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20 April 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 April 1995 was a Thursday.
- 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 20 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 April 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 April 1995 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 20 April
- 1968 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
- 1972 Apollo program: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon.
- 1985 University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights.
- 2008 Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
- 2020 For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
Famous people born on 20 April
- Alexander Zverev, German tennis player (born 1997)
- Jessica Lange, American actress (born 1949)
- Andy Serkis, English actor and director (born 1964)
- Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France, Emperor of French Second Empire (1808–1873)
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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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