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8 November 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 8 November 1995 was a Wednesday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio featuring L.V..
- 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 8 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 8 November 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 8 November 1995 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 8 November
- 1988 U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
- 1994 Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination.
- 1997 Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.
- 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441: The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
- 2004 Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
Famous people born on 8 November
- Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor (born 1974)
- Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality (born 1966)
- Parker Posey, American actress (born 1968)
- Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (1947–1979)
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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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