- (1995) U.S. President Bill Clinton invokes emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.
- Hacker Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States most "secure" computer systems.
- An unprecedented heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States for most of the month of July. Temperatures peak at 106 °F (41 °C), and remain above 94 °F (34 °C) in the afternoon for five straight days. At least 739 people die in Chicago alone.
The World:
- Australia, Finland, and Sweden enter the European Union. - The World Trade Organization is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
- Neftegorsk, Russia is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, killing at least 2000 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995
- Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight injures thousands. http://www.infoplease.com/year/1995.html
Technology:
- On May 23, 1995, John Gage, director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, and Marc Andreessen, co-founder and executive vice president at Netscape, stepped onto a stage and announced to the SunWorldTM audience that JavaTM technology was real, it was official, and it was going to be incorporated into Netscape NavigatorTM, the world's portal to the Internet. http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.html
- Martin Cooper invented the first phone. Martin Cooper's role in convincing and developing the first portable cellular phone directly impacted his choice to found and lead ArrayComm, a wireless technology and systems company founded in 1992. http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/martin_cooper.htm
Fashion:
- Olive green t-shirts, sweatshirts and dress shirts were all the rage in 1994 and 1995. Olive green remained more or less popular through 1998.
- In the fall of 1994, bell-bottom jeans were replaced with wide-leg jeans. White denims became fashionable among guys as well as girls.
- In 1997, the 1980s Goth trend resurged among teenagers due to the popularity of bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. Black clothing and make-up (both females and males), long or back-combed black hair, studded bracelets, and black boots all made comebacks. The Punk and goth styles survived into the 2000s in modified forms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s_in_fashion
Sports:
- On July 9, Pete Sampras became the first American man to be crowned Wimbledon champion three years in a row when he defeated Germany's Boris Becker 6-7,6-2,6-2,6-2 in the title round. He's only the third man since World War II to achieve that claim. 1995 belonged to Sampras, who finished the year as the number one ranked tennis player in the world.
- The World Series made a triumphant return in 1995, a year after a strike by Major League Baseball robbed its fans of any post season play for the first time since 1904. http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/year_in_review/sports/index.html
In My Lifetime
The United States:
- (1995) U.S. President Bill Clinton invokes emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.- Hacker Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States most "secure" computer systems.
- An unprecedented heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States for most of the month of July. Temperatures peak at 106 °F (41 °C), and remain above 94 °F (34 °C) in the afternoon for five straight days. At least 739 people die in Chicago alone.
The World:
- Australia, Finland, and Sweden enter the European Union.- The World Trade Organization is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
- Neftegorsk, Russia is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, killing at least 2000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995
- Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight injures thousands.
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1995.html
Technology:
- On May 23, 1995, John Gage, director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, and Marc Andreessen, co-founder and executive vice president at Netscape, stepped onto a stage and announced to the SunWorldTM audience that JavaTM technology was real, it was official, and it was going to be incorporated into Netscape NavigatorTM, the world's portal to the Internet.
http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.html
- Martin Cooper invented the first phone. Martin Cooper's role in convincing and developing the first portable cellular phone directly impacted his choice to found and lead ArrayComm, a wireless technology and systems company founded in 1992.
http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/martin_cooper.htm
Fashion:
- Olive green t-shirts, sweatshirts and dress shirts were all the rage in 1994 and 1995. Olive green remained more or less popular through 1998.
- In the fall of 1994, bell-bottom jeans were replaced with wide-leg jeans. White denims became fashionable among guys as well as girls.
- In 1997, the 1980s Goth trend resurged among teenagers due to the popularity of bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. Black clothing and make-up (both females and males), long or back-combed black hair, studded bracelets, and black boots all made comebacks. The Punk and goth styles survived into the 2000s in modified forms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s_in_fashion
Sports:
- On July 9, Pete Sampras became the first American man to be crowned Wimbledon champion three years in a row when he defeated Germany's Boris Becker 6-7,6-2,6-2,6-2 in the title round. He's only the third man since World War II to achieve that claim. 1995 belonged to Sampras, who finished the year as the number one ranked tennis player in the world.
- The World Series made a triumphant return in 1995, a year after a strike by Major League Baseball robbed its fans of any post season play for the first time since 1904.
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/year_in_review/sports/index.html