1995 in the United States

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Bill Clinton
• Vice President: Al Gore
• Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley , Newt Gingrich
• Senate Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell , Bob Dole
• Congress: 103rd, 104th

  Governors

Lieutenant governors

Events

January

• January 4 - The 104th United States Congress, the first controlled by Republicans in both houses since 1953 to 1955, convenes.
• January 11 - Robert Rubin is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury, succeeding Lloyd Bentsen.
• January 29 - Super Bowl XXIX: The San Francisco 49ers become the first National Football League franchise to win five Super Bowls, as they defeat the San Diego Chargers at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida.
• January 31 - U.S. President Bill Clinton invokes emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.

  February

• February 9 - STS-63: Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and Briton, respectively, to walk in space.
• February 15 - Hacker Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States' most secure computer systems.
• February 17 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
• February 23 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 30.28 to close at 4,003.33 – the Dow's first ever close above 4,000.
• February 27 - In Denver, Colorado, Stapleton Airport closes and is replaced by the new Denver International Airport, the largest in the United States.
• February 28 - Members of the group Patriot's Council are convicted in Minnesota under the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 for manufacturing ricin.

  March

• March 2 - Yahoo! is incorporated.
• March 13 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait, are arrested after straying into Iraq.
• March 14 - Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
• March 16 - Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865, but did not make it official until 2013.
• March 27 - The 67th Academy Awards, hosted by David Letterman, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Forrest Gump winning Best Picture.
• March 31 - Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar.

  April

• April 5 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes 246–188 to cut taxes for individuals and corporations.
• April 7 - House Republicans celebrate passage of most of the Contract with America.
• April 19 - Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols, set off the bomb.
• April 24 - A Unabomber bomb kills lobbyist Gilbert Murray in Sacramento, California.

  May

• May 14 - Team New Zealand wins the America's Cup in San Diego, beating Stars and Stripes 5-0.
• May 17 - Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego.
• May 20 - U.S. President Bill Clinton indefinitely closes part of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to vehicular traffic in response to the Oklahoma City bombing.
• May 23 - Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
• May 27 - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

  June

• June 2 - Mrkonjić Grad incident: A United States Air Force F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady is shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.
• June 6 - U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
• June 15 - During his murder trial, O. J. Simpson puts on a pair of gloves that were presumably worn by the person who murdered his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran quips, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." The gloves appear too tight on Simpson's hands.
• June 16 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City, Utah.
• June 24 - The New Jersey Devils sweep the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings to win their first Stanley Cup in the lock-out shortened season.
• June 29 - STS-71: Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station for the first time.

  July

• July - Midwestern United States heat wave: An unprecedented heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States for most of the month. Temperatures peak at, and remain above in the afternoon for five straight days. At least 739 people die in Chicago alone.
• July 5 - The U.S. Congress passes the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, requiring that producers of pornography keep records of all models who are filmed or photographed, and that all models be at least 18 years of age.
• July 13 - Dozens of cities, most notably Chicago and Milwaukee, set all-time record high temperatures. Hundreds in these and other cities die as the Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 reaches its peak.
• July 23 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans held as spies by Iraq, are released by Saddam Hussein after negotiations with U.S. Congressman Bill Richardson.
• July 27 - In Washington, D.C., the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
• July 28 - Two followers of Rajneesh are convicted for their part in the 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot in Oregon.

  August

• August 6 - Hundreds in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo mark the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
• August 24 - Microsoft releases Windows 95.

  September

• September 6 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles breaks the all time consecutive games played record in Major League Baseball.
• September 19 - The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
• September 22 - American millionaire Steve Forbes announces his candidacy for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.
• September 23 - Argentine national Guillermo "Bill" Gaede is arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on charges of industrial espionage. His sales to Cuba, China, North Korea and Iran are believed to have involved Intel and AMD trade secrets worth US$10–20 million.
• September 23 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the LDS Church, reads "" in the church's semiannual all-women's meeting. The proclamation is a definitive document about the church's doctrine on the nature and importance of the family as "the basic unit of society." This document continues to shape current LDS policy as well as interfaith cooperative efforts.

  October

• October 1 - Ten people are convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
• October 3 - O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder for the deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
• October 4 - Hurricane Opal makes landfall at Pensacola Beach, Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with winds.
• October 9 - 1995 Palo Verde derailment: An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
• October 15 - The Carolina Panthers win their first-ever regular season game by defeating the New York Jets at Clemson Memorial Stadium in South Carolina.
• October 16 - The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
• October 25 - A Metra commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
• October 28 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2, to win their first World Series Title in Atlanta.

  November

• November 1 - NASA loses contact with the Pioneer 11 probe.
• November 1 - Participants in the Yugoslav War begin negotiations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
• November 1 - The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995, outlawing intact dilation and extraction abortions. President Bill Clinton vetoes the bill in 1996.
• November 3 - At Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. President Bill Clinton dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.
• November 7 - The Landmark Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is imploded to make room for a parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center.
• November 14-19 - Federal government shutdown: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
• November 21 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, its first close above 5,000. This makes 1995 the first year where the Dow surpasses two millennium marks in a single year.
• November 21 - The Dayton Agreement to end the Bosnian War is reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
• November 22 - Six-year-old Elisa Izquierdo's child abuse-related death at the hands of her mother makes headlines, and instigates major reform in New York City's child welfare system.
• November 22 - The first ever full-length computer animated feature film, Toy Story, is released by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures.
• November 28 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, which ends the federal 55 mph speed limit.

  December

• December 7 - NASA's Galileo probe reenters over Jupiter.
• December 13 - The Republic of Texas group claims to have formed a provisional government in Texas.
• December 14 - The presidents of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia sign a peace treaty in Paris, ending a three and a half year war.
• December 15 - Because of the "quadruple-witching" option expiration, volume on the New York Stock Exchange hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since October 20, 1987, when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after Black Monday.
• December 16 - January 6 - The federal government has another shutdown as the budget disagreement continues.
• December 31 - The final original Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published.

  Ongoing

• Iraqi no-fly zones
• Operation Uphold Democracy
• Dot-com bubble

  Sport

• July 1 - Quebec Nordiques relocate from Quebec City, Quebec to Denver, Colorado to become the Colorado Avalanche
• November 19 - Baltimore Stallions become the first American team to win a Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders 37 to 20. Gainesville, Florida's Tracy Ham is awarded the game's Most Valuable Player.

  Births

January

• January 1 - Poppy, American singer
• January 4 - Maddie Hasson, actress
• January 5
• * Jordan Orr, actor
• * Maggie Sajak, singer
• January 6
• * Will Butcher, hockey player
• * McKenna Faith, singer-songwriter
• * Joshua Farris, figure skater
• * Zach Pfeffer, soccer player
• January 7 - Leslie Grace, singer-songwriter
• January 9 - Nicola Peltz, actress
• January 11
• *J. P. Crawford, high school baseball player
• *Corey Davis, American football player
• January 13
• * Natalia Dyer, actress
• * Qaasim Middleton, actor, musician and singer
• * Maria Elena Ubina, squash player
• * 1LT Alexander Charleson, American First Lieutenant and amueter boxer
• January 16 - Parker Goris, actor
• January 18
• * Braheme Days Jr., track and field athlete
• * Leonard Fournette, American football player
• * Farida Osman, swimmer
• January 20 - Joey Badass, rapper
• January 21 - Jake Elliott, American football player
• January 22 - Davis Webb, American football player
• January 26 - Kyle Chavarria, actress
• January 30
• * Danielle Campbell, actress
• * Thia Megia, singer

  February

• February 2 - Max Browne, football player
• February 5
• * Paul Arriola, soccer player
• * Trayvon Martin
• February 10 - Lexi Thompson, golfer
• February 13 - Lia Neal, swimmer
• February 14
• * John Hayden, ice hockey player
• * Ian Clarkin, baseball player
• February 15
• * Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper
• February 17
• * Jane Campbell, soccer player
• * Madison Keys, tennis player
• February 18 - Samantha Crawford, tennis player
• February 22
• * Trent Kowalik, actor, dancer and singer
• * Andrew Trischitta, actor
• February 23 - Kyle O'Gara, racing driver
• February 28
• * Madisen Beaty, actress
• * Quinn Shephard, actress

  March

• March 1
• * Jan Abaza, tennis player
• * Jonathan Krohn, journalist and writer
• March 2
• *Reese McGuire, high school baseball player
• *Taywan Taylor, American football player
• March 5
• * Sage Karam, racing driver
• March 7
• * Nick Ciuffo, high school baseball player
• * Hailey Clauson, model
• * Michael McCarron, ice hockey player
• * Haley Lu Richardson, actress
• * Steven Santini, ice hockey defenceman
• March 9
• * BeeJay Anya, basketball player
• * Cierra Ramirez, actress and singer
• March 10
• * Grace Victoria Cox, actress
• * Zach LaVine, basketball player
• March 13 - Mikaela Shiffrin, ski racer
• March 15 - Jabari Parker, high school basketball player
• March 16 - Beau Hossler, golfer
• March 17 - Claressa Shields, boxer
• March 19 - Philip Daniel Bolden, actor
• March 20 - Keenan Cahill, actor
• March 21 - Diggy Simmons, rapper and son of Joseph Simmons
• March 22 - Nick Robinson, actor
• March 25 - Logan Owen, cyclist
• March 27 - Taylor Atelian, actress
• March 28 - Rachel Farley, singer
• March 29 - Marc Musso, actor

  April

• April 1 - Logan Paul, Vine Star and Youtuber
• April 8 - J. T. Compher, ice hockey player
• April 15
• * Kiri Baga, figure skater
• * Cody Christian, actor
• April 27 - Jonathan "Jazz" Russell, jazz violinist
• April 29 - Dylan Murray, squash player

  May

• May 1 - Artie Burns, American football player
• May 3
• * Austin Meadows, high school baseball player
• * Zach Sobiech, singer and viral video performer
• May 5 - Devon Gearhart, actor
• May 7 - Charlotte McKane, student
• May 9
• * Grant Austin Taylor, guitarist
• * Kassidy Cook, diver
• May 10 - Missy Franklin, swimmer
• May 11 - Sachia Vickery, tennis player
• May 12
• * Luke Benward, actor and singer
• * Kenton Duty, actor dancer and singer
• * Sawyer Sweeten, actor
• May 14 - Shameik Moore, actor, rapper, dancer, model, and singer
• May 16 - Marco Delgado, soccer player
• May 19 - Mary Beth Marley, pair skater
• May 23
• *Tyus Bowser, American football player
• *Jillian Janson, pornographic actress
• May 24 - Sabrina Vega, gymnast
• May 25
• * Greg Grossman
• * Gabby Soleil, actress
• May 28 - Jacob Kogan, actor
• May 31 - Alissa Musto, singer and pianist

  June

• June 2 - Sterling Beaumon, actor
• June 3
• *Dani Cameranesi, ice hockey player
• *Vernon Hargreaves, American football player
• June 5 - Troye Sivan, singer
• June 6 - Jack Kilmer, actor
• June 14
• * Jaylon Smith, footballer outside linebacker
• * Laquon Treadwell, footballer wide receiver
• June 15 - Dominic Smith, high school baseball player
• June 19
• * Vanessa Lam, figure skater
• * Blake Woodruff, actor
• June 21 - Jessica Ahlquist, student
• June 24 - Rex Lewis-Clack, pianist
• June 30 - Allie Kiick, tennis player

  July

• July 1 - Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017
• July 2 - Ryan Murphy, swimmer
• July 3 - Kelsey Batelaan, actress
• July 6 - Brooklee Han, figure skater
• July 7
• * Su'a Cravens, football player
• * Mary Sarah, singer and songwriter
• July 10 - Phillip Bickford, high school baseball player
• July 11 - Blu Hunt, actress
• July 12 - Jordyn Wieber, gymnast
• July 16 - Letticia Martinez, swimmer
• July 22 - Ashley Cain, figure skater
• July 24 - Kellyn Acosta, soccer player
• July 25 - Alvin Kamara, American football player
• July 29 - Jennifer Michelle Brown, actress, musician and singer-songwriter

  August

• August 3 - Sarah Al Flaij, American-born Bahraini swimmer
• August 4 - Jessica Sanchez, singer
• August 5 - Ian McCoshen, ice hockey defenceman
• August 9
• * Eli Apple, American football player
• * Justice Smith, actor
• August 10 - Dalvin Cook, American football player
• August 13 - Nicole Rajicova, figure skater
• August 15 - Chief Keef, rapper
• August 16 - James Young, basketball player
• August 17 - Gracie Gold, figure skater
• August 18 - Parker McKenna Posey, actress
• August 20 - Liana Liberato, actress
• August 22 - Lulu Antariksa, actress and singer
• August 23 - Tommy Batchelor, dancer
• August 24
• * George Li, pianist
• * Noah Vonleh, basketball player

  September

• September 5 - Caroline Sunshine, actress, dancer and singer
• September 8 - Thuliso Dingwall, actor
• September 10 - Amando Moreno, soccer player
• September 12 - Ryan Potter, actor and martial artist
• September 14 - Deshaun Watson, American football player
• September 16 - Aaron Gordon, basketball player
• September 17 - Katherine Ip, tennis player
• September 20 -
• * Brenden Adams, notable victim
• * Sammi Hanratty, actress and singer
• September 22
• * Juliette Goglia, actress
• * Dakari Johnson, high school basketball player
• September 25 - Ryan Beatty, singer
• September 27 - Daeg Faerch, actor

  October

• October 1 - Gillian Ryan, swimmer
• October 3 - Michael Parsons, figure skater
• October 4 - Jabrill Peppers, footballer
• October 8
• * Courtney Taylor Burness, actress
• * G Herbo, rapper
• October 17 - Jamal Adams, American football player
• October 15 - Billy Unger, actor
• October 21 - Shannon Magrane, singer
• October 23
• * Ireland Baldwin, model and daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
• * Shotaro Omori, figure skater
• October 28 - Haven Denney, figure skater
• October 30 - Andy Pessoa, actor
• October 31 - Marcel Everett, musician and producer

  November

• November - Da'Shawn Hand, footballer
• November 2 - Brandon Soo Hoo, actor
• November 3
• * Kendall Jenner, actress, model and brand ambassador
• * Brandon Soo Hoo, actor
• November 14 - Greg Hands, American-English politician, Treasurer of the Household
• November 15 - Karl-Anthony Towns, basketball player
• November 16
• *Noah Gray-Cabey, actor and pianist
• *Kirk Knight, rapper and record producer
• November 19
• * Abella Danger, pornographic actress
• * Daniel Naroditsky, chess player
• November 22 - Katherine McNamara, actress
• November 27 - Kiara Nowlin, gymnast
• November 28 - Chase Elliott, stock car racer
• November 29
• * Ariel Hsing, table tennis player
• * Laura Marano, actress and singer
• November 30 - Victoria Duval, tennis player

  December

• December 7 - Collin Altamirano, tennis player
• December 9 - McKayla Maroney, artistic gymnast
• December 15
• * Courtney Hicks, figure skater
• * Jahlil Okafor, high school basketball player
• December 18 - Elizabeth Stanton, television host
• December 26
• * Timothée Chalamet, actor
• * Zach Mills, actor
• December 29
• * Myles Garrett, American football player
• * Ross Lynch, actor, dancer, instrumentalist and singer
• December 31
• * Gabby Douglas, artistic gymnast
• * Axl Osborne, acrobatic gymnast

  Full date unknown

• Rochelle Ballantyne, chess player
• Sean Curley, actor
• Graeme Frost, notable victim
• Khalid Moultrie, actor
• Lil Snupe, rap artist

  Deaths

• January 2 - Nancy Kelly, actress
• January 4 - Sol Tax, anthropologist
• January 7 - Murray Rothbard, economist
• February 9 - David Wayne, actor
• February 18 - Bob Stinson, rock guitarist
• March 28 - Hugh O'Connor, actor son of Carroll O'Connor
• March 26 - Eazy E, American rapper and record producer
• March 31 - Selena, singer-songwriter
• April 2 - Harvey Penick, golfer and coach
• April 5 - Baby K
• April 25 - Ginger Rogers, dancer and screen entertainer
• May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery, screen actress
• June 14 - Roger Zelazny, fantasy and science fiction writer
• June 23 - Jonas Salk, medical researcher
• June 25 - Warren E. Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the U.S.
• June 29 - Lana Turner, film actress
• July 1 - Wolfman Jack, disc jockey
• July 4 - Bob Ross, painter, art instructor, and television host
• August 3 - Ida Lupino, film actress and director
• August 9 - Jerry Garcia, rock guitarist
• August 11 - Alonzo Church, mathematician
• August 13 - Mickey Mantle, baseball player
• September 19 - Orville Redenbacher, businessman
• September 29 - Madalyn Murray O'Hair, atheist activist
• November 17 - Marguerite Young, novelist, poet and biographer
• November 22 - Margaret St. Clair, science fiction writer
• December 25 - Dean Martin, popular singer and entertainer