US events
-Criminal trial of O. J. Simpson opens in California (Jan. 24).
-Scores killed as terrorist's car bomb blows up block-long Oklahoma City federal building (April 19); Timothy McVeigh, 27, arrested as suspect (April 21); authorities seek second suspect, link right-wing paramilitary groups to bombing (April 22).
-Los Angeles jury finds O. J. Simpson not guilty of murder charges (Oct. 3).
-Pope John Paul II visits US on whirlwind tour (Oct. 4-8).
-Million Man March draws hundreds of thousands of black men to capital (Oct. 16).
US Stats 1995
President: William J. Clinton
Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.
Population: 262,764,948
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 52.8
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 45.9
Sports
-Super Bowl - San Francisco d. San Diego (49-26)
-World Series - Atlanta Braves d. Cleveland (4-2)
-NBA Championship - Houston d. Orlando (4-0)
-Stanley Cup - New Jersey d. Detroit (4-0)
-Wimbledon - Women: Steffi Graf d. A.S. Vicario (4-6 6-1 7-5)
Men: Pete Sampras d. B. Becker (6-7 6-2 6-4 6-2)
-Kentucky Derby Champion - Thunder Gulch
-NCAA Basketball Championship - UCLA d. Arkansas (89-78)
-NCAA Football Champions - Nebraska (12-0-0)
Top Movies:
Babe, Braveheart, Leaving Las Vegas, The Usual Suspects, Dead Man Walking, Se7en
Oscars Awarded in 1995
Academy Award, Best Picture: Forrest Gump
Grammy's 1995
Record of the Year: "All I Wanna Do," Sheryl Crow
Album of the Year: MTV Unplugged, Tony Bennett (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Streets of Philadelphia" (Theme from Philadelphia), Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
1995 top 40
1. Cotten Eye Joe - Rednex
2. One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey & Boys II Men
3. I'll Be There For You - Rembrandts
4. Tootsie Roll - 69 Boyz
5. Boom Boom Boom - Outhere Bros.
6. Boombastic - Shaggy
7. This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
8. Take Your Time (Do It Right) - Max-A-Million
9. Sexual Healing - Max-A-Million
10. Fantasy - Mariah Carey
11. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
12. Run-Around - Blues Traveller
13. Fat Boy - Max-A-Million
14. Waterfalls - TLC
15. Kiss From A Rose - Seal
16. Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
17. Creep - TLC
18. Better Man - Pearl Jam
19. I Could Fall In Love - Selena
20. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston
21. Come And Get Your Love - Real McCoy
22. When I Come Around - Green Day
23. Lightning Crashes - Live
24. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? - Bryan Adams
25. Roll To Me - Del Amitri
26. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Nikki French
27. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
28. What Would You Say - Dave Matthews Band
29. Baby Baby - Corona
30. Carnival - Natalie Merchant
31. Baby - Brandy
32. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
33. Misery - Soul Asylum
34. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish
35. Everything Zen - Bush
36. Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) - Scatman
37. The Bomb! - The Bucketheads
38. You Gotta Be - Des'ree
39. I'm The Only One - Melissa Ethridge
40. Colors Of The Wind - Vanessa Williams
Source: www.infoplease.com
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Top 25 most popular names for babies born in the 1970's
1 Michael / Jennifer
2 Christopher / Amy
3 Jason / Melissa
4 David / Michelle
5 James / Kimberly
6 John / Lisa
7 Robert / Angela
8 Brian / Heather
9 William / Stephanie
10 Matthew / Jessica
11 Daniel / Elizabeth
12 Joseph / Nicole
13 Kevin / Rebecca
14 Eric / Kelly
15 Jeffrey / Mary
16 Richard / Christina
17 Scott / Amanda
18 Mark / Sarah
19 Steven / Laura
20 Timothy / Julie
21 Thomas / Shannon
22 Anthony / Christine
23 Charles / Tammy
24 Jeremy / Karen
25 Joshua / Tracy
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