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February 1995 was the second month of that common year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Tuesday after 28 days. There were no new moons in that month.

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Current events of February 1, 1995 (1995-02-01) (Wednesday) Lyricist/guitarist Richey Edwards, of the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, goes missing from a hotel in Bayswater, London on the eve of a planned tour of the United States. His car is found two weeks later at Severn View services in Aust. The death toll from an Algiers suicide bomb rises to 42. Thousands flee devastating floods in Western Europe. Intervention by United States President Bill Clinton ends the turmoil in Mexico's financial markets. Amnesty International charges the United Nations Human Rights Commission with favouring political expediency over real human rights concerns. Ecuador declares a ceasefire after six days of border clashes with Peru. Egypt claims that archaeologists have found the tomb of Alexander the Great. A Luxembourg court finds that international creditors of failed BCCI Bank are to receive compensation payments totaling over $2 billion. Italy's leading sports daily urges soccer clubs to cut all ties with hardline supporters after a stabbing death. Current events of February 2, 1995 (1995-02-02) (Thursday) Casualties mount as Russian troops try to control Chechnya. The United Nations reports a build-up of Krajina Serb troops in north-west Bosnia. The United Nations sends a peace mediator to Sierra Leone amid a flare-up of fighting. A Cairo summit brings Middle East leaders together to breathe new life into the peace process. Taher El Masri, ex-Prime Minister of Jordan, says that the peace process depends on Israel. Indonesia responds to a United States report which criticizes Jakarta's human rights record. The United States Government states that it has no plans to change its economic forecasts. British Prime Minister John Major tries to hold together the Northern Ireland peace process after a newspaper leaks a document. Hundreds are evacuated from their homes in the Netherlands as floods continue. Peru's President Fujimori proposes a ceasefire in the week-long border dispute with Ecuador. Current events of February 9, 1995 (1995-02-09) (Thursday) STS-63: Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale became the second African American and Briton, respectively, to walk in space. Current events of February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13) (Monday) A United Nations tribunal on human rights violations in the Balkans charges 21 Bosnian Serb commanders with genocide and crimes against humanity. Current events of February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15) (Wednesday) Hacker Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with penetrating some of the United States' most "secure" computer systems. Current events of February 17, 1995 (1995-02-17) (Friday) Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting and later receives a 25-year sentence for each of the six murders. Current events of February 21, 1995 (1995-02-21) (Tuesday) Serkadji prison mutiny in Algeria: Four guards and 96 prisoners are killed in a day and a half. Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old Comorian living in France, is murdered by 3 far-right National Front activists. Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. Current events of February 23, 1995 (1995-02-23) (Thursday) The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 30.28 to close at 4,003.33 – the Dow's first ever close above 4,000. Current events of February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25) (Saturday) Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) (Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica [OTCA]). Current events of February 26, 1995 (1995-02-26) (Sunday) The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking firm, Barings Bank, collapses after securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Current events of February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27) (Monday) In Denver, Colorado, Stapleton Airport closes and is replaced by the new Denver International Airport, the largest in the United States. Current events of February 28, 1995 (1995-02-28) (Tuesday) Members of the group Patriot's Council are convicted in Minnesota of manufacturing ricin.

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