August 1995 calendar

August 1995
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1995.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1995: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1995?

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
05 Aug 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.