At A Glance

18 January 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
18 January 1995 was a Wednesday.
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 18 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 January 1995 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 January 1995 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 18 January

  • 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
  • 1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
  • 1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
  • 2002 The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
  • 2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France

Famous people born on 18 January

  • Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1971)
  • Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer (born 1955)
  • Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor (born 1969)
  • Karim Adeyemi, German footballer (born 2002)

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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