December 1995 calendar

Events

• 02 Dec 1995 17th ACE Cable Awards
• 03 Dec 1995 Company closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
• 05 Dec 1995 The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
• 06 Dec 1995 6th Billboard Music Awards
• 07 Dec 1995 US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
• 08 Dec 1995 Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, suffers a massive stroke and lapses into a coma.
• 09 Dec 1995 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB).
• 10 Dec 1995 Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9 in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7pm, breaks previous record of 25.3 in 1982
• 11 Dec 1995 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for US$84 million.
• 12 Dec 1995 NBA referees return to work after striking.
• 13 Dec 1995 Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center
• 14 Dec 1995 Les Miserables opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
• 15 Dec 1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland
• 16 Dec 1995 American Airlines Flight 965 (Boeing 757) crashes into a mountain near Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia after veering off its course en route to Cali, Colombia. Of the 164 people on board, four passengers and a dog are the only survivors.
• 17 Dec 1995 School after Scandal closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 23 performances
• 19 Dec 1995 Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce.
• 20 Dec 1995 Paul Roebson opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances
• 21 Dec 1995 San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000.
• 22 Dec 1995 David Cone signs $19.5 million three year contract with New York Yankees.
• 26 Dec 1995 Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL versus Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground).
• 30 Dec 1995 Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10.
• 31 Dec 1995 Danny Gans on Broadway closes at Neil Simon, New York City

Famous Birthday

• Ross Lynch

  TV Actor.

• Bobby (rapper)
• McKayla Maroney

  Gymnast.

• Timothée Chalamet
• Gabby Douglas

  Gymnast.

• Anthony Martial

  Soccer Player.

• Joy Gruttmann

  German singer.

• Ricky Ubeda

  Dancer.

• Josh Killacky

  Dancer.

• James Wilson

  Soccer Player.

• Kelly Oubre

  Basketball Player.

• Joseph Costello

  YouTube Star.

• Lil Kemo

  Rapper.

• Mike Jerry

  YouTube Star.

• Paulo Borges

  YouTube Star.

• Jordon Ibe

  Soccer Player.

• Derek King

  Pop Singer.

• Jessica Revell

  TV Actress.

• Calvyn Justus

  YouTube Star.

• Daniela Barranco

  Vine Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Dean Martin

  American actor and singer who teamed up with Jerry Lewis from 1950-1954 before going out on his own.

• Konrad Zuse

  German computer scientist and engineer invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995).

• Emmanuel Levinas

  Lithuanian-French historian philosopher and academic (d. 1995).

• Robertson Davies

  author, dies at age 82.

• Douglas Corrigan

  American pilot known as "Wrong Way Corrigan" due to the fact that he flew in the wrong direction and arrived in Ireland on 17 July 1938.

• Rob Harris

  Sky surfer, dies while skydiving at 28.

• Butterfly McQueen

  Actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84.

• Arthur Mullard

  English comedy actor (Born 1910).

• Robert Parrish

  Film director editor / actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79.

• John Trevor Key

  Photographer, dies at 48.

• Vivian Blaine

  Actress (Guys & Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74.

• Benny Lee

  Entertainer, dies at 84.

• John Francis Boyd

  Journalist, dies at 85.

• John Heawood

  Actor singer / choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75.

• James "Scotty" Barrett Reston

  Journalist, dies at 86.

• Adrianne Jones

  Killed by David Graham and Diane Zamora, at 16.

• Mikki Doyle

  Journalist, dies at 79.

• Louise Chaplin

  Actress, dies at 87.

• Tom Burns

  Editor, dies at 89.

• [Schaff] Claire Polin

  Composer, dies at 69.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
2. Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
3. LL Cool J - Hey Lover
4. Mariah Carey - Fantasy
5. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Michael Jackson - Earth Song
2. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
3. Boyzone - Father And Son
4. Celine Dion - Think Twice
5. Robson & Jerome - I Believe / Up On The Roof