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** Because of the "quadruple-witching" [[Option (finance)|option]] expiration, volume on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since October 20, 1987, when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]].
** Because of the "quadruple-witching" [[Option (finance)|option]] expiration, volume on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since October 20, 1987, when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]].
* [[December 16]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi scuba divers, under the direction of the [[United Nations Special Commission]], dredge the [[Tigris]] near [[Baghdad]]. The divers find over 200 prohibited Russian-made missile instruments and components.
* [[December 16]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi scuba divers, under the direction of the [[United Nations Special Commission]], dredge the [[Tigris]] near [[Baghdad]]. The divers find over 200 prohibited Russian-made missile instruments and components.
* [[December 20]]
* [[December 20]] – [[American Airlines Flight 965]] ([[Boeing 757]]) crashes into a mountain near [[Buga, Valle del Cauca]], Colombia after veering off its course en route to Cali, Colombia. Of the 164 people on board, four passengers and a dog are the only survivors.
** [[American Airlines Flight 965]] ([[Boeing 757]]) crashes into a mountain near [[Buga, Valle del Cauca]], Colombia after veering off its course en route to Cali, Colombia. Of the 164 people on board, four passengers and a dog are the only survivors.
** HM The Queen advises "an early divorce" to Lady Diana Spencer and Charles, Prince of Wales. The divorce was finalized on 28 August 1996.
* [[December 30]]
* [[December 30]]
** The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of {{Convert|-27.2|°C|°F|abbr=on}} is recorded at [[Altnaharra]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]]. This equals the record set at [[Braemar]], [[Aberdeenshire]] in [[1895#January–March|1895]] and [[1982#January|1982]].
** The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of {{Convert|-27.2|°C|°F|abbr=on}} is recorded at [[Altnaharra]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]]. This equals the record set at [[Braemar]], [[Aberdeenshire]] in [[1895#January–March|1895]] and [[1982#January|1982]].

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1995 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1995
MCMXCV
Ab urbe condita2748
Armenian calendar1444
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԴ
Assyrian calendar6745
Baháʼí calendar151–152
Balinese saka calendar1916–1917
Bengali calendar1402
Berber calendar2945
British Regnal year43 Eliz. 2 – 44 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2539
Burmese calendar1357
Byzantine calendar7503–7504
Chinese calendar甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
4692 or 4485
    — to —
乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
4693 or 4486
Coptic calendar1711–1712
Discordian calendar3161
Ethiopian calendar1987–1988
Hebrew calendar5755–5756
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2051–2052
 - Shaka Samvat1916–1917
 - Kali Yuga5095–5096
Holocene calendar11995
Igbo calendar995–996
Iranian calendar1373–1374
Islamic calendar1415–1416
Japanese calendarHeisei 7
(平成7年)
Javanese calendar1927–1928
Juche calendar84
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4328
Minguo calendarROC 84
民國84年
Nanakshahi calendar527
Thai solar calendar2538
Tibetan calendar阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
2121 or 1740 or 968
    — to —
阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
2122 or 1741 or 969
Unix time788918400 – 820454399

1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year that started on a Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1995 was the 1995th year of Anno Domini, the 995th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1990s.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

The Taiwan Strait

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

World population

World population
1995 1990 2000
  World 5,674,380,000 5,263,593,000 410,787,000 6,070,581,000 396,201,000
  Africa 707,462,000 622,443,000 85,019,000 795,671,000 88,209,000
   Asia 3,430,052,000 3,167,807,000 262,245,000 3,679,737,000 249,685,000
Europe 825,405,000 721,582,000 5,823,000 830,986,000 581,000
Latin-America/ Islands
481,099,000 441,525,000 39,574,000 520,229,000 39,130,000
Northern America
299,438,000 283,549,000 15,889,000 315,915,000 16,477,000
Oceania 28,924,000 26,687,000 2,237,000 31,043,000 2,119,000

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

January

February

Donald Pleasence
David Wayne

March

Vivian Stanshall

April

Arturo Frondizi

May

Harold Wilson

June

Warren E. Burger

July

Juan Manuel Fangio

August

Jerry Garcia

September

Gunnar Nordahl
Madalyn Murray O'Hair

October

Alec Douglas-Home

November

Yitzhak Rabin

December

Dean Martin

Nobel Prizes

Templeton Prize

References