At A Glance
14 January 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 January 1995 was a Saturday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
- 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 14 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 January 1995 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 January 1995 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 14 January
- 1960 The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.
- 1967 Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
- 1972 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513.
- 1973 Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
- 2024 Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.
Famous people born on 14 January
- Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright (born 1943)
- Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer (born 1969)
- Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer (born 1969)
- LL Cool J, American rapper and actor (born 1968)
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.
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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