At A Glance

10 July 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
10 July 1995 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Boom Boom Boom” by The Outhere Brothers.
Top Film of 1995
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1995 was Toy Story.
Star sign
The star sign for 10 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 10 July 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 10 July 1995 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 10 July

  • 1992 In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
  • 1995 Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.
  • 1995 The NIOSH air filtration ratings update with the enactment of 42 CFR 84, previously published in the Federal Register. The new regulation includes rules governing the new N95 respirator standard.
  • 1997 In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
  • 1999 In women's association football, the United States defeats China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Watched by 90,185 spectators, the final sets a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.

Famous people born on 10 July

  • Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (1856–1943)
  • Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer (born 1972)
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor (born 1977)
  • Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (1943–1993)

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Events of 1995 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 16 February – Neil Kinnock, former Leader of the Labour Party, resigns from Parliament after twenty-five years to take up a new role as a European Commissioner, sparking a by-election in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales.
  • 16 April – PhONEday changes all telephone area dialing codes UK-wide.
  • 22 June – In an attempt to reassert his authority, John Major resigns as leader of the Conservative Party (but not as Prime Minister) triggering a leadership election.
More events of 1995 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 1995

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£1.40

Loaf of Bread

64p

Average House

£56,955

Weekly Wage

£348.00

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