Barings Bank collapse
Barings Bank, London's oldest merchant bank, became insolvent after Nick Leeson lost £827 million in unauthorized trades. Leeson was the head derivatives trader in Singapore.
Explore 110 historical moments from 1995 — 33 events, 77 birthdays, and 0 notable deaths.
Barings Bank, London's oldest merchant bank, became insolvent after Nick Leeson lost £827 million in unauthorized trades. Leeson was the head derivatives trader in Singapore.
Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the Mir space station after 437 days. He set a new record for the longest spaceflight in history.
American computer programmer Ward Cunningham established the first wiki site, the WikiWikiWeb.
The Schengen Agreement comes into force in several European countries, easing passport-free travel across internal borders.
American singer-songwriter Selena, known as the "queen of Tejano music", was murdered by the president of her fan club. Her death deeply affected the Latino community.
During the First Chechen War, Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
A truck bombing destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring more than 680 others.
Ric Flair and Antonio Inoki competed in the main event of Collision in Korea. The event drew an estimated 165,000 spectators, the highest attendance for a professional wrestling event.
Six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, was kidnapped by the Chinese government.
American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse, leaving him quadriplegic. He later became an activist for people with spinal cord injuries.
U.S. Air Force captain Scott O'Grady was shot down while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia during the Bosnian War. He ejected safely and was rescued six days later.
Western Greece was struck by an earthquake registering 6.4–6.5 Mw that killed 26 people.
Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
During the Sri Lankan civil war, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a church in Navaly, killing at least 147 people after advising civilians to seek shelter there.
Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.
Comet Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
Two followers of the Indian mystic Rajneesh were convicted of a 1985 plot to assassinate Charles Turner. Turner was the U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon.
Three U.S. servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa were involved in the kidnapping, assault, and rape of a 12-year-old local girl.
Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in Thailand, on September 8, 1995.
Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.
Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, "Industrial Society and Its Future," was published in The Washington Post. It was submitted almost three months prior.
Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.
The Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council launched Operation Southern Move, their last offensive in the Bosnian War.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. The assassination occurred at Kings of Israel Square.
Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door.
Writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others were executed by the Nigerian military regime. They were members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People.
Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States on November 22, 1995.
The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched. It was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
The NATO-led Implementation Force began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 20, 1995. This was mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War.
American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, on December 20, 1995. 159 of the 163 people on board were killed.
In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.
Laura Gulbe, a Latvian tennis player, was born. She has competed in various professional tennis tournaments.
Post Malone, an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer, was born.
Ludwig Ahgren, an American YouTuber and live streamer, was born.
Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer, was born.
South Korean volleyball player born on this date. He passed away in 2022.
Rafael Santos Borré, a Colombian professional footballer, was born.
Terry McLaurin, an American professional football player, was born.
Daniel Naroditsky, an American chess grandmaster, was born. He died in 2025.
Karl-Anthony Towns is a Dominican-American professional basketball player.
Marcus Bontempelli is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
Julius Honka, a Finnish ice hockey player, was born. He has had a notable career in professional ice hockey.
Angèle, a Belgian singer, was born. She has gained international recognition for her music.
American rapper and singer-songwriter A Boogie wit da Hoodie was born on December 6, 1995.
No deaths recorded for 1995.
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