August 1995 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1995 Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network
• 02 Aug 1995 The first cold front of the White Earthquake strikes Chile, during the rest of August several communities becomes isolated due to heavy snowfall and livestock is decimated.
• 03 Aug 1995 CNN en Espanol premieres
• 04 Aug 1995 Darryl Strawberry joins the New York Yankees
• 05 Aug 1995 Croatian forces liberate, Knin, and continue their advance into the Republic of Serbian Krajina.
• 06 Aug 1995 Damn Yankees closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 510 performances
• 07 Aug 1995 Operation Storm ends with a UN-brokered ceasefire; remaining Republic of Serbian Krajina forces start surrendering.
• 08 Aug 1995 Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning
• 09 Aug 1995 Jerry Garcia, famed guitarist of The Grateful Dead dies from an overdose of heroin while in rehab.
• 10 Aug 1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
• 11 Aug 1995 The Russell Hill subway accident results in 3 deaths and 30 injuries in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 13 Aug 1995 77th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera, California
• 14 Aug 1995 Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel
• 15 Aug 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA
• 16 Aug 1995 Bermudans reject independence in a referendum.
• 18 Aug 1995 Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save
• 19 Aug 1995 After 5 days Shannon Faulkner quits as 1st woman at the Citadel
• 21 Aug 1995 US District Court Judge Thomas Jackson holds the first and only hearing on the consent decree between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice. Within 17 minutes, he signs his approval of it. The decree will govern Microsoft's licensing practices of Windows for the next 6.5 years, barring the company from linking unrelated software licenses. The ruling comes after five years of investigation of monopolistic licensing practices.
• 23 Aug 1995 Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant
• 24 Aug 1995 Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island
• 25 Aug 1995 Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6
• 26 Aug 1995 Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan
• 27 Aug 1995 Arcadia closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 204 performances
• 28 Aug 1995 A Bosnian Serb mortar bomb near a Sarajevo market square kills 37 civilians.
• 29 Aug 1995 Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian head of state, survives an assassination attempt in Tbilisi.
• 30 Aug 1995 Cable News Network joins internet

Famous Birthday

• Dua Lipa

  Pop Singer.

• Parker McKenna Posey
• Carla-Marie Muret Favier
• Jessica Sanchez

  Pop Singer.

• Liana Liberato

  American actress.

• Gracie Gold

  American figure skater.

• Kylian Hazard
• Charlotte Jaconelli
• Wenwen Han

  Movie Actress.

• Chief Keef
• Cainan Wiebe

  Canadian actor.

• Kristaps Porzingis

  Basketball Player.

• Minhyun
• Jordan Atkinson

  YouTube Star.

• Labib Yasir

  YouTube Star.

• Jayde Pierce

  Instagram Star.

• Aaron Rhodes

  YouTube Star.

• Austin Rhodes

  YouTube Star.

• Jimmy Summerall

  Family Member.

• Darius Dobre

  Family Member.

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Famous Deaths

• Michael Ende

  German author of fantasy and children's literature.

• Hugo Pratt

  Italian famous cartoon strip author, first published in 1945; the creator of the character, Corto Maltese, which made him famous in the...

• Mickey Mantle

  American baseball pitcher who, as a New York Yankee from 1950-1969, was at the core of the team that won 13 American League pennants and...

• Ida Lupino

  British-American actress with a turmoil-filled life.

• Per-Jakez Helias

  Writer / teacher, dies at 81.

• Pierre Schaeffer

  French pioneer of electronic music, inventor of the.

• David Farrar

  Forest Gate, England -- Actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse).

• Loudi Nijhoff

  Dutch actress who became known as the grand old lady of the theater after her lifetime of work.

• Colin Gray

  Airman, dies at 80.

• J Howard

  Smith Oil Tycoon.

• Robert L "Bob" Talley

  Pianist, dies at 75.

• Agha Hasan Abedi

  Banker, dies at 73.

• Anthony Barber Doncaster

  Bookseller, dies at 81.

• Paul James Nunn

  Mountaineer, dies at 52.

• David Richard Holloway

  Literary Editor, dies at 71.

• Dick Bartell

  Baseball player, dies at 87.

• Douglas John Gorman

  Businessman, dies at 58.

• Jose B M Barreto y Casanova

  Pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88.

• John Erik Jonsson

  Businessman / Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93.

• Peter Lancelot Williams

  Dance journalist, dies at 81.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. TLC - Waterfalls
2. Seal - Kiss From A Rose
3. Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone
4. Monica - Don't Take It Personal
5. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Take That - Never Forget
2. Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone
3. The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom
4. Blur - Country House
5. Seal - Kiss From A Rose / I'm Alive