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USA-related events during the year of 1995
Events from the year 1995 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : Jim Folsom Jr. (Democratic ) (until January 16), Fob James (Republican ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Alaska : Tony Knowles (Democratic )
Governor of Arizona : Fife Symington III (Republican )
Governor of Arkansas : Jim Guy Tucker (Democratic )
Governor of California : Pete Wilson (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : Roy Romer (Democratic )
Governor of Connecticut : Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (A Connecticut ) (until January 4), John G. Rowland (Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Delaware : Thomas R. Carper (Democratic )
Governor of Florida : Lawton Chiles (Democratic )
Governor of Georgia : Zell Miller (Democratic )
Governor of Hawaii : Ben Cayetano (Democratic )
Governor of Idaho : Cecil D. Andrus (Democratic ) (until January 2), Phil Batt (Republican ) (starting January 2)
Governor of Illinois : Jim Edgar (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : Evan Bayh (Democratic )
Governor of Iowa : Terry E. Branstad (Republican )
Governor of Kansas : Joan Finney (Democratic ) (until January 9), Bill Graves (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Kentucky : Brereton Jones (Democratic ) (until December 12), Paul E. Patton (Democratic ) (starting December 12)
Governor of Louisiana : Edwin W. Edwards (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : John R. McKernan Jr. (Republican ) (until January 5), Angus King (Independent ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Maryland : William Donald Schaefer (Democratic ) (until January 18), Parris N. Glendening (Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Governor of Massachusetts : William F. Weld (Republican )
Governor of Michigan : John Engler (Republican )
Governor of Minnesota : Arne H. Carlson (Republican )
Governor of Mississippi : Kirk Fordice (Republican )
Governor of Missouri : Mel Carnahan (Democratic )
Governor of Montana : Marc Racicot (Republican )
Governor of Nebraska : Ben Nelson (Democratic )
Governor of Nevada : Bob Miller (Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire : Steve Merrill (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : Christine Todd Whitman (Republican )
Governor of New Mexico : Bruce King (Democratic ) (until January 1), Gary Johnson (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York : George Pataki (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of North Carolina : Jim Hunt (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : Ed Schafer (Republican )
Governor of Ohio : George Voinovich (Republican )
Governor of Oklahoma : David Walters (Democratic ) (until January 9), Frank Keating (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Oregon : Barbara Roberts (Democratic ) (until January 9), John Kitzhaber (Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Pennsylvania : Robert P. Casey (Democratic ) (until January 17), Tom Ridge (Republican ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Rhode Island : Bruce Sundlun (Democratic ) (until January 3), Lincoln C. Almond (Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of South Carolina : Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (Republican ) (until January 11), David Beasley (Republican ) (starting January 11)
Governor of South Dakota : Walter Dale Miller (Republican ) (until January 7), William J. Janklow (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Tennessee : Ned McWherter (Democratic ) (until January 21), Don Sundquist (Republican ) (starting January 21)
Governor of Texas : Ann Richards (Democratic ) (until January 17), George W. Bush (Republican ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Utah : Mike Leavitt (Republican )
Governor of Vermont : Howard Dean (Democratic )
Governor of Virginia : George Allen (Republican )
Governor of Washington : Mike Lowry (Democratic )
Governor of West Virginia : Gaston Caperton (Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin : Tommy Thompson (Republican )
Governor of Wyoming : Mike Sullivan (Democratic ) (until January 7), Jim Geringer (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : vacant (until January 16), Don Siegelman (Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska : Fran Ulmer (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Mike Huckabee (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of California : Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic ) (until January 2), Gray Davis (Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Samuel H. Cassidy (Democratic ) (until January 3), Gail Schoettler (Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Eunice Groark (A Connecticut ) (until January 9), Jodi Rell (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Florida : Buddy MacKay (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : Pierre Howard (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii : Mazie Hirono (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : Butch Otter (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Bob Kustra (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Frank O'Bannon (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Joy Corning (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Jim Francisco (Democratic ) (until January 9), Sheila Frahm (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Paul E. Patton (Democratic ) (until December 9), Steve Henry (Democratic ) (starting December 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Melinda Schwegmann (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland : Melvin A. Steinberg (Democratic ) (until January 18), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Paul Cellucci (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Connie Binsfeld (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Joanell Dyrstad (Democratic ) (until January 3), Joanne E. Benson (Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Eddie Briggs (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Roger B. Wilson (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : Denny Rehberg (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Kim M. Robak (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Sue Wagner (Republican ) (until January 2), Lonnie Hammargren (Republican ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Casey Luna (Democratic ) (until January 1), Walter Dwight Bradley (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of New York : Betsy McCaughey (Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Dennis A. Wicker (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Rosemarie Myrdal (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : vacant (until January 9), Nancy P. Hollister (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : Jack Mildren (Democratic ) (until January 9), Mary Fallin (Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Mark Singel (Democratic ) (until January 17), Mark S. Schweiker (Republican ) (starting January 17)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Robert Weygand (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Nick Theodore (Democratic ) (until January 11), Bob Peeler (Republican ) (starting January 11)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Steve T. Kirby (Republican ) (until January 7), Carole Hillard (Republican ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : John S. Wilder (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Bob Bullock (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Utah : Olene S. Walker (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Barbara W. Snelling (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Don Beyer (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Joel Pritchard (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Scott McCallum (Republican )
Events
January
February
March
March 2 – Yahoo! is incorporated.
March 13 – David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait , are arrested after straying into Iraq .
March 14 – Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle (the Soyuz TM-21 ), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan .
March 16 – Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment , becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery . The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865, but did not make it official until 2013.
March 27 – The 67th Academy Awards , hosted by David Letterman , are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California , with Forrest Gump winning Best Picture .
March 31 – Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (known simply as Selena) is murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar .
April
April 19: Oklahoma City bombing
May
June
July
July 27: The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated
August
September
File:Unabomber-sketch.png September 19: The Unabomber manifesto is published
October
October 16: Million Man March
November
November 1
November 3 – At Arlington National Cemetery , U.S. President Bill Clinton dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.
November 7 – The Landmark Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is imploded to make room for a parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center .
November 14–19 – Federal government shutdown : A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums , and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
November 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, its first close above 5,000. This makes 1995 the first year where the Dow surpasses two millennium marks in a single year.
November 21 – The Dayton Agreement to end the Bosnian War is reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio (signed December 14).
November 22 – Six-year-old Elisa Izquierdo 's child abuse-related death at the hands of her mother makes headlines, and instigates major reform in New York City 's child welfare system.
November 22 – The first ever full-length computer animated feature film, Toy Story , is released by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures .
November 28 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 , which ends the federal 55 mph speed limit .
December
Ongoing
Sport
Births
January
February
March
March 1
March 2
March 5
March 7
March 9
March 10
March 13 – Mikaela Shiffrin , ski racer
March 15 – Jabari Parker , high school basketball player
March 16 – Beau Hossler , golfer
March 17 – Claressa Shields , boxer[9]
March 19 – Philip Daniel Bolden , actor
March 20 – Keenan Cahill , actor
March 21 – Diggy Simmons , rapper and son of Joseph Simmons
March 22 – Nick Robinson , actor
March 25 – Logan Owen , cyclist
March 27 – Taylor Atelian, actress
March 28 – Rachel Farley , singer
March 29 – Marc Musso , actor
April
May
May 1 – Artie Burns , American football player
May 3
May 5 – Devon Gearhart , actor
May 7 – Charlotte McKane , student
May 9
May 10 – Missy Franklin , swimmer[10]
May 11 – Sachia Vickery , tennis player
May 12
May 14 – Shameik Moore , actor, rapper, dancer, model, and singer
May 16 – Marco Delgado , soccer player
May 19 – Mary Beth Marley , pair skater
May 23
May 24 – Sabrina Vega , gymnast
May 25
May 28 – Jacob Kogan , actor
May 31 – Alissa Musto , singer and pianist
June
July
July 1 – Savvy Shields , Miss America 2017
July 2 – Ryan Murphy , swimmer
July 3 – Kelsey Batelaan , actress
July 6 – Brooklee Han , figure skater
July 7
July 10 – Phillip Bickford , high school baseball player
July 11 – Blu Hunt , actress
July 12 – Jordyn Wieber , gymnast
July 16 – Letticia Martinez , swimmer
July 22 – Ashley Cain , figure skater
July 24 – Kellyn Acosta , soccer player
July 25 – Alvin Kamara , American football player
July 29 – Jennifer Michelle Brown , actress, musician and singer-songwriter
August
August 3 – Sarah Al Flaij , American-born Bahraini swimmer
August 4 – Jessica Sanchez , singer
August 5 – Ian McCoshen , ice hockey defenceman
August 9
August 10 – Dalvin Cook , American football player
August 13 – Nicole Rajicova , figure skater
August 15 – Chief Keef , rapper
August 16 – James Young , basketball player
August 17 – Gracie Gold , figure skater
August 18 – Parker McKenna Posey , actress
August 20 – Liana Liberato , actress
August 22 – Lulu Antariksa , actress and singer
August 23 – Tommy Batchelor , dancer
August 24
September
September 2
September 5 – Caroline Sunshine , actress, dancer and singer
September 8 – Thuliso Dingwall , actor
September 10 – Amando Moreno , soccer player
September 12 – Ryan Potter , actor and martial artist
September 14 – Deshaun Watson , American football player
September 16 – Aaron Gordon , basketball player
September 17 – Katherine Ip , tennis player
September 20
September 22
September 25 – Ryan Beatty , singer
September 27 – Daeg Faerch , actor
October
November
December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January 2 – Nancy Kelly , actress (born 1921 )
January 4 – Sol Tax , anthropologist (born 1907 )
January 7 – Murray Rothbard , economist (born 1926 )
February 9 – David Wayne , actor (born 1914 )
February 18 – Bob Stinson , rock guitarist (The Replacements and Static Taxi ) (born 1959 )
March 28 – Hugh O'Connor , actor son of Carroll O'Connor (born 1962 )
March 26 – Eazy E , American rapper and record producer (born 1964)
March 31 – Selena (Quintanilla Perez), singer-songwriter (born 1971)
April 2 – Harvey Penick , golfer and coach (born 1904 )
April 5 – Baby K (born 1992 )
April 25 – Ginger Rogers , dancer and screen entertainer (born 1911 )
May 18 – Elizabeth Montgomery , screen actress (born 1933 )
June 14 – Roger Zelazny , fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1937 )
June 23 – Jonas Salk , medical researcher (born 1914)
June 25 – Warren E. Burger , 15th Chief Justice of the U.S. (born 1907 )
June 29 – Lana Turner , film actress (born 1921 )
July 1 – Wolfman Jack , disc jockey (born 1938 )
July 4 – Bob Ross , painter, art instructor, and television host (born 1942 )
August 3 – Ida Lupino , film actress and director (born 1918 in the United Kingdom )
August 9 – Jerry Garcia , rock guitarist (Grateful Dead ) (born 1942 )
August 11 – Alonzo Church , mathematician (born 1903 )
August 13 – Mickey Mantle , baseball player (born 1931 )
September 19 – Orville Redenbacher , businessman (born 1907 )
September 29 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair , atheist activist (born 1919 )
November 17 – Marguerite Young , novelist, poet and biographer (born 1908 )
November 22 – Margaret St. Clair , science fiction writer (born 1911 )
December 25 – Dean Martin , popular singer and entertainer (born 1917 )
December 30 – Charles Smith , real estate developer (born 1901 )
See also
References
^ "William Rehnquist Biography" . biography.com . A&E Television Networks. Retrieved 28 February 2016 .
^ Edgin, John Tufts and Alana. "U.S. to resume executions: its last was for a murder at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo" . The Desert Sun .
^ Wild, Chris (24 August 2015). "The hysteria over Windows 95 launch, 20 years ago" . Mashable . Retrieved 29 August 2016 .
^ "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" . churchofjesuschrist.org . Retrieved 2017-04-19 .
^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "After 20 years, Mormonism's family proclamation is quoted, praised, parsed and politicked" . The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved 2017-04-19 .
^ http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1995/10/02/1995-10-02_high_alert_as_10_guilty_of_p.html
^ "United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Louis Jones, Defendant-appellant, 132 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 1998)" . Justia Law .
^ Nepales, Janet Susan R. Thia Megia makes it to AI’s top 13
^ "Claressa SHIELDS - Olympic Boxing | United States of America" . International Olympic Committee . 15 May 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2019 .
^ "Missy Franklin | Biography, Education, Olympics, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 1 May 2020 .
^ "Gabby Douglas | American gymnast" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 23 April 2019 .
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