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What Happened In May 1995 In History

Historical Events for May, 1995

  • 1st » Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.
  • 2nd » During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces Zagreb rocket attack called fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
  • 11th » More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
  • 13th » Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
  • 18th » Shawn Nelson, 35, steals a tank from a National Guard Armory in San Diego, destroying cars and other property and is shot to death by police after immobilizing the tank.
  • 23rd » The first version of the Java (programming language) or Java programming language is released.
  • 27th » In Culpeper, Virginia, the actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
  • 28th » The Russian town of Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast or Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1995

  • 3rd » Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 10th » Missy Franklin, American swimmer
  • 12th » Luke Benward, American actor and singer
  • 12th » Kenton Duty, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 12th » Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player
  • 20th » Brandon Zibaka, English footballer
  • 24th » Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
  • 25th » Gabby Soleil, American actress
  • 28th » Jacob Kogan, American actor

Famous Deaths for May 1995

  • 2nd » Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
  • 4th » Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922)
  • 5th » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (b. 1911)
  • 6th » Noel Brotherston, Irish footballer (b. 1956)
  • 6th » Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Portuguese woman who claimed to be the daughter of Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1907)
  • 7th » Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)
  • 8th » Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
  • 12th » Mia Martini, Italian singer (b. 1947)
  • 14th » Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
  • 15th » Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
  • 17th » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
  • 18th » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
  • 18th » Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
  • 18th » Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist (b. 1911)
  • 18th » Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
  • 21st » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)
  • 24th » Harold Wilson, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
  • 25th » Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
  • 30th » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (b. 1912)
  • 30th » Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (b. 1911)
  • 30th » Bobby Stokes, English footballer (b. 1951)

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