At A Glance

10 April 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
10 April 1995 was a Monday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Here's Johnny!” by Hocus Pocus.
Top Film of 1995
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1995 was Toy Story.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1995
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1995 was the Ford Falcon.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 April 1995 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 April

  • 1972 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
  • 1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
  • 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
  • 2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
  • 2016 An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.

Famous people born on 10 April

  • Charlie Hunnam, English actor (born 1980)
  • Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
  • Haley Joel Osment, American actor (born 1988)
  • Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)

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Events of 1995 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 January – Chief justice of the Family Court of Australia, Alastair Nicholson calls for the law to recognise homosexual couples and their children as a family unit, stating that it was "unhelpful to attempt to set limits to what a family can be."
  • 2 February – Tasmanian Premier Ray Groom defies Prime Minister Paul Keating's moratorium on logging in 72 Tasmanian coupes.
  • 25 March – Liberal candidate Brendan Smyth wins the 1995 Canberra by-election with a 16% swing, a formerly safe Labor seat occupied by Ros Kelly.

Life in Australia in 1995

Prime Minister

Paul Keating

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.72

Loaf of Bread

$1.80

Average House

$140,000

Weekly Wage

$680.00

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