At A Glance

7 July 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
7 July 1995 was a Friday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” by Bryan Adams.
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 7 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 July 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 July 1995 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 7 July

  • 1985 Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
  • 1991 Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • 1992 The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
  • 1997 The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
  • 2003 NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.

Famous people born on 7 July

  • Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (born 1940)
  • Hamish Linklater, American actor and playwright (born 1976)
  • Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress (born 1969)
  • Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer (1949–2024)

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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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