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19 October 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 October 1995 was a Thursday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Stayin' Alive” by N-Trance.
- 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 19 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 October 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 October 1995 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 19 October
- 1987 The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
- 1988 The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
- 1989 The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
- 2001 SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
- 2003 Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Famous people born on 19 October
- Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress (born 1983)
- Lil Durk, American rapper (born 1992)
- Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1966)
- John Lithgow, American actor (born 1945)
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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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