At A Glance

13 May 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
13 May 1995 was a Saturday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Back for Good” by Take That.
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 13 May is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 May 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 May 1995 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 13 May

  • 1989 Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
  • 1992 Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
  • 1995 Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to ascend Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
  • 1998 India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
  • 2006 São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.

Famous people born on 13 May

  • Robert Pattinson, English actor (born 1986)
  • Jaxson Dart, American football player (born 2003)
  • Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1950)
  • Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor (born 1961)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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.
More events of 1995 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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