What Happened In December 1995 In History

Historical Events for December, 1995

• 5th » Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of the Tamil people known as Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
• 7th » The Galileo (spacecraft) named Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-34 named Mission STS-34.
• 14th » Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Serbia and Montenegro known as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 19th » The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.
• 20th » NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina e.g Bosnia.
• 20th » American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.
• 21st » The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian National Authority named Palestinian control.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1995

• 1st » Eva Boto, Slovenian singer
• 1st » Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1st » James Wilson (footballer, born 1995) known as James Wilson, English footballer
• 6th » Joy Gruttmann, German singer
• 8th » Jordan Ibe, English footballer
• 9th » McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
• 24th » Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
• 25th » Mimmi Sandén, Swedish singer and actress
• 26th » Zach Mills, American actor
• 27th » Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
• 29th » Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
• 29th » Ross Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (R5 (band) known as R5)
• 31st » Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

Famous Deaths for December 1995

• 1st » Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1st » Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
• 1st » Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)
• 2nd » Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
• 2nd » Mária Telkes, Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)
• 3rd » Jimmy Jewel, English actor (b. 1909)
• 3rd » Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 4th » Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
• 5th » L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
• 5th » Charles Evans (mountaineer) named Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918)
• 5th » Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
• 5th » Lisa McPherson, American Negligent homicide named homicide victim (b. 1959)
• 7th » Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892)
• 9th » Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (b. 1939)
• 9th » Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)
• 10th » Darren Robinson (rapper) known as Darren Robinson, American rapper (The Fat Boys) (b. 1967)
• 11th » Arthur Mullard, English actor and singer (b. 1910)
• 13th » Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (b. 1896)
• 14th » G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (b. 1922)
• 16th » Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
• 16th » Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and director (b. 1939)
• 18th » Brian Brockless, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1926)
• 18th » Ross Thomas (author) known as Ross Thomas, American author (b. 1926)
• 18th » Konrad Zuse, German engineer, designed the Z3 (computer) known as Z3 computer (b. 1910)
• 21st » Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe, Mississippi (band) named Mississippi, and Herbs (band) called Herbs) (b. 1949)
• 22nd » Osvald Käpp, Estonian wrestler (b. 1905)
• 22nd » Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
• 22nd » James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 23rd » Patric Knowles, English-American actor (b. 1911)
• 25th » Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1906)
• 25th » Dean Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1917)
• 27th » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
• 27th » Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player (b. 1910)
• 27th » Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist (b. 1954)
• 29th » Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)
• 30th » Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
• 30th » Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)

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