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21 April 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 April 1995 was a Friday.
- 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 21 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 April 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 April 1995 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 21 April
- 1977 Annie opens on Broadway.
- 1982 Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
- 1985 The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
- 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
- 2010 The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
Famous people born on 21 April
- Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (1926–2022)
- Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer (born 1958)
- James McAvoy, Scottish actor (born 1979)
- Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter (1970–2026)
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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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