At A Glance

25 April 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
25 April 1995 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Back for Good” by Take That.
Top Film of 1995
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1995 was Toy Story.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 April 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 April 1995 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 25 April

  • 1990 Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
  • 2004 The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
  • 2005 The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
  • 2005 Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
  • 2007 Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.

Famous people born on 25 April

  • Al Pacino, American actor and director (born 1940)
  • Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer (born 1969)
  • Sara Paxton, American actress (born 1988)
  • Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (1599–1658)

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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.
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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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