September 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)

The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto. (19. September 1995)

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

Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan (14. September 1995)

An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. (9. October 1995)

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

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

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