1995 in the United States

1995 in the United States
Events from the year 1995 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas)
Vice President: Al Gore (D-Tennessee)
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley (D-Washington) (until January 3), Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) (starting January 4)
Senate Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) (until January 3), Bob Dole (R-Kansas) (starting January 3)
Congress: 103rd (until January 3), 104th (starting January 3)
Events
January
January 1 – The History Channel is launched.
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 24 – State of the Union Address.
January 26 – The House of Representatives passes a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution by a vote of 300-132.
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 18 – Private Tracie McBride is kidnapped, raped and murdered in Texas by former soldier Louis Jones Jr.
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.
An amendment to the Constitution on a Balanced Budget is voted down by one vote in the US Senate. The deciding vote was cast by Oregon Republican senator Mark Hatfield.
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 (the Soyuz TM-21), 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 Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Robert Zemeckis' Forrest Gump winning six awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The telecast garners nearly 48.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched Oscars broadcast since 1983.
March 26: Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS
March 31 – Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (known simply as Selena) 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 eight 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 23 – President Clinton visits Oklahoma City and gives an address, stating "Today our nation is joined with you in grief."
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 23 – Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd feature film, Pocahontas, is released, garnering a predominately mixed reception (the first Disney animated film to do so since 1988's Oliver & Company) but strong financial success.
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 9 – Kids' WB debuts on The WB, anchored by Animaniacs, which transfers over from Fox's children's programming block, Fox Kids. It debuted on Fox Kids 2 years before.
September 19 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto several months after it is written.
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.
Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, reads "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" 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" and 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 2 - The Seattle Mariners clinch their first postseason berth in franchise history defeating the California Angels, 9-1, in the 1995 AL West Tiebreaker.
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 23 – Louis Jones Jr. is convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Tracie McBride, having abducted her at gunpoint from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. The federal government sentences him to death for his crimes.
October 25 – 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision: 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.
Participants in the Yugoslav War begin negotiations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
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 (signed December 14).
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 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 – The federal government has another shutdown as the budget disagreement continues. It re-opens on January 6, 1996.
December 31 – The final original Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is published.
Ongoing
Iraqi no-fly zones (1991–2003)
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994–1995)
Dot-com bubble (c. 1995–c. 2000)
Sport
July 1 – The Quebec Nordiques relocate from Quebec City, Quebec to Denver, Colorado to become the Colorado Avalanche.
November 19 – The Baltimore Stallions become the first (and only) 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
Maggie Sajak, singer
January 6
Will Butcher, hockey player
McKenna Faith, singer-songwriter
Joshua Farris, figure skater
Zach Pfeffer, soccer player
January 7
Jessica Darrow, singer and actress
Leslie Grace, singer-songwriter
January 8 – Ryan Destiny, actress, singer and 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
January 17 – Indya Moore, 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 1 – TooTurntTony, social media personality and model
February 2 – Max Browne, football player
February 5
Paul Arriola, soccer player
Trayvon Martin (died 2012)
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 16
Denzel Curry, rapper
Mizkif, YouTuber and Twitch streamer
February 17
Jane Campbell, soccer player
Madison Keys, tennis player
February 18 – Samantha Crawford, tennis player
February 21 – Giveon, singer
February 22 – Trent Kowalik, actor, dancer and singer
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
tyler1, Twitch streamer
March 9
BeeJay Anya, basketball player
Cierra Ramirez, actress and singer
March 10
Grace Victoria Cox, actress
Zach LaVine, basketball player
March 11 – Sasha Alex Sloan, singer
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 23 – Victoria Pedretti, actress
March 25 – Logan Owen, cyclist
March 27 – Taylor Atelian, actress
March 28 – Rachel Farley, singer
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 17 – ZeRo, gamer
April 18 – Virginia Gardner, actress
April 19 – Arizona Zervas, musicians
April 23 – Gigi Hadid, model
April 24 – Kehlani, singer
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, baseball player
Zach Sobiech, singer and viral video performer (d. 2013)
May 4 – Shameik Moore, actor
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 (d. 2015)
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
May 24 – Sabrina Vega, gymnast
May 25
Greg Grossman
Gabby Soleil, actress
May 28 – Jacob Kogan, actor
May 31
Alissa Musto, singer and pianist
Tyla Yaweh, singer and rapper
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
Alexandra Savior, singer
Jaylon Smith, footballer outside linebacker
Laquon Treadwell, footballer wide receiver
June 15 – Dominic Smith, baseball player
June 19
Vanessa Lam, figure skater
Blake Woodruff, actor
June 20
Gus Johnson, comedian and Internet personality
Serayah, actress, model and singer
June 21 – Jessica Ahlquist, student
June 24 – Rex Lewis-Clack, pianist
June 26 – Elizabeth Pipko, model
June 30 – Allie Kiick, tennis player
July
July 1 – Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017
July 2 – Ryan Murphy, swimmer
July 4 – Post Malone, musician
July 6
Brooklee Han, figure skater
Ludwig Ahgren, internet personality
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 13 – Lil Snupe, rap artist (died 2013)
July 16 – Letticia Martinez, swimmer
July 20
Shaquem Griffin, American football player
Shaquill Griffin, American football player
July 22
Ashley Cain, figure skater
Ezekiel Elliott, American football player
July 24
Kellyn Acosta, soccer player
Kyle Kuzma, American basketball player
July 25 – Alvin Kamara, American football player
July 29 – Jennifer Michelle Brown, actress, musician and singer-songwriter
July 31 – Lil Uzi Vert, rapper
August
August 3 – Sarah Al Flaij, American-born Bahraini swimmer
August 4 – Jessica Sanchez, singer
August 5 – Ian McCoshen, ice hockey defenceman
August 7 – Fedmyster, Twitch streamer
August 9
Eli Apple, American football player
Justice Smith, actor
August 10
Stephon Clark, man who was killed by the Sacramento Police Department (died 2018)
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 19 – Patrick Clark Jr., pro wrestler
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
August 28 – Joshua Kalu, American football player
September
September 2
Kian Lawley, internet celebrity and actor
Will Hernandez, American football guard
September 5 – Caroline Sunshine, actress, dancer and singer
September 7 – Hawa Rizwana, Malaysian TV host
September 8 – Thuliso Dingwall, actor
September 10 – Amando Moreno, soccer player
September 12
Michael Boatwright, murderer
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
Patrick Mahomes, football player
September 18 – Drew Afualo, social media personality
September 20
Sammi Hanratty, actress and singer
September 22
Juliette Goglia, actress
Dakari Johnson, high school basketball player
September 24 – Alexandra Botez, chess 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 – G Herbo, rapper
October 15 – Billy Unger, actor
October 16 – Fuego Del Sol, pro wrestler
October 17
Jamal Adams, American football player
Queen Naija, singer and media personality
Lil Wop, rapper
October 21
Doja Cat, musician
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
November 15 – Karl-Anthony Towns, basketball player
November 16
Noah Gray-Cabey, actor and pianist
Kirk Knight, rapper and record producer
November 19 – Daniel Naroditsky, chess player
November 22 – Katherine McNamara, actress
November 25 – 42 Dugg, rapper
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 6 – A Boogie wit da Hoodie, rapper
December 7 – Collin Altamirano, tennis player
December 9 – McKayla Maroney, artistic gymnast
December 14 – Jaylon Ferguson, American football player (died 2022)
December 15
Courtney Hicks, figure skater
Jahlil Okafor, high school basketball player
December 18 – Elizabeth Stanton, television host
December 19 – Alpharad, esports personality
December 26 – Zach Mills, actor
December 27 – Timothée Chalamet, 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
Deaths
January
January 2 – Nancy Kelly, actress (born 1921)
January 4 – Sol Tax, anthropologist (born 1907)
January 7 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
January 11 – Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
January 22 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (b. 1890)
January 25
John Smith, American actor (b. 1931)
William Sylvester, American actor (b. 1922)
January 31
George Abbott, American writer, director, and producer (b. 1887)
George Stibitz, American computational engineer (b. 1904)
February
February 4 – Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
February 5 – Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
February 6
James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (b. 1929)
February 9
J. William Fulbright, American senator and congressman (b. 1905)
David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
February 18 – Bob Stinson, rock guitarist (The Replacements and Static Taxi) (born 1959)
February 14 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (b. 1923)
February 19 – John Howard, American actor (b. 1913)
February 22 – Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
February 23 – Melvin Franklin, American singer (b. 1942)
March
March 26 – Eazy-E, American rapper and record producer (born 1964)
March 28 – Hugh O'Connor, actor son of Carroll O'Connor (born 1962)
March 30 – Paul A. Rothchild, record producer (born 1935)
March 31 – Selena (Quintanilla Perez), singer-songwriter (born 1971)
April
April 2 – Harvey Penick, golfer and coach (born 1904)
April 4 – Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915)
April 14 – Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909)
April 16 – Cy Endfield, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
April 23 – Howard Cosell, American sportscaster (b. 1918)
April 25 – Ginger Rogers, dancer and entertainer (born 1911)
May
May 4
Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1903)
Connie Wisniewski, baseball player (b. 1922)
May 12 – Arthur Lubin, American film director (b. 1898)
May 16 – Red Amick, American race car driver (b. 1929)
May 18
Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
May 21 – Les Aspin, American politician (b. 1938)
May 26 – Friz Freleng, American animator (b. 1906)
May 29 – Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (b. 1897)
June
June 14 – Roger Zelazny, fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1937)
June 23 – Jonas Salk, medical researcher (born 1914)
June 25 – Warren E. Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the U.S. (born 1907)
June 29 – Lana Turner, actress (born 1921)
July
July 1 – Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (born 1938)
July 4 – Bob Ross, painter, art instructor, and television host (born 1942)
August
August 3 – Ida Lupino, actress and director (born 1918 in the United Kingdom)
August 9 – Jerry Garcia, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead) (born 1942)
August 11 – Alonzo Church, mathematician (born 1903)
August 13 – Mickey Mantle, baseball player (born 1931)
September
September 1 – Joseph N. Gallo, mobster (born 1912)
September 19 – Orville Redenbacher, businessman (born 1907)
September 25 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist and civil rights pioneer (born 1891)
September 29 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, atheist activist (born 1919)
October
October 21 — Shannon Hoon, American singer songwriter and musician; lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death at the age of 28 in 1995 (born 1967)
November
November 7 – Ann Dunham, anthropologist and mother of Barack Obama (born 1942)
November 17 – Marguerite Young, novelist, poet and biographer (born 1908)
November 22 – Margaret St. Clair, science fiction writer (born 1911)
December
December 2 – Roxie Roker, actress (born 1929)
December 9 – Vivian Blaine, actress and singer (born 1921)
December 16 – Johnny Moss, poker player (born 1907)
December 22 – Butterfly McQueen, actress (born 1911)
December 25 – Dean Martin, singer and entertainer (born 1917)
December 29 – Lita Grey, actress (born 1908)
December 30 – Charles Smith, real estate developer (born 1901)
See also
1995 in American television
List of American films of 1995
Timeline of United States history (1990–2009)
References
External links
1990s in the United States
United States
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Years of the 20th century in the United States