Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
Tag: 1995
13 May 1995
Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
22 November 1995
Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
23 July 1995
Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp’]
25 March 1995
WikiWikiWeb, the world’s first wiki is made public by Ward Cunningham. The history of wikis is generally dated from 1994, when Ward Cunningham gave the…
1 January 1995
The World Trade Organization comes into existence. The World Trade Organization is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1…
20 December 1995
American Airlines Flight 965 crashes north of Cali, Colombia killing 159. American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in…