At A Glance
20 September 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 September 1995 was a Wednesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal.
- 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 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 September 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 September 1995 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 20 September
- 1982 NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
- 1988 Margaret Thatcher delivers the Bruges speech, in which she articulates her opposition to further European integration.
- 1990 South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
- 2000 The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
- 2011 The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Famous people born on 20 September
- Jon Bernthal, American actor (born 1976)
- George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)
- Asia Argento, Italian actress (born 1975)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist (born 1988)
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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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